# 5 CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON EQUALITY ACT HR 5

# 5 CATHOLIC BISHOPS ON EQUALITY ACT HR 5

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONE.BLOGSPOT.COM -MON. OCT. 28/19

"If Christians Don't Personally Engage in Politics. It's All over for America"

This Virginia Patriot Robert Marshal has a message of survival for Pro-Life Families

Posted by Lifesite, Thu Sep 19, 2019 and Sep 18, 2019 (Lepanto Institute) 7-8

    "The letter from Cardinal Ratzinger to Cardinal McCarrick was clearly intended to all Catholic bishops, but apparently McCarrick did not initially disclose that.Further, Cardinal McCarrick publicly mischaracterized Ratrzinger's letter, saying that Communion "may be denied," but Cardinal Ratzinger said it "must be denied."

     Two years later, Cardinal McCarrick was still advocating that the bishops keep "hands off" pro-abortion politicians. McCarrick, when addressing Canadian bishops, quoted Jesuit Cardinal-Deacon Avery Dulles: "... the Church incurs a danger of alienating judges, legislators and public administrators, whose good will is needed for other good programs, such as the support of Catholic education and the care of the poor. For all these reasons, the Church is reluctant to discipline politicians in a public way, even when its clear that their positions are morally indefensible.

    "IN OTHER WORDS, DON'T HOLD CATHOLIC POLITICIANS ACCOUNTABLE FOR IMMORAL ACTIONS BECAUSE GOVERNMENT FUNDING COULD DRY UP. ...Unfortunately, this policy advocated by then-cardinal McCarrick remains operative despite the recent revelation of moral crimes Cardinal McCarrick had committed.

    Another significant problem is that state Catholic conferences often publish voting records or candidate questionnaires which tally votes or positions on a number of issues such as on gun control, benefits for those in our country illegally, increased social welfare programs and other liberal positions promoted by the Democratic Party, as if these issues could possibly be compared to the 60 million lives lost through abortion in America alone since 1973! Such vote summaries or candidate questionnaires have the dangerous effect of "sanitizing" the pro-abortion, pro-LGBTQ votes of Democrats who support the Catholic conference's positions, even though these Democrats support abortion on demand.

Such vote tallies and candidate surveys are often published in Catholic newspapers or passed out in churches, giving Catholics in the pew a reason to vote for Democrats who support abortion and same-sex "marriage," because the Democrats agree on most "other issues" the Church chooses to highlight. While Church teaching is clear on abortion, same-sex marriage and assisted suicide, the Church does not teach that government should increase regulation of weapons used in self-defense or defense of another person, nor does the Church teach that every social welfare program is mandated by the gospel.

The reluctance of most American bishops to openly challenge official actions of pro-abortion, overwhelmingly Democrat Catholic politicians will also give Catholics a green light to vote for any of the Democrat 2020 presidential candidates who are intensely pro-abortion and pro-gender confusion.

 [The bottom line U.S. headline: "U.S. Catholic Bishops elected Culture of Death's 2020 President.]

... I will never forget the lessons I, Robert Marshal, Learned as a congressional aide on Capitol Hill in the late 1970s and early '80. Whether a fair criticism or not, the underlying word on the Hill was that the Catholic bishops were willing to "trade" babies (abortion) for books (aid to Catholic schools). (You were not the only one Robert, thousands of us who were praying at the abortion sites like myself and passing out pro-baby literature felt a betrayal ourselves. ghk)   

    [The Baptists, Mormons and Fundamentalist would never vote as follows. ghk] "In the 2008 presidential election, 54% of Catholics voted for pro-abortion Barack Obama; McCain received 45%. In the 2012 presidential race, Obama received 50% of the Catholic vote' Romney received 48%, despite Obamacare requiring insurance companies to cover contraception and abortion!

    "Catholic bishops are charged by Christ Himself to teach, govern and sanctify their flock. Catholic politicians are part of their flock. "A Path for Lay Catholics" Unfortunately, the Catholic laity who fight to protect the innocent unborn cannot depend upon most Catholic bishops to set an example of publicly reprimanding errant Catholic politicians...."                                                                            George H. Kubeck