Posted on 11/17/2020 6:08:10 PM PST by marshmallow
WASHINGTON — Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit will head up a special working group of the U.S. bishops to address issues surrounding the election of a Catholic president and policies that may come about that would be in conflict with Catholic teaching and the bishops’ priorities.
Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, announced the establishment of this working group at the end of the public portion of the bishops’ Nov. 16-17 meeting, held this year completely online.
Archbishop Vigneron is vice president of the USCCB. Other members of the working group will be USCCB committee chairmen in a number of areas where disagreement is expected between the church and President-elect Joe Biden.
“We are facing a unique moment in the history of our country” with the election of only the second Catholic as president, Archbishop Gomez said. “This presents certain opportunities but also certain challenges.”
While “the president-elect has given us reason to believe his faith commitments will lead to certain policies that we favor,” Archbishop Gomez said, listing immigration, aid to refugees and the poor, racial justice, capital punishment and climate change among them, there also is the expectation that “he will support policies that are against some fundamental values we hold dear as Catholics,” the archbishop said. “This includes repeal of the Hyde Amendment and his support for Roe v. Wade.”
The 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision allowed legal abortion virtually on demand throughout the United States. The Hyde Amendment forbids the use of federal funds to be used for abortions, with exceptions in cases of rape or incest or to save the life of the mother.
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“Deal with” meaning “sweep under the rug”?
How about the bishops growing some balls?
Would not the orthodox RC position be excommunication?
Oh, did Biden cheat his way into the God Head now? Is it now the Holy Quartet? Father, Son, Holy Ghost? and Plagiarius Biden?
Biden is pro-Murder. There is no coming back from that. He is completely corrupt.
C. S. Lewis’ book “The Screwtape Letters” mentions the evil of “Christianity AND X”. It doesn’t matter what X is. Make it equal to Christianity, a part of their identity, equal in moral value. Eventually, X becomes more important than Christianity.
The Catholic Church was corrupted with social justice. Now the Pope holds social justice and Mother Earth worship higher than Christianity.
Abortion is MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE
what else do we need to discuss ?
Matthew 22:21 Jesus said "Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and to God the things that are God's."
What is there for Christians to discuss?
I’m not Catholic, but one would think so.
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