Posted on 11/13/2008 9:59:58 AM PST by NYer
On the Laura Ingraham show today she had Raymond Arroyo on again and they were talking about the election and the Bishop's meeting that he attended.
Laura Ingraham: Here is the problem, how many of the bishops voted for Obama.
Raymond Arroyo: ...The bishops I spoke to say that maybe half of their brother bishops if not more voted for Obama. Because they thought the symbol of Obama would overcome racism and be a great healer and unity.
This of course is total hearsay and not verifiable. If true, which I suspect it is than it certainly explains a lot. How in the world can we be surprised if 45 percent of Mass attending Catholics voted for Obama if that percentage or more of the Bishops did. Though even if this was ten or five percent it would still be scandalous.
Though to look on the bright side maybe the number of Catholic bishops voting for a pro-abortion candidate is down from previous years. The Bishops were certainly much more vocal this year with a large segment making statements on the election. Though as Raymond Arroyo also said we can't really expect the statements to make much difference when they come out just before an election and the animals have already escaped the barn with people being indoctrinated with culture of death beliefs from the time they are a child.
But I don't want to be all whinny about the bishops when some have been quite active and forceful in what should be our reaction to protecting life. American Papist covers some of the statement here.
Cardinal George's address to the USCCB was an excellent response in addressing these issues.
Though creating a true culture of life is certainly not on just the bishop's shoulders or the parish priests either, but on all of us to live the faith and to defend life.
Yes. that's right. It's more important to vote for someone because of the color of their skin than not vote for them because they're pro-infanticide.
{{{rolls eyes}}}
I stopped giving to our Bishop’s Fund when the diocese decided to use some of the money to support illegal immigrants. I wrote a letter to our Catholic paper, which they published, stating that money should not be used to promote illegal behavior, but should be spent to improve the lives of these people in their home countries.
When I saw that Archbishop as he participated in Tony Snow’s funeral, all I could think of were the Monty Python Cardinals. The archbishop of Washington looked as pompous and phony as they did. The only difference was he was not on a comedy TV show.
It’s important to vote for the party that is known for wanting to give more money to the ‘downtrodden.’
That is what trumps infanticide in the minds of many Catholics.
I can’t help but think of the film “Days of Thunder” when I think about the two big outdoor Papal masses in the US this past April. Imagine the Pope as the crew chief sitting there with the two tires, saying to the owner of the race team, “50 laps his way” (as he taps the blown out and worn out tire...think of that as a metaphor for the Mass at Nationals Stadium) “...and 50 laps my way” (slaps the good tire...Mass at Yankee Stadium).
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