A Letter to The Archdiocese of Chicago- THANK YOU FRANK HOULIHAN GREAT WORK

[carol ann parisi]

A Letter to The Archdiocese of Chicago

In a message dated 10/15/2012 12:23:43 A.M. Central Daylight Time,

Your Eminence, Archbishop Francis George, and other Hierarchy of the Archdiocese of Chicago  -                                                                                                                             Please believe my Catholic 'outrage' after witnessing the Vice Presidential Debate on Thursday, Oct. 11th.  After viewing the debate between Vice President Biden and Congressman Paul Ryan, I was outraged by the performance and rhetoric of the Vice President. Not only was it derisive and offensive to Congressman Ryan, who is a sincere believer of our Catholic faith and it's stand on conception and the "Right to Life", but it was in direct denial of our Faith's Doctrine on Abortion. For the Vice President to state that he is a "devout" Catholic, who believes in our Church Doctrine, on the one hand, and then state that he condones Abortion, by others, on the other, is sacrilegious, in nature. My question to you is: WHY has the Catholic Church been silent on the Vice President's contradictory stance on this issue? He has made a mockery of our Church Doctrine on Abortion, and has the impudence to state this contradiction in a debate that was televised live, Nationally, and throughout the world. To call himself a "devout" catholic, is also an outrage, and is an embarrassment to those of us who truly believe in our Church Doctrine. Vice President Biden should be censured for his dual stance on Abortion, by the Catholic faith he professes to believe in. WHY is the Church silent on this issue?  I, as a Catholic, wonder, that if  the Vice President were a Muslim, and had professed a contradictory stance on Islamic Doctrine, would not he be censured by the Islamic hierarchy?  The answer, of course is, yes, we would expect them to show outrage, and rightfully so. Why, then, a lack of response from our Catholic leaders. If Christ were alive today wouldn't we expect Him to show outrage? The answer, of course, is, yes, rightfully so.  Please respond to my inquiry as I am deeply concerned by this issue.                       

[carol ann parisi]

President Obama: An Opponent Of Catholicism?

By Msgr. Eric Barr

Step with me into the area of controversy and consider the provocative question of whether President Barak Obama is an opponent of Catholicism and its values. As our government bent upwards and sideways last week to appease the darkness that is radical Islam, apologizing and even going wobbly on the issue of free speech, I thought a bit about how the president and his government is treating Catholics and their views.

For your consideration:

First, abortion rights. Not only is the president a fierce proponent of abortion on demand, he is also for something that should horrify not only Catholics but all people of good will. Not once, not twice, but three times as an Illinois senator, Obama opposed the “Born Alive Infant’s Protection Act,” which stated that babies born after abortions are persons and must be given care. His opposition was a patent endorsement of infanticide — the murder of children. There has never been an abortion restriction that he has endorsed. He is not simply pro-choice; rather, he is an activist in the strongest sense, diametrically opposed to the most obvious moral stance taken by Catholicism.

Second, the humiliation of Cardinal Dolan over the health care act. During a White House meeting between the cardinal and the president, Obama promised the cardinal that he would protect churches and religions and the consciences of those in Obamacare, not forcing them to go against their beliefs in any way. The HHS mandate forcing Catholics and others to pay for birth control, abortifacients, and sterilization in their employees’ healthcare plans showed his promise to be false and the “compromise” he suggested simply doubled down on his belief that the Constitution provides only for freedom of worship (inside church buildings) and not freedom of religion (a broader concept that allows people of faith to act publicly).

Third, his continued prevarication, i.e., lying, about freedom of religion. Just this past Monday, the president made a video on religious liberty. The Hill reports that Obama, “made a campaign pitch to ‘people of faith’ in which he reaffirmed his ‘commitment’ to this value saying, ‘The American people should know this: In a changing world, my commitment to protecting religious liberty is and always will be unwavering.’ ” He goes on talking about protecting people’s consciences — something he has no intention of ever doing. Meanwhile, Obamacare marches on, steamrolling Catholic morality and the First Amendment under its weight. How can that be tolerated by citizens?

These statements and attitudes by the president become even more breathtaking when weighed with the passion and determination the administration has shown trying to soothe outraged Muslims who are not even citizens of our country. The rioting mobs around the world are kowtowed to and the precious sensibilities of their beliefs are put on the front burner even as they kill and harm others. Nothing justifies this peculiar and unreal stance of the president.

But these are the times we live in, when truth is sacrificed for expediency and a hostile stance — we could even call it a hatred — toward religion and Catholicism in particular grows in our country. It’s persecution without rack and pyre, but perhaps those are coming too, if men and women of integrity, regardless of faith, do not stand up for religious liberty