tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post8662296827121162074..comments2024-03-23T05:16:23.443-05:00Comments on The Lair of the Catholic Cavemen: Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-17157549720826451302007-11-16T15:30:00.000-05:002007-11-16T15:30:00.000-05:00The funny thing is that this was my parents' paris...The funny thing is that this was my parents' parish while they lived outside San Francisco -- it's in the Archdiocese of San Francisco; what more do you need to say?<BR/><BR/>But I agree with the general gist here that it is inexcusable to arrest a faithful parishioner attending Mass. Though I must in fairness agree that, were I to have children, I'd want to explain to them myself why abortion was wrong - preferably without graphic illustration.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08841018404040911043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-74313102631362064342007-11-16T06:59:00.000-05:002007-11-16T06:59:00.000-05:00The Catholic schools are deficient, no argument th...The Catholic schools are deficient, no argument there. But having some guy display pictures of aborted babies to grade school kids isn't right either.<BR/><BR/>Two wrongs never make a right.<BR/><BR/>And that priest needs his ass kicked for barring a parishoner from going to Mass! I hereby volunteer.Subvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13523683273450353313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-9159334420061509212007-11-15T23:36:00.000-05:002007-11-15T23:36:00.000-05:00Obviously, I don't know anything about the school ...Obviously, I don't know anything about the school or what it teaches.<BR/><BR/>It's certainly strange in the extreme that someone might be arrested solely for attending mass, even if he'd been told not to show at that parish.<BR/><BR/>But IR, from what I'm reading, if you bolt to the Orthodox, you'll shortly be back anyway.Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-60645952318933085942007-11-15T19:30:00.000-05:002007-11-15T19:30:00.000-05:00Does anyone know how to contact this priests bisho...Does anyone know how to contact this priests bishop? Or should we go ahead and write to the Nuncio?<BR/><BR/>Vir--can you maybe put the contacts up? If we scream loudly enough, even the Pope will hear!<BR/><BR/>I'm so sick of this crap! If it wasn't for Rome, I'd so bolt to the Orthodox!ignorant redneckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15718783732896413346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-45838218387310192692007-11-15T14:18:00.000-05:002007-11-15T14:18:00.000-05:00The pictures are inappropriate for a grade school....The pictures are inappropriate for a grade school.<BR/><BR/>That being said, I find it highly ironic that a 72-year-old pro-life man is arrested for going to Mass, but a slew of supposedly "Catholic" politicians who support abortion could show up at a parish and receive Communion and praise for who they are.<BR/><BR/>I agree that there are two people in the wrong here, but I'm with the Caveman in that many Catholic schools do not teach Catholic values anymore.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05913350782739004678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-66352599785195362752007-11-15T13:46:00.000-05:002007-11-15T13:46:00.000-05:00Patrick and Kasia,You cought it... I missed it. Yo...Patrick and Kasia,<BR/>You cought it... I missed it. You're both right. It was for going to Mass. <BR/><BR/>Hmmm... a Catholic was arrested for going to Mass. Sheesh, we don't need the militant atheists and secularists. We have the "Fruits of Vatican II" priests to call the cops on our own people.Kevin Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019976622801954677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-21573809649452590432007-11-15T11:32:00.000-05:002007-11-15T11:32:00.000-05:00The way I read the article, the trespass charges w...The way I read the article, the trespass charges weren't for parking on the public street with the graphic pictures; that was why he was banned from the parish grounds. The trespass charges stemmed from him showing up to Mass after having been banned.<BR/><BR/>I don't know the laws in California, but it sounds like that could hold up in court. The parish grounds are private property, after all.<BR/><BR/>It still smacks of something not being quite right, arresting a 72-year-old man for going to Mass, but overall I'm with the Regular Guy on this one. Sounds like we had two people in the wrong.Kasiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12252276821520357094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-45421557437715704392007-11-15T10:56:00.000-05:002007-11-15T10:56:00.000-05:00It appears from the story Mr. Foti was arrested fo...It appears from the story Mr. Foti was arrested for trespassing when he entered church grounds to attend Mass. This may be correct as a matter of civil law, if he was asked to leave and did not.<BR/><BR/>As a matter of canon law, I don't think a priest can bar someone from Mass unless they are causing a disturbance or otherwise under some kind of church discipline. There is no mention of such things in the story. Of course priests can and should refuse communion for, say, politicians who persist in supporting abortion laws. That is different from denying someone admission to Mass at all.<BR/><BR/>Mr. Foti needs to complain to the bishop, and then to Rome if necessary.Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402788402018206599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-4628103947773463852007-11-15T09:54:00.000-05:002007-11-15T09:54:00.000-05:00I can understand your apprehension, but with that ...I can understand your apprehension, but with that said, personally knowing how un-Catholic many of the Catholic schools are back in my home state, I'd be willing to wager a small amount that kids at this school aren't even taught that abortion is a mortal sin in any and all circumstances. <BR/><BR/>So my point being is this; someone's gotta teach 'em. The parents won't. The school won't. The parish priest won't. <BR/><BR/>And from a legalistic POV, his vehicle (and signs) were on a public street, not school property.Kevin Whitemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07019976622801954677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18853193.post-58024717374175405892007-11-15T09:41:00.000-05:002007-11-15T09:41:00.000-05:00Well, I'm sure not going to show pictures of victi...Well, I'm sure not going to show pictures of victims of abortion, or the Nazis, to my kids.<BR/><BR/>I'm all for displaying pictures like that where people need to see them: such as in the halls of Congress or the Legislature, outside polling places, and especially outside abortion mills.<BR/><BR/>But outside a Catholic school?<BR/><BR/>I think we have two people in the wrong here.Sir Galen of Bristolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14249011691189216258noreply@blogger.com