Refuse Communion to Pro-Abort Politicians
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Sunday, February 8, 2009
Vatican Official Archbishop Burke: Bishops have no choice but to refuse Communion to Pro-Abort Politicians. (Let’s find out why?)
Excerpts from Hilary White’s article in LifeSiteNews.com, Rome, Jan. 30/09
Archbishop Burke called “nonsense” the accusation, regularly made by some bishops, that refusing Holy Communion “makes the communion rail a {political} battle ground”. In fact, he says, the precise opposite is true. The politician who insists on being seen receiving Holy Communion, despite his opposition to the Church’s central teachings, is using that reception for political leverage.
In 2004, when self-proclaimed Catholic and candidate for the Democratic party, Sen. John Kerry, was frequently photographed receiving Holy Communion despite his vigorous support of abortion, the US Bishops Conference issued a document which said only that it is up to individual bishops whether to implement the Church’s code of Canon Law and refuse Communion. The issue has remained prominent with the appointment of Joe Biden, another pro-abortion Catholic politician, as Vice President of the United States of America.
Archbishop Burke recalled previous experiences with Kerry, pointing to the several occasions when the Senator was pictured in Time magazine receiving Communion from Papal representatives at various public events. Burke said it is clear that Kerry was using his reception of Holy Communion to send a message.
“He wants to not only receive Holy Communion from a bishop but from the papal representative. I think that’s what his point was. GET IT IN “TIME” MAGAZINE, SO PEOPLE READ IT AND SAY TO THEMSELVES. ‘HE MUST BE IN GOOD STANDING.’
“WHAT ARE THEY DOING? THEY’RE USING THE EUCHARIST AS POLITICAL TOOL.”
In refusing, far from politicizing the Eucharist, the Church is returning the matter to its religious reality. The most important reasons to refuse, he said, are pastoral and religious in nature.
“The Holy Eucharist, the most sacred reality of our life in the Church, has to be protected against sacrilege. At the same time, individuals have to be protected for the sake of their own salvation from committing one of the gravest sins, namely to receive Holy Communion unworthily.”
Archbishop Burke also dismissed the commonly proffered excuse that such politicians need more “education”…. “I’ve always found that they don’t come forward.”…
He said the issue has been debated enough. He rejected the idea that the matter should be left to the USCCB, saying the conference has NO AUTHORITY IN THE MATTER. “This is a law of the universal Church and it should be applied.”
“I think this argument too is being used by people who don’t want to confront the issue, this whole ‘wait ‘til the Conference decides’ … well the Conference has been discussing this since at least 2004. And nothing happens.”
When asked what the solution was, he responded, “Individual bishops and priests simply have to do their duty. They have to confront politicians, Catholic politicians gravely and publicly in this regard. And that’s their duty. And if they carry it out, not only can they not be reproached for that, but they should be praised for confronting this situation.”
George H. Kubeck
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Saturday, February 7, 2009
The 54% Vote for Obama # 1 of 2
The 54% Vote for Obama # 1 of 2
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Saturday, February 7, 2009
Why did 54% of the Catholics vote for President Barack Obama in 2008?
Always look at the big historical picture. Electing any president is a judgment on America and the people who voted for him. Take for example the George W. Bush presidency. In 2004 Bush received 52% of the Catholic vote. In matters of life, marriage and family, the country was blessed. The hate-bush crowd hated Bush on the war and other issues but believe me they hated Bush more because he is a practicing Christian and stands for traditional American values. And that is a badge of honor for Bush and for the pro-life movement.
There is one explanation for the Obama’s Catholic vote. It was a vote to break the racial barrier for the presidency. The economy was a second consideration. Barack had charisma, great oratorical skills and a message of hope. At the same time Obama was the most inexperienced person ever elected to the Presidency. Several of his recent appointments are horrible. His judgment and decision-making are on the line.
For example, the despicable information on the Freedom of Choice Act has been a great education for all Americans especially Catholics and other Christians. On life issues, Obama seems to speak for about 9% of the nation who want no restrictions on abortions like Planned Parenthood, NARAL, ACLU, etc.
80% of the country wants to have some kind of restrictions on abortion. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT OBAMA’S POPULARITY IN THIS AREA TODAY IS ONLY 35 %? Christians can learn and change a negative into a positive. So when the culture of death advocates says that abortion does not matter, it does. The Obama presidency will be an education for Catholics and all Americans in all fields; religious, social, political etc. We have elected an American socialist who wants to promote a secular America. There will be openings on the Supreme Court and the mindset of Obama’s allies is same-sex marriage etc. for America.
In the past, Catholics have been swing voters and have decided most presidential elections. Our blog CINOPS BE GONE sought to persuade CATHOLICS to vote out of office Catholic-in-name-only politicians. While this did not happen in 2008, we will succeed a lot sooner than later. Pro-life is going to rule the day in the 2010 elections. We will fulfill the goal of Blessed John Paul II for a “new evangelization” this “teaching and preaching” apostolate. It will solve the Catholic fraud-politician scandal of receiving Holy Communion.
While only one-third of the bishops spoke out publicly on life issues in the 2008 election, more will speak out in future elections. This is a common sense religious educational approach. While we may quibble about someone who is pro-choice, LET’S GET REAL. We are talking about a political party that the CINOP is a part off. It is a party of pro-abortion on demand, pro same-sex marriage, pro-assisted-suicide, pro-euthanasia, and pro-embryonic stem-cell research. These are five (5) intrinsic and absolute evils.
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Saturday, February 7, 2009
Why did 54% of the Catholics vote for President Barack Obama in 2008?
Always look at the big historical picture. Electing any president is a judgment on America and the people who voted for him. Take for example the George W. Bush presidency. In 2004 Bush received 52% of the Catholic vote. In matters of life, marriage and family, the country was blessed. The hate-bush crowd hated Bush on the war and other issues but believe me they hated Bush more because he is a practicing Christian and stands for traditional American values. And that is a badge of honor for Bush and for the pro-life movement.
There is one explanation for the Obama’s Catholic vote. It was a vote to break the racial barrier for the presidency. The economy was a second consideration. Barack had charisma, great oratorical skills and a message of hope. At the same time Obama was the most inexperienced person ever elected to the Presidency. Several of his recent appointments are horrible. His judgment and decision-making are on the line.
For example, the despicable information on the Freedom of Choice Act has been a great education for all Americans especially Catholics and other Christians. On life issues, Obama seems to speak for about 9% of the nation who want no restrictions on abortions like Planned Parenthood, NARAL, ACLU, etc.
80% of the country wants to have some kind of restrictions on abortion. HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT OBAMA’S POPULARITY IN THIS AREA TODAY IS ONLY 35 %? Christians can learn and change a negative into a positive. So when the culture of death advocates says that abortion does not matter, it does. The Obama presidency will be an education for Catholics and all Americans in all fields; religious, social, political etc. We have elected an American socialist who wants to promote a secular America. There will be openings on the Supreme Court and the mindset of Obama’s allies is same-sex marriage etc. for America.
In the past, Catholics have been swing voters and have decided most presidential elections. Our blog CINOPS BE GONE sought to persuade CATHOLICS to vote out of office Catholic-in-name-only politicians. While this did not happen in 2008, we will succeed a lot sooner than later. Pro-life is going to rule the day in the 2010 elections. We will fulfill the goal of Blessed John Paul II for a “new evangelization” this “teaching and preaching” apostolate. It will solve the Catholic fraud-politician scandal of receiving Holy Communion.
While only one-third of the bishops spoke out publicly on life issues in the 2008 election, more will speak out in future elections. This is a common sense religious educational approach. While we may quibble about someone who is pro-choice, LET’S GET REAL. We are talking about a political party that the CINOP is a part off. It is a party of pro-abortion on demand, pro same-sex marriage, pro-assisted-suicide, pro-euthanasia, and pro-embryonic stem-cell research. These are five (5) intrinsic and absolute evils.
George H. Kubeck
Friends and Intercessors (from Teri)
Dear Friends and Intercessors:
This afternoon I was praying about a number of things, and my mind began to wander. I was deeply distressed at the symbolic actions that President Obama took as he began his presidency. Namely, that he signed executive orders releasing funds to pay for abortions, permission to fund human stem cell research, and federal funding for contraception. I have been involved in the pro-life movement for nearly 20 years, and it pained my heart to see a man and a political party committed to the shedding of innocent blood. This man, and this party lead our country, but they do not represent me or the 54% of Americans who believe that abortion is wrong and should no longer be legal.
As I was praying, I believe that God gave me an interesting idea. Out in the garage I have a box of red envelopes. Like the powerful image of the red LIFE tape, an empty red envelope will send a message to Barack Obama that there is moral outrage in this country over this issue. It will be quiet, but clear.
Here is what I would like you to do:
Get a red envelope. You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores. On the front, address it to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500-0001
On the back, write the following message:
This envelope represents one child who died in abortion.
It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.
Put it in the mail, and send it. Then forward this email to every one of your friends who you think would send one too. I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child killed before having a chance to live. Maybe it will change the heart of the president.
Warmly,
[Your name]
This afternoon I was praying about a number of things, and my mind began to wander. I was deeply distressed at the symbolic actions that President Obama took as he began his presidency. Namely, that he signed executive orders releasing funds to pay for abortions, permission to fund human stem cell research, and federal funding for contraception. I have been involved in the pro-life movement for nearly 20 years, and it pained my heart to see a man and a political party committed to the shedding of innocent blood. This man, and this party lead our country, but they do not represent me or the 54% of Americans who believe that abortion is wrong and should no longer be legal.
As I was praying, I believe that God gave me an interesting idea. Out in the garage I have a box of red envelopes. Like the powerful image of the red LIFE tape, an empty red envelope will send a message to Barack Obama that there is moral outrage in this country over this issue. It will be quiet, but clear.
Here is what I would like you to do:
Get a red envelope. You can buy them at Kinkos, or at party supply stores. On the front, address it to:
President Barack Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, D.C. 20500-0001
On the back, write the following message:
This envelope represents one child who died in abortion.
It is empty because that life was unable to offer anything to the world. Responsibility begins with conception.
Put it in the mail, and send it. Then forward this email to every one of your friends who you think would send one too. I wish we could send 50 million red envelopes, one for every child killed before having a chance to live. Maybe it will change the heart of the president.
Warmly,
[Your name]
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Dr. Peter Kreeft - The Church's Temptations
Dr. Peter Kreeft – “The Church’s Temptations”
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Thursday, February 5, 2009
Excerpts from Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. How to NOT to Win the Culture War “Envoy Magazine,” V. 8.3.
First of all, politicization: We have persuaded Americans to treat their religion as a kind of politics and their politics as a kind of religion. In the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, the Catholic Church used to be known as the Democratic Party at prayer.
The second Principle is Happytalk: Let them always talk up the achievements, the successes, the progress that the Church has made in last forty years. Insist that they insist that the Church in America is healthy even though the statistics are devastating.
The Third principle is Organizationalism: The Church must be seen as an organization, not an organism; an earthly business, not a supernatural mystery. They must all be persuaded to be Marthas, not Mary; to worry about organizations, programs, committees, various activisms, numbers, and of course success. They must come to reverse Mother Teresa’s most famous maxim about God not putting them into this world to be successful but to be faithful.
The fourth Principle I call Neo-worship, the worship of the new, the fashionable. Let them substitute “new” for “true” and tell the truth with the clock. After all, “What’s new?” is easily answered by the holy writ of their newspapers, while Pilate’s question, “What is true?” can trail off safely into skeptical space – even when it literally is addressed to the face of Truth Himself standing right there in front of him!
Fifth, have them believe that Egalitarianism is the highest wisdom everywhere, even regarding the thing they are the most passionate about, sex. The Enemy invented this dangerous thing, of course, and made men and women superior and inferior to each other: men superior to women at being men and women superior to men at being women.
A sixth principle is Yuppiedom, or hedonism. Make them all shoppers instead of saints: soft, spoiled, self-indulgent consumerists utterly addicted to the comforts of this world and utterly unwilling and, eventually unable, to practice sacrifice and embrace suffering. In other words, continue to undermine the one virtue that is absolutely necessary to practice any other virtue at all, namely courage. Give them Christ without the Cross.
Seventh, be sure they are less Catholic and more Protestant than Protestants; that they spiritualize and psychologize everything, even the Sacraments, even the Incarnation and Resurrection. Keep them on the road to Gnosticism, the worship of spirituality instead of God. Spirituality is our religion after all… Don’t let them be moral absolutists. Persuade them that the worse thing in the world is not sin or damnation but fanaticism. Let that be the new F – word. Don’t let them remember that all the saints in history were moral absolutists.
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Thursday, February 5, 2009
Excerpts from Peter Kreeft, Ph.D. How to NOT to Win the Culture War “Envoy Magazine,” V. 8.3.
First of all, politicization: We have persuaded Americans to treat their religion as a kind of politics and their politics as a kind of religion. In the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, the Catholic Church used to be known as the Democratic Party at prayer.
The second Principle is Happytalk: Let them always talk up the achievements, the successes, the progress that the Church has made in last forty years. Insist that they insist that the Church in America is healthy even though the statistics are devastating.
The Third principle is Organizationalism: The Church must be seen as an organization, not an organism; an earthly business, not a supernatural mystery. They must all be persuaded to be Marthas, not Mary; to worry about organizations, programs, committees, various activisms, numbers, and of course success. They must come to reverse Mother Teresa’s most famous maxim about God not putting them into this world to be successful but to be faithful.
The fourth Principle I call Neo-worship, the worship of the new, the fashionable. Let them substitute “new” for “true” and tell the truth with the clock. After all, “What’s new?” is easily answered by the holy writ of their newspapers, while Pilate’s question, “What is true?” can trail off safely into skeptical space – even when it literally is addressed to the face of Truth Himself standing right there in front of him!
Fifth, have them believe that Egalitarianism is the highest wisdom everywhere, even regarding the thing they are the most passionate about, sex. The Enemy invented this dangerous thing, of course, and made men and women superior and inferior to each other: men superior to women at being men and women superior to men at being women.
A sixth principle is Yuppiedom, or hedonism. Make them all shoppers instead of saints: soft, spoiled, self-indulgent consumerists utterly addicted to the comforts of this world and utterly unwilling and, eventually unable, to practice sacrifice and embrace suffering. In other words, continue to undermine the one virtue that is absolutely necessary to practice any other virtue at all, namely courage. Give them Christ without the Cross.
Seventh, be sure they are less Catholic and more Protestant than Protestants; that they spiritualize and psychologize everything, even the Sacraments, even the Incarnation and Resurrection. Keep them on the road to Gnosticism, the worship of spirituality instead of God. Spirituality is our religion after all… Don’t let them be moral absolutists. Persuade them that the worse thing in the world is not sin or damnation but fanaticism. Let that be the new F – word. Don’t let them remember that all the saints in history were moral absolutists.
George H. Kubeck
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
The Life Legacy of President G.W. Bush
The Life Legacy of President G.W. Bush
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Wednesday, February 4, 2009
This report is from the National Right to Life News January, 2009 edition:
President Bush appointed two justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. In 2007 both justices voted to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.
In 2003, President Bush signed into law the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. When legal challenges were filed to the law, his Administration successfully defended the law and it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Bush also signed into law several other crucial pro-life measures, including the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which recognizes unborn children as victims of violent federal crimes, the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which affords babies who survive abortions the same legal protections as babies who are spontaneously born prematurely, and legislation to prevent health care providers from being penalized by the federal, state, or local governments for not providing abortions.
In 2007, President Bush sent congressional Democratic leaders letters in which he said that he would veto any bill that weakened any existing pro-life policy. This stance prevented successful attacks on the Hyde Amendment and many other pro-life laws during 2007 and 2008.
The Administration issued a regulation recognizing an unborn child as a “child” eligible for health services under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CSHIP).
In 2001, President Bush declared that federal funds could not be used for the type of stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos. He used his veto twice to prevent enactment of bills that would have overturned this pro-life policy. The types of adult stem cell research that the President promoted, which do not require the killing of human embryos, realized major breakthroughs during his administration.
The Bush Administration played a key role in the United Nations, in adoption by the UN General Assembly of the historic UN declaration calling on member nations to ban all forms of human cloning (2005), and in including language in the Convention (Treaty) on the rights of Persons with Disabilities, which protects persons with disabilities from being denied food, water and medical care (2006).
President Bush strongly advocated a complete ban on human cloning, and helped defeat “clone and kill” legislation.
President Bush restored and enforced the “Mexico City Policy,” which prevents tax refunds from being given to organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas. The President’s veto threats blocked congressional attempts to overturn this policy. The Administration also cut off funding for the United Nations Population Fund, due to that agency’s involvement in China’s compulsory-abortion programs.
G. H. Kubeck- (We have a Bush legacy of pro-life substance not oratorical skills.)
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Wednesday, February 4, 2009
This report is from the National Right to Life News January, 2009 edition:
President Bush appointed two justices to the U.S. Supreme Court, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito. In 2007 both justices voted to uphold the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act.
In 2003, President Bush signed into law the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act. When legal challenges were filed to the law, his Administration successfully defended the law and it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
President Bush also signed into law several other crucial pro-life measures, including the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which recognizes unborn children as victims of violent federal crimes, the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, which affords babies who survive abortions the same legal protections as babies who are spontaneously born prematurely, and legislation to prevent health care providers from being penalized by the federal, state, or local governments for not providing abortions.
In 2007, President Bush sent congressional Democratic leaders letters in which he said that he would veto any bill that weakened any existing pro-life policy. This stance prevented successful attacks on the Hyde Amendment and many other pro-life laws during 2007 and 2008.
The Administration issued a regulation recognizing an unborn child as a “child” eligible for health services under the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (CSHIP).
In 2001, President Bush declared that federal funds could not be used for the type of stem cell research that requires the destruction of human embryos. He used his veto twice to prevent enactment of bills that would have overturned this pro-life policy. The types of adult stem cell research that the President promoted, which do not require the killing of human embryos, realized major breakthroughs during his administration.
The Bush Administration played a key role in the United Nations, in adoption by the UN General Assembly of the historic UN declaration calling on member nations to ban all forms of human cloning (2005), and in including language in the Convention (Treaty) on the rights of Persons with Disabilities, which protects persons with disabilities from being denied food, water and medical care (2006).
President Bush strongly advocated a complete ban on human cloning, and helped defeat “clone and kill” legislation.
President Bush restored and enforced the “Mexico City Policy,” which prevents tax refunds from being given to organizations that perform or promote abortion overseas. The President’s veto threats blocked congressional attempts to overturn this policy. The Administration also cut off funding for the United Nations Population Fund, due to that agency’s involvement in China’s compulsory-abortion programs.
G. H. Kubeck- (We have a Bush legacy of pro-life substance not oratorical skills.)
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Wisdom 101 - Fear of the Lord
Wisdom 101 – Fear of the Lord
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Today is another classic meditation from Pope Benedict XVI’s Co-Workers of the Truth, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1992. Pp.47-8
For a long time now I have frequently pondered the meaning of the recurrent biblical adage: “Fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom”, and for a long time I found it very difficult to penetrate its meaning.
But now, by approaching it from the opposite side, I begin to understand it so clearly that I could almost touch it with my hands. For what is increasingly taking place before our eyes: can be summarized in the words: THE FEAR OF MEN, THAT IS, THE ABSENCE OF THE FEAR OF GOD, IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL FOOLISHNESS.
Today, since the image of God has been subjugated to the laws of advertising, fear of God has all but disappeared from the catalogue of virtues. If he has to have advertising appeal, God must be so graphically depicted in exactly the opposite way that no none can possibly find any reason to fear him.
That would be the last quality that would appear in our representations of him. In this way, that reversal of values was the real sickness of pre-Christian religious history spreads more and more throughout our society and even in the midst of the Church.
For even in ancient times there was a widespread belief that one did not have to fear the good God, the real God, because from him, since he was good, only good was to be expected.
There was no need to worry about the good God; the evil powers were the ones to fear. Only they were dangerous; consequently one must do all in one’s power to win their favor.
In this maxim we can see that the service of idols is an apostasy from the service of God. But we are surrounded by this idolatory. The good God does us no harm; we need offer him no more than a kind of primitive trust. But there are all too many dangerous powers around us with whom we must try to come to terms.
And that is what people – high and low – are trying to do both inside and outside the Church, no longer with eyes fixed on God and his standards, which, after all, are unimportant, but with eyes on the human powers if they want to be even halfway happy in this world.
They no longer strive for what is, for the truth, but for appearances – what people think of them and how they describe them.
The dictatorship of appearance is the idolatry of our age; it appears also in the Church. The fear of men is the beginning of all foolishness, but the fear of men rules uncontested where the fear of God is absent.
George H. Kubeck
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Today is another classic meditation from Pope Benedict XVI’s Co-Workers of the Truth, Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1992. Pp.47-8
For a long time now I have frequently pondered the meaning of the recurrent biblical adage: “Fear of God is the beginning of Wisdom”, and for a long time I found it very difficult to penetrate its meaning.
But now, by approaching it from the opposite side, I begin to understand it so clearly that I could almost touch it with my hands. For what is increasingly taking place before our eyes: can be summarized in the words: THE FEAR OF MEN, THAT IS, THE ABSENCE OF THE FEAR OF GOD, IS THE BEGINNING OF ALL FOOLISHNESS.
Today, since the image of God has been subjugated to the laws of advertising, fear of God has all but disappeared from the catalogue of virtues. If he has to have advertising appeal, God must be so graphically depicted in exactly the opposite way that no none can possibly find any reason to fear him.
That would be the last quality that would appear in our representations of him. In this way, that reversal of values was the real sickness of pre-Christian religious history spreads more and more throughout our society and even in the midst of the Church.
For even in ancient times there was a widespread belief that one did not have to fear the good God, the real God, because from him, since he was good, only good was to be expected.
There was no need to worry about the good God; the evil powers were the ones to fear. Only they were dangerous; consequently one must do all in one’s power to win their favor.
In this maxim we can see that the service of idols is an apostasy from the service of God. But we are surrounded by this idolatory. The good God does us no harm; we need offer him no more than a kind of primitive trust. But there are all too many dangerous powers around us with whom we must try to come to terms.
And that is what people – high and low – are trying to do both inside and outside the Church, no longer with eyes fixed on God and his standards, which, after all, are unimportant, but with eyes on the human powers if they want to be even halfway happy in this world.
They no longer strive for what is, for the truth, but for appearances – what people think of them and how they describe them.
The dictatorship of appearance is the idolatry of our age; it appears also in the Church. The fear of men is the beginning of all foolishness, but the fear of men rules uncontested where the fear of God is absent.
George H. Kubeck
Monday, February 2, 2009
Archbishop Raymond Burke
Archbishop Raymond Burke
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Monday, February 2, 2009
The Archbishop has sent a message of support from Rome to those in the U.S. who defend human life and the traditional family. He told them not to give up the fight; even things may seem dire with the election of Barack Obama. He particular urged pro-life people to continue the political and legal battle against the 1973 US Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion.
“We are in a very dark period for the pro-life movement, which means that now we have to re-double all of our efforts,” he said.
The new president, Archbishop Burke said, must hear from the American people “who I believe are, in the end, pro-life above everything else.” But the time has come, with the election of the man who is being called by pro-life advocates the “most pro-abortion president” in US history, to announce clearly and firmly the message of the sanctity of life and family more than at any other time.
“THERE CAN NEVER BE ANY LET-UP ON THE EFFORT TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS WADE,” HE SAID, “BECAUSE THERE IS, AT ITS DEEPEST CORE, OUR MOST UNJUST JUDICIAL DECISION, IT HAS TO BE OVERTURNED.”
He agreed that people of good will could work with the Obama administration to provide improved services to the women in crisis pregnancies and pointed out that the Catholic Church has “above all, been in the forefront of that.” But, he said, “that can never exempt us from the duty” to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
“It’s going to depend upon the pro-life movement to make that voice heard, and to get people to express to the president their dismay with what he’s doing, so that he understands that the people of the United States are not for the murder of infants in the womb.”
He told LifeSiteNews.com Jan. 30/09 that he is becoming “very concerned” at the number of people who have written to him to say that the election of Obama is a sing that the pro-life movement has definitely failed to overturn Roe vs. Wade. He particularly denounced the idea, put forward by some in the pro-life movement in the U.S. that the time has come to abandon the fight against Roe and turn exclusively to “education” and to cooperate with the new administration in “reducing abortions” by improving welfare and health services for women.
Archbishop Burke responded, saying, “TO ME THIS IS A FORM OF SELF-DELUSION BECAUSE THE LAW ITSELF IS ONE THE PRINCIPLE TEACHERS IN ANY CULTURE, AND YOU HAVE A LAW, A DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHICH SAYS, IN EFFECT, THAT AN INFANT IN THE WOMB CAN BE DESTROYED RIGHT UP TO THE TIME OF BIRTH AND EVEN IN THE ACT OF BIRTH.
Until Roe vs. Wade is overturned, he said, “that law remains a teacher in the culture and represents a direction given to the life of the society, of the nation.
“So, I’m very concerned that some of the dedicated pro-life people don’t fall prey to this false reasoning, and then NOT continue their work for the repeal of Roe v. Wade.”
George H. Kubeck
P.S. 80% of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal or restricted in some way.
In pursuit of the truth – cinops be gone – Monday, February 2, 2009
The Archbishop has sent a message of support from Rome to those in the U.S. who defend human life and the traditional family. He told them not to give up the fight; even things may seem dire with the election of Barack Obama. He particular urged pro-life people to continue the political and legal battle against the 1973 US Supreme Court decision, Roe vs. Wade that legalized abortion.
“We are in a very dark period for the pro-life movement, which means that now we have to re-double all of our efforts,” he said.
The new president, Archbishop Burke said, must hear from the American people “who I believe are, in the end, pro-life above everything else.” But the time has come, with the election of the man who is being called by pro-life advocates the “most pro-abortion president” in US history, to announce clearly and firmly the message of the sanctity of life and family more than at any other time.
“THERE CAN NEVER BE ANY LET-UP ON THE EFFORT TO OVERTURN ROE VERSUS WADE,” HE SAID, “BECAUSE THERE IS, AT ITS DEEPEST CORE, OUR MOST UNJUST JUDICIAL DECISION, IT HAS TO BE OVERTURNED.”
He agreed that people of good will could work with the Obama administration to provide improved services to the women in crisis pregnancies and pointed out that the Catholic Church has “above all, been in the forefront of that.” But, he said, “that can never exempt us from the duty” to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
“It’s going to depend upon the pro-life movement to make that voice heard, and to get people to express to the president their dismay with what he’s doing, so that he understands that the people of the United States are not for the murder of infants in the womb.”
He told LifeSiteNews.com Jan. 30/09 that he is becoming “very concerned” at the number of people who have written to him to say that the election of Obama is a sing that the pro-life movement has definitely failed to overturn Roe vs. Wade. He particularly denounced the idea, put forward by some in the pro-life movement in the U.S. that the time has come to abandon the fight against Roe and turn exclusively to “education” and to cooperate with the new administration in “reducing abortions” by improving welfare and health services for women.
Archbishop Burke responded, saying, “TO ME THIS IS A FORM OF SELF-DELUSION BECAUSE THE LAW ITSELF IS ONE THE PRINCIPLE TEACHERS IN ANY CULTURE, AND YOU HAVE A LAW, A DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF YOUR COUNTRY, WHICH SAYS, IN EFFECT, THAT AN INFANT IN THE WOMB CAN BE DESTROYED RIGHT UP TO THE TIME OF BIRTH AND EVEN IN THE ACT OF BIRTH.
Until Roe vs. Wade is overturned, he said, “that law remains a teacher in the culture and represents a direction given to the life of the society, of the nation.
“So, I’m very concerned that some of the dedicated pro-life people don’t fall prey to this false reasoning, and then NOT continue their work for the repeal of Roe v. Wade.”
George H. Kubeck
P.S. 80% of Americans believe that abortion should be illegal or restricted in some way.
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