Catholic Church Rejects Surrender Terms from Obama

Catholic Church Rejects Surrender Terms from Obama
In pursuit of the truth – www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com – Thursday, February 2, 2012

By Cliff Kincaid who is the Director of AIM Center for Investigative Journalism, and can be contacted at cliff.kincaid@aim.org – http://www.gopusa.com/commentary/2012/01/30/kincaid-catholic-church

“My Catholic priest, Father Larry Swink, delivered a homily on Sunday that I told him would make headlines. In the toughest sermon I have ever heard from a pulpit, he attacked the Obama Admini9stration as evil, even demonic, and warned of religious persecution ahead. What was also noteworthy about the sermon was that he cited the Washington Post in agreement - not on the subject of the Obama Administration being evil, but on the matter of its abridgment of the constitutional right to freedom of religion.

“What is happening is extraordinary and unprecedented. The Catholic Church is in open revolt against the Obama Administration, with Fr. Swink noting from the pulpit that priests across the archdiocese were joining the call on Sunday to rally Catholics to resistance against the U.S. Government. He said we are entering a time of religious persecution and that Catholics and others will have to make a final decision which side they are on…

“The administration claims there is a religious exemption in the mandate, but the bishops say it is so narrow that it fails to cover the vast majority of faith-based organizations, including Catholic hospitals, universities and service organizations that help millions every year. “Ironically,” they say, “not even Jesus and his disciples would have qualified.”

“The bishops go on, “Now that the Administration has refused to recognize Constitutional conscience rights of organizations and individuals who oppose the mandate, the bishops are not urging Catholics and others of good will to fight this unprecedented attack on conscience and religious liberty.” Interestingly, the Washington Post, as Father Swink indicated, agrees with the bishops. The paper said, “In this circumstance, requiring a religiously affiliated employer to spend its own money in a way that violates its religious principles does not make an adequate accommodation for those deeply held views. Having recognized the principle of religious exemption, the administration should have expanded it.

“So why would the administration pick a major fight with the Catholic Church? There are two main reasons. (1) The administration wants to please its progressives and feminist, secular pro-abortion base. (2) The administration believes Catholics are divided on the issue and will ignore their leaders…

“Support for the latter explanation comes in the form of the Obama Administration’s efforts to co-opt the Catholic Church, primarily through appointing nominal Catholics to high-level positions in government and keeping funding going to the church for “social justice” causes. Another player in this effort is the hedge-fund billionaire George Soros, an atheist who nevertheless has found groups that are “Catholic in name only” to accept his financial largesse. These groups, including Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, are designed to give the impression that Catholics are less concerned about issues like stopping abortion and protecting the sanctity of traditional marriage than passing government health care. The Obama/Soros gamble may back fire.”

George H. Kubeck- This blog has info on CINO organizations like “Catholics United”, the CINOP,& on George Soros