We have heard from about 80 bishops out of how man...

2009-05-21T13:51:16.305-04:00

We have heard from about 80 bishops out of how many. The Vatican newspaper is neutral, or even positive, to the President.

Inviting the President as Commencement speaker is ...

2009-05-21T11:41:34.290-04:00

Inviting the President as Commencement speaker is debateable, but conferring an honor is clearly against the USCCB teaching and specifically an insult to Bishop D'Arcy. Without any consequence, it begs the question of which teachings we should follow and which ones can we decide for ourselves. Fr. Jenkins decided for himself which teachings he wanted to follow and apparently got away with it.

I have heard people say that voting for Obama is a...

2009-05-20T14:03:37.568-04:00

I have heard people say that voting for Obama is a mortal sin. How many levels of mortal sin do we have. How about voting for Mccaine who believes killing innocent babies is right if the poor child is a product of rape or incest.

Why do some of us (the pro-life advocates) give the impression that the pro-life battle is over just because Notra Dame gave an honorary ward to a pro-choice

The anti-white rant of James Wesly Smith, whoever ...

2009-05-20T04:21:42.469-04:00

The anti-white rant of James Wesly Smith, whoever he is, was rather entertaining. He seems to think Saint Augustine was black.

At the same time, it is sad to see "pro-choice Catholics" like Smith using racial politics to further their agenda. I guess their idea is that "white guilt" can be used to silence any whites who oppose Obama's pro-abortion policies.

How do they

Brothers & Sisters in Christ, It appears that the...

2009-05-20T02:47:35.962-04:00

Brothers & Sisters in Christ,

It appears that the writing is truly on the wall (forgive the cliche); but only an act of God, i.e. an 'Illumination of Conscience' by the Holy Spirit on a global scale will save us now. Many are those who pray for this day to come soon. It is will be Saving Grace for many.

Mother of Sorrows, pray for us!
God the Father of All,

I'm surprised that so many have missed the obvious...

2009-05-19T22:07:50.685-04:00

I'm surprised that so many have missed the obvious, although it's been headlined right in front of us: Catholics Divided Over Obama At Notre Dame....that was the point, to divide. You can not control what is united, but you can conquer what is divided. We are strongest when we are one (in One). Perhaps we need to forgive (love) eachother first?

My own personal understanding, and not in vanity, ...

2009-05-19T19:08:01.011-04:00

My own personal understanding, and not in vanity, is this: Many of the Catholic Churches do not focus on, and emphasize, and expound on the Catholic doctrine and dogma and solid teaching, regarding abortion, euthanasia, sexual deviancy and Holy Matrimony. They seem to be more concerned about being popular and accepted by the children of God than they are concerned about leading the children unto

this whole issue is so sad...which is why we see o...

2009-05-19T18:45:26.207-04:00

this whole issue is so sad...which is why we see our Blessed Lady crying...if only the pro Obama Catholics would please stop calling themselves Catholics !!! Why do they do this when they do not believe in what the Catholic Church teaches ????..pray pray pray for our world.

"Pro-choice" Catholic? Finish the sentence! What ...

2009-05-19T16:00:00.000-04:00

"Pro-choice" Catholic? Finish the sentence! What are you choosing? Choosing what? Go ahead, say it! The killing of an innocent baby. That is what you are choosing. The killing of an innocent baby. Abortion stops a beating, human heart. You can't escape that fact. Christ said, "Whatsoever you do to the least of My brothers, you do unto ME." So, you are not only choosing to kill a baby,

The argument used by many "pro-life" catholics who...

2009-05-19T13:31:00.000-04:00

The argument used by many "pro-life" catholics who vote for pro-choice candidates is that the pro-choice candidates are stronger on "social justice issues".

I would like to say that social justice is important to almost all americans; no question. Issues such as immigration, health care, poverty, hunger affect us all. I would add that each side to the debate conservative as well as

ABORTION IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, JUST AS SLAV...

2009-05-19T12:23:00.000-04:00

ABORTION IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY, JUST AS SLAVERY AND THE HOLOCAUST. Through prayer and fasting, abortion WILL fall just as slavery and the holocaust fell. WAS SLAVERY RIGHT? Of course not, the slave was his own individual with God given rights and should not be under the control of the slave master. WAS THE HOLOCAUST RIGHT? No since no one should be murdered for their ethnicity, not

"By last count, I believe there are 65 million Cat...

2009-05-19T10:47:00.000-04:00

"By last count, I believe there are 65 million Catholics in the U.S. If all Catholics would have voted pro-life, i.e. anti-abortion, in all elections since Roe v Wade ..."

If every one of those 65 million were able, once in the past forty years, to persuade one woman to bring a child to term, both politics and the law would be irrelevant.

I am awaiting the "...went out and wept bitterly.....

2009-05-19T10:42:00.000-04:00

I am awaiting the "...went out and wept bitterly..." after denying he knew Him part of this drama.

By last count, I believe there are 65 million Cath...

2009-05-19T10:32:00.000-04:00

By last count, I believe there are 65 million Catholics in the U.S.
If all Catholics would have voted pro-life, i.e. anti-abortion, in all elections since Roe v Wade, the right-to-abortion would have been overturned by now! So it seems to me that Catholics in voting for candidates like Clinton, Obama, Pelosi, Kerry, Kennedy, Reid, etc. have with their votes helped perpeuate the slaughter of

Until we put our Faith first, nothing will change....

2009-05-19T10:18:52.011-04:00

Until we put our Faith first, nothing will change. These arguments by those who voted for Obama are obviously rationalizations. The GOP should have made abortion illegal. Yeah, right. As if the Dems weren't fighting them at every turn on that. If the GOP had supermajorities everywhere and still didn't do anything, then you'd have a point.

We can't vote for a candidate that proudly

Whew - I think I'm falling asleep with all this "p...

2009-05-19T08:28:00.000-04:00

Whew - I think I'm falling asleep with all this "preaching to the choir".

This writer feels the imbroglio proves much ado ab...

2009-05-19T02:39:00.000-04:00

This writer feels the imbroglio proves much ado about nuthin'(to us).

As a Black Catholic (following African Saints. Augustine's, Athanasius's, Macarius's
dictates on Yeshua (Jesus to the Eurocentric), one's right formed conscious is paramount to a particular interest group's yelling a screaming about what is "Catholic" and what is not.

(Just some Teutonic-- Anglo

Soon GOD will show each and every one of us indivi...

2009-05-19T01:52:00.000-04:00

Soon GOD will show each and every one of us individually "ALL THAT WE HAVE DONE WRONG" and "ALL THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE RIGHT"!!! Think about that. Unless GOD sees us as Saint Francis' or Saint Clare's, it is pretty safe to say that each of us will probably in our soul painfully suffer when we see our sins. Hopefully GOD will allow each and every one of us to suffer for our sins to gain eternal

To invite someone to speak is one thing; to confer...

2009-05-18T23:59:51.599-04:00

To invite someone to speak is one thing; to confer an honorary degree is quite another. Allowing someone to speak can show respect for the office, and a willingness to exchange ideas. Conferring an honorary degree implies approval and support of the person's life work and values.

We must stop claiming that there are two Catholic ...

2009-05-18T23:39:00.000-04:00

We must stop claiming that there are two Catholic Churches in America. We have Catholics who follow the teachings of the Magistium, and we have people claiming catholics for a variety of reasons, but it doesn't change the FACT they are PROTESTING the teachings of the Church, making themselves PROTESTants. I could say I am a man, but the fact is still that I am female. IT is time those not

I'm anti abortion, but some of this hasn't cleared...

2009-05-18T23:21:00.000-04:00

I'm anti abortion, but some of this hasn't cleared things for me. Bush was anti abortion but apparently the abortion frequency didn't change during his eight years. Obama is pro abortion but wants to cut the number of abortions to nearly nothing. Should I oppose them both, one for doing nothing and the other for saying the wrong thing?

There is so much confusion on "tolerance". Fr Cor...

2009-05-18T21:52:00.000-04:00

There is so much confusion on
"tolerance".
Fr Corapi explains it well.
We only tolerate the good.
We do not tolerate evil.

There is no need for debate. Abortion is intrinsi...

2009-05-18T20:45:00.000-04:00

There is no need for debate. Abortion is intrinsically evil. What part of this don't nominal Roman Catholics understand. It is what it is.

One more thing. It looks like he didn't mention Je...

2009-05-18T20:39:00.000-04:00

One more thing. It looks like he didn't mention Jesus Christ or Mary the Mother of God once in his speech. As if it was a surprise.

Praise be to the Lord Jesus Christ, son of the Living God!

The American Catholic Church just elected their ne...

2009-05-18T20:21:00.000-04:00

The American Catholic Church just elected their new pope. It's time for them to come out and and state who they are. They want contraception, sterilization, fornication, adultery, practicing homosexuality and abortion to be removed from the list of mortal sins and replaced with only the sin of intolerance.

Hopefully this episode will wake people up to the reality that already exists

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