THE GODFATHER OF CATHOLIC PRO-ABORTION POLITICIANS IS DEAD! # 2 OF 2
In pursuit of the truth - http://www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com - Monday, February 2, 2015
From an article by George J. Marlin in Human Life Review - Fall 2014-
Cardinal O'Connor vs. Governor Cuomo (June 15, 1932 - January 1, 2015)
"O'Connor told Klein that other social issues also concerned him. For instance, during a September 1984 hospital strike, he said something that received very little press coverage, namely that no "Catholic hospital could hire substitutes for striking workers or threaten them in any way.
Nonetheless, he (O'Connor) rejected the so-called seamless-garment approach. "I simply don't see the rationale in saying that a politician is for better housing, a lower rate of unemployment, a more rational foreign policy - and the only thing wrong is that he supports abortion, so it's okay to vote for him. You have to go back to the basic question: What is abortion? Do you think it's the taking of innocent human life or don't you? if you do, then translate it: How can we talk about a rational foreign policy or the horrors of nuclear war if we hold the position that you can take innocent human life?"
In January 1986, in a letter read at all Masses in the archdiocese on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision, O'Connor described that day in 1973 as one of "national infamy." From the pulpit in St. Patrick's Cathedral, he told the faithful, "In 1984, when I talked strongly on the issues, I was accused of doing so because the national election campaign was in progress. I said then, "I"ll be because the national election campaign was in progress, I said then, "I'll be talking about this in 1985 and 1986 and until the day I die." And so he did.
And O'Connor continued to critique the thin-skinned Mario Cuomo. In February 1986, he said, "I flat out think [Cuomo's] wrong. I don't think that makes him evil. It makes him wrong. He makes a serious effort to theologize his way through it and I think he's been unsuccessful." O'Connor was referring to Cuomo's argument, repeated ad nauseam, that as an elected official he should not impose his religious views on the electorate. ... O'Connor specifically criticized Cuomo for supporting Medicaid funding for abortion "without any constitutional requirement to do so."
The public envelope was pushed further in August 1986 when a routine newsletter signed by the vicar general, Bishop Joseph O'Keefe, arrived at 410 parishes, containing this paragraph, which was directed towards pro-abortion politicians and spokesmen:
"Great care and prudence must be exercised in extending invitations to individuals to speak at parish-sponsored events, e.g. Communion breakfasts, graduation, meetings of parish societies, etc. It is not only inappropriate, it is unacceptable and inconsistent with diocesan policy to invite individuals to speak at such events whose public position is contrary to and in opposition to the clear, unambiguous teaching of the Church. This policy applies, as well, to all Archdiocesan owned or sponsored institutions and organizations. ...
Typical Cuomo fashion he raised a lot of questions to confuse the issue "From what I have been told, it applies to Church teaching. But what is Church teaching? When are you teaching infallibility and when aren't you? What people, which people will decide who agrees with Church teaching? Will you have ecclesiastical courts?"
Reacting, Monsignor Peter Finn, Director of Communications for the archdiocese, dismissed Cuomo's comments, saying they were "nonsense." "I hardly think," Finn continued, "our local synagogue would be about to invite a P.L.O. [member] to their seder any more than a church in Harlem would invite Mr. Botha [president of South Africa] to their supper. So I don't understand. What's the problem? ... a guideline was given. Period.... I think its very clear as far as the Church is concerned, what it means by 'differing with the Church's teachings.'"...#
GEORGE H. KUBECK-
A FATAL ERROR WAS MADE BY THE CHURCH YEARS AGO, IN NOT HAVING A UNIVERSAL SUPPORT OF THE ABOVE;# MAINLY DUE IN PART TO TO A FALSE ATTACHMENT TO THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. TODAY IN THE NATION WE HAVE ABOUT 30 MILLION CATHOLIC-IN-NAME ONLY- CAFETERIA CHRISTIANS.
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