'Constitutional crisis' looming over Obama's birth location
"Alan Keyes lawsuit warns America may see 'usurper' in Oval Office"
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Friday, November 14, 2008
Update: ACORN
Bishop discusses reasons behind cutoff of ACORN funding
ACORN fires 2 who were probing embezzlement allegations
We continue to ask for the grace in being the best stewards of all HIS blessings and continue to pray for all Bishops and priests!
ACORN fires 2 who were probing embezzlement allegations
We continue to ask for the grace in being the best stewards of all HIS blessings and continue to pray for all Bishops and priests!
Reactions to S.C. -St. Mary's Catholic Church - Fr. Jay Scott Newman
USCCB -Sr. Sister Mary Ann Walsh- "Sister Mary Ann Walsh, spokeswoman for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said she had not heard of other churches taking this position in reaction to Obama’s win."
Commonweal: SC priest: Voted for Obama? No Eucharist for you…
Newsweek/Washington Post /Under God: Priest Calls Vote for Obama a Mortal Sin
Commonweal: SC priest: Voted for Obama? No Eucharist for you…
Newsweek/Washington Post /Under God: Priest Calls Vote for Obama a Mortal Sin
Boston Globe: Priest: No Communion for Obama voters
Greenville Online: Priest advises penance for Obama vote
Please continue to pray for Fr. Newman and his parish.
Dissent?! Do you need another example?
Fr. Bourgeois will not renounce stand to avoid excommunication
In a November 7 letter recently made public, he wrote: “After much prayer, reflection and discernment, it is my conscience that compels me to do the right thing. I cannot recant my belief and public statements that support the ordination of women in our Church.”
A GOOD SHEPHERD!
SC priest: No communion for Obama supporters ( btw - Fr. Dwight Longenecker- his blog is at St. Mary's too) Email, call, fax, or snail mail Fr. Newman.
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Pray for Father Newman as he stands up for CHRIST in the HOLY EUCHARIST!
And continue to pray for all the bishops and all priests -NO MATTER what they're doing!
Fr. Z's Post.
Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome
Pray for Father Newman as he stands up for CHRIST in the HOLY EUCHARIST!
And continue to pray for all the bishops and all priests -NO MATTER what they're doing!
Fr. Z's Post.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Prayer Alert: More After-effects of Prop. 8
**WARNING - GRAPHIC!**
Bias Crime on Door of Newman Catholic Center Undergoing Investigation
Angrier response to Prop. 8 steps up
Mormons Targeted for Role Supporting Prop 8
Prop. 8 protestors boycott businesses
YouTube - Proposition 8 protesters confront elderly woman in Palm Springs, California
Same-sex marriage backers hit Capitol, churches
Gay activists rally outside Mormon temple in NYC
Michigan liberals attack Lansing congregation in the middle of Sunday worship
Bias Crime on Door of Newman Catholic Center Undergoing Investigation
Angrier response to Prop. 8 steps up
Mormons Targeted for Role Supporting Prop 8
Prop. 8 protestors boycott businesses
YouTube - Proposition 8 protesters confront elderly woman in Palm Springs, California
Same-sex marriage backers hit Capitol, churches
Gay activists rally outside Mormon temple in NYC
Michigan liberals attack Lansing congregation in the middle of Sunday worship
Prayer Alert: Archbishop Weakland's Revealing Video Deposition
FLASHBACK: THE SHAME OF REMBERT WEAKLAND
O Mary, conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee!
O Mary, conceived without sin pray for us who have recourse to thee!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
USCCB, Pres.- elect Obama & FOCA
FIGHT FOCA
'V/t' Rocco -Whispers in the Loggia for the USCCB Statement:
Cardinal Francis George OMI of Chicago, on the coming administration.
STATEMENT of the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
'V/t' Rocco -Whispers in the Loggia for the USCCB Statement:
Cardinal Francis George OMI of Chicago, on the coming administration.
STATEMENT of the President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
“If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do its builders labor; if the Lord does not watch over the city, in vain does the watchman keep vigil.” (Psalm 127, vs. 1)
The Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States welcome this moment of historic transition and look forward to working with President-elect Obama and the members of the new Congress for the common good of all. Because of the Church’s history and the scope of her ministries in this country, we want to continue our work for economic justice and opportunity for all; our efforts to reform laws around immigration and the situation of the undocumented; our provision of better education and adequate health care for all, especially for women and children; our desire to safeguard religious freedom and foster peace at home and abroad. The Church is intent on doing good and will continue to cooperate gladly with the government and all others working for these goods.The fundamental good is life itself, a gift from God and our parents. A good state protects the lives of all. Legal protection for those members of the human family waiting to be born in this country was removed when the Supreme Court decided Roe vs. Wade in 1973. This was bad law. The danger the Bishops see at this moment is that a bad court decision will be enshrined in bad legislation that is more radical than the 1973 Supreme Court decision itself.
In the last Congress, a Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) was introduced that would, if brought forward in the same form today, outlaw any “interference” in providing abortion at will. It would deprive the American people in all fifty states of the freedom they now have to enact modest restraints and regulations on the abortion industry. FOCA would coerce all Americans into subsidizing and promoting abortion with their tax dollars. It would counteract any and all sincere efforts by government and others of good will to reduce the number of abortions in our country.
Parental notification and informed consent precautions would be outlawed, as would be laws banning procedures such as partial-birth abortion and protecting infants born alive after a failed abortion. Abortion clinics would be deregulated. The Hyde Amendment restricting the federal funding of abortions would be abrogated. FOCA would have lethal consequences for prenatal human life.
FOCA would have an equally destructive effect on the freedom of conscience of doctors, nurses and health care workers whose personal convictions do not permit them to cooperate in the private killing of unborn children. It would threaten Catholic health care institutions and Catholic Charities. It would be an evil law that would further divide our country, and the Church should be intent on opposing evil.
On this issue, the legal protection of the unborn, the bishops are of one mind with Catholics and others of good will. They are also pastors who have listened to women whose lives have been diminished because they believed they had no choice but to abort a baby. Abortion is a medical procedure that kills, and the psychological and spiritual consequences are written in the sorrow and depression of many women and men. The bishops are single-minded because they are, first of all, single-hearted.
The recent election was principally decided out of concern for the economy, for the loss of jobs and homes and financial security for families, here and around the world. If the election is misinterpreted ideologically as a referendum on abortion, the unity desired by President-elect Obama and all Americans at this moment of crisis will be impossible to achieve.
Abortion kills not only unborn children; it destroys constitutional order and the common good, which is assured only when the life of every human being is legally protected. Aggressively pro-abortion policies, legislation and executive orders will permanently alienate tens of millions of Americans, and would be seen by many as an attack on the free exercise of their religion.
This statement is written at the request and direction of all the Bishops, who also want to thank all those in politics who work with good will to protect the lives of the most vulnerable among us. Those in public life do so, sometimes, at the cost of great sacrifice to themselves and their families; and we are grateful. We express again our great desire to work with all those who cherish the common good of our nation. The common good is not the sum total of individual desires and interests; it is achieved in the working out of a common life based upon good reason and good will for all.
Our prayers accompany President-elect Obama and his family and those who are cooperating with him to assure a smooth transition in government. Many issues demand immediate attention on the part of our elected “watchman.” (Psalm 127) May God bless him and our country.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)