Isn't this precisely what the pro-life movement is already doing?
Am I reading too much into this in thinking O'Malley's real target here is the issue of Holy Communion for Catholic politicians who support abortion "rights"? Isn't he saying that denying Holy Communion to these politicians is an example of "judgmental self-righteousness" and playing Judge Judy? I think he's saying that Pelosi will change her mind when she "feels the love".
The "field hospital" is for those who acknowledge their illness and wish to be cured. We're not yet at that stage with the likes of Pelosi. They don't see any need for a "field hospital", unless it's for us "deniers of women's rights".
He cited Pope Francis’s words at Lampedusa about the “globalisation of indifference”, and added that the anti-slavery movement was “about overcoming that indifference, indifference to the suffering of a plantation owner in a difficult harvest year, indifferent to the poverty and suffering of so many”.
To change that indifference, he said, “we must learn to look on people with love”. Cardinal O’Malley said: “An attitude of judgmental self-righteousness is not going to change people’s attitudes and save slaves. We need to be the field hospital not Judge Judy. We need to be the merciful face of Christ in the way we promote emancipation, aware of how difficult it is for plantation owners to choose that option.
“To change people’s hearts we must love them and they must realise that we care about them. They need the witness of our love and our joy. To evangelise is to be a messenger of joy, of good news.”
He cited Pope Francis’s words at Lampedusa about the “globalisation of indifference”, and added that the anti-Nazi movement was “about overcoming that indifference, indifference to the suffering of a German in a difficult economy, indifferent to the poverty and suffering of so many”.
To change that indifference, he said, “we must learn to look on people with love”. Cardinal O’Malley said: “An attitude of judgmental self-righteousness is not going to change people’s attitudes and save Jews. We need to be the field hospital not Judge Judy. We need to be the merciful face of Christ in the way we promote tolerance, aware of how difficult it is for Nazi death camp commanders to choose that option.
“To change people’s hearts we must love them and they must realise that we care about them. They need the witness of our love and our joy. To evangelise is to be a messenger of joy, of good news.”
Ya gotta love the way the Church leaders judge the pro-life movement, the fingers of accusation they point at them. If only they had this kind of attitude towards baby-killers and their supporters.
Cardinal O’Malley is a notorious hypocrite who hobnobs with pro-abortion politicians and allows them to receive Holy Communion, in direct violation of his sacred vows.
Cardinal O’Malley also promotes the falsehood that opposition to abortion and support for illegal “immigrant” rights are on the same moral plane.
Who was the idiot who invited O’Malley to speak on behalf of the unborn innocents?
Donna Wuerl?