A poignant informative Letter (1 of 2)

In pursuit of the truth - cinops be gone - Wed. July 31, 2013

By Dr. Ronald G. Connolly, Nat. Catholic Register, July 28 - Aug. 10, 2013

 

"Archbishop Charles Chaput, in his Register interview (page 9, June 30 issue) states, "Religious Liberty depends on Lay Faithful, Not Bishops." However, many Catholics in all walks of life have, over the past 40 years, already experienced the loss of religious liberties, but often their plight was ignored.

 

"In 1979, I learned the meaning of "pro-choice." At that time, I was a physician in Wilmington, Del. and when I made my "choice" - not to participate in an abortion - it became the sole reason I lost my medical practice, necessitating that my wife, our five children and I move out of the state and start a new life.

 

"A more complete statement on religious liberty is that it depends on everyone, both laity and bishops, responsibility fulfilling their duty.

 

"Cardinal Dolan recently said he has never preached on the Sixth commandment for 40 years (and this at a time when our culture was going ballistic over sex.)

 

"In 1968, public dissent against Humana Vitae was not led by the laity, but by many bishops and theologians. This episcopal dissent on faith and morals has continued unabated for 40-plus years and tells the laity that they also can "pick and choose." Not surprisingly, it was the Catholic vote that placed the current anti-Christian in the White House.

 

"The moral teachings of the Catholic Church are beautiful, powerful and prophetic.. Yet the great majority of Catholics, while attending Sunday Mass, have never heard a homily on the profound truths of Human Vitae, nor on the irrationality of citing, "equality and freedom of choice" as justification for abortion, artificial contraception and same-sex "marriage."

 

"Our bishops and priests need to preach and teach on why our culture's sexual immorality is the ultimate destruction of marriage, the family and society. Unfortunately, however, their decades long silence on the Sixth Commandment has effectively marginalized and ghettoized the Church. Is anyone surprised that HHS now mandates artificial contraception?

 

GEORGE H. KUBECK

P.S. Please reread and memorize the above.