Meet The New Boss... Same As The Old Boss
Dear Pope Benedict, screw you. Love, Teddy Mac

WARNING!! Harsh language alert. If you are easily offen... aww hell, you know the drill.

Sing it, Brother Daltry. Damn right, we won't get fooled again. But it looks like Sweaty Teddy is trying his damndest to pull an end-run around authentic Catholic teaching... yet again. If you thought the Democrats were embroiled in one helluva case of "let's destroy ourselves", you haven't been following the antics of some of America's so-called Catholic leaders.

In the past, I've pointed out that whenever there is a difference in any given Biblical teaching, Catholicism always adheres to the more stringent, and Protestantism always adheres to what's easiest. Anyone else see the same parallel between (then) Cardinal Ratzinger and present day Martin Luther... I mean Cardinal Mac?

Here's the article from The California Catholic;
Beyond the right to life
Cardinal McCarrick addresses San Bernardino vicariate meeting on the duties of citizenship

Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, archbishop-emeritus of Washington, D.C., addressed the annual meeting of the San Bernardino diocese’s six vicariates on Feb. 13. McCarrick, said an announcement on the San Bernardino diocesan web site, is “considered one of the Church's foremost experts on socio-political issues.” (If he's one of the "foremost experts", we're in deep shit.)

Though the diocese was hosting the event featuring McCarrick, the web site announcement was hesitant to say what the cardinal would address. “He is expected to speak about ‘Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship,’ a document released late last year by the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops that details core Gospel values that Catholics should use in making personal, social or political choices,” said the announcement. “In an election year, Cardinal McCarrick is expected to offer unique insights on the relationship between Church teachings and high profile political issues of the day.” (I would imagine that the "unique insight" mentioned translates to the good Cardinal telling The Holy Father, the Magesterium, and 2,000 years of Catholicism that they collectivly can have sexual intercourse with themselves.)

According to a Feb. 14 Riverside Press Enterprise article covering the vicariate meeting, McCarrick told his audience that the bishops’ document does not tell Catholics how to vote but urges them to vote for the candidates who best support Church teaching. "The first and most essential right has to be the right to life," said the cardinal; still, "we are not a single-issue church. You start with the right to life. You have to. But you have to go beyond it. You cannot be authentically Catholic unless you go beyond it." (Did you catch that? "Beyond the right to life" So according to this direct spiritual descendant of Judas Iscariot, I can't be an authentic Catholic unless I look upon the innocent unborn as just another political issue. This guy is so patently full of bull shit.)

The Press Enterprise noted that McCarrick “was in the thick of political controversy in 2004 when he opposed proposals by several fellow bishops to deny communion to Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry because of Kerry's support for legal abortion.” (That means he's "one of the Church's foremost experts on socio-political issues". The liberal news media is still pissing their pants with glee over McCarrick's open opposition to Rome. Saying he was in the thick of the controversy was putting it mildly. That's like saying that explosive diarrhea is in the thick of the soiled underwear controversy.)

McCarrick was the president of a task force that had been meeting in 2004 to offer recommendations on the question of denying communion to Catholic pro-abortion politicians, or even to Catholics who vote for pro-abortion politicians. It was McCarrick who consulted Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then head of the Holy See’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, on the matter, and Ratzinger replied with a memorandum. (Mac Daddy in charge of that task force, 'eh? Talk about the fox in charge of the hen house.)

The memorandum said pastors should meet with anyone guilty of formal cooperation in abortion or euthanasia (such as a Catholic politician “consistently campaigning and voting for permissive abortion and euthanasia laws”), “instructing him about the Church’s teaching, informing him that he is not to present himself for Holy Communion until he brings to an end the objective situation of sin, and warning him that he will otherwise be denied the Eucharist.” (Pretty blunt, fairly straightforward. Hell, even I can figure this one out. Howz about you?)

Ratzinger, citing a 2002 Vatican ruling on divorced and remarried Catholics, then said: “When ‘these precautionary measures have not had their effect or in which they were not possible,’ and the person in question, with obstinate persistence, still presents himself to receive the Holy Eucharist, ‘the minister of Holy Communion must refuse to distribute it’ [Emphasis added.] ... This decision, properly speaking, is not a sanction or a penalty. Nor is the minister of Holy Communion passing judgement on the person’s subjective guilt, but rather is reacting to the person’s public unworthiness to receive Holy Communion due to an objective situation of sin.” (I STILL understand this, only proving the statement from then Cdl Ratzinger isn't really all that hard to fathom.)

In a June 15, 2004 address to the U.S. bishops, Cardinal McCarrick seemed to soften Ratzinger’s words. Relaying Ratzinger’s communications (received, said McCarrick, both by memorandum and in telephone conversations), McCarrick said that Ratzinger “recognizes that there are circumstances in which Holy Communion may be denied.” [Emphasis added.] McCarrick added that “Cardinal Ratzinger clearly leaves to us as teachers, pastors and leaders WHETHER to pursue this path.” [Double emphasis in original.] I hear Teddy Mac has penned a hymn specifically for Pope Benedict; in the Gregorian Chant style, let's all sing together!! --Hymmmn, hymmmmn, f**k himmmm

Yet Again, Proving Our Lady Of Akita Right
Cardinal McCarrick on same side as pro-abortion group

OK, so Life News got the "former" cardinal part wrong, but they're still right on target pointing out how Cardinal McCarrick is giving approval for Catholics to vote for pro-butchery candidates.

I've posted in the past concerning how Presider McCarrick has totally abandoned authentic Church Teaching, so the following comes as no surprise.

Former Catholic Cardinal, Pro-Abortion Group Blast Communion Denial Quote
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
October 15, 2007

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A former Catholic cardinal and a leading pro-abortion "Catholic" group have blasted comments by St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke who said he would deny communion to Republican presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani because of his position favoring abortion.

Earlier this month, Burke said he would deny communion to Giuliani. "If the question is about a Catholic who is publicly espousing positions contrary to the moral law, and I know that person knows it, yes I would [deny communion]," Burke told the St. Louis Post Dispatch.

He said anyone who administers Catholic communion can't knowingly give it to Catholic politicians who flout the Church's teachings on abortion. "It is a cause of concern for me and for all bishops to find ourselves in this situation," Burke said.

Former Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick restated his opposition to Burke's position to withhold communion from pro-abortion politicians. McCarrick said the Catholic Church shouldn't be denying communion to pro-abortion Catholic politicians because no elected official will ever perfectly fall in line with every policy position the Church takes. (In other words, he's just given the green light to voting for baby-butchers)

In an interview with the Associated Press over the weekend he also said the church's positions on abortion and other issues such as euthanasia and the death penalty are base teachings, but do not fully encompass all Catholic beliefs. (Again, McCarrick get's it wrong. No where in the official teaching of The Church does it state that it's a sin to adhere to the death penalty in cases of extreme gravity.)

"You cannot be authentically Catholic if you do not support life, yet it is not enough just to support life, you have to go beyond that," McCarrick said. "To really be authentically Catholic, you need it and the family rights, the right to education, the right to take care of the poor, the right of migrants," he added. (Typical liberal ploy. When in an indefensable position, change the subject.)

Meanwhile, Jon O'Brien, the head of the pro-abortion group calling itself "Catholics for a Free Choice" said communion decisions shouldn't be based on abortion. "In Catholicism, once you are baptized, you are authentically Catholic. We don't have a litmus test that people take," he told the Associated Press.

After Burke's comments, Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, was in New Hampshire campaigning and he avoided answering the comments directly. "Archbishops have a right to their opinion, you know," Giuliani said. "There's freedom of religion in this country. There's no established religion, and archbishops have a right to their opinion. Everybody has a right to their opinion."

Direct Spiritual Descendant of Judas Iscariot
McCarrick abandons Holy Mother Church... again

Warning: Graphic descriptions. If the hard core truth bothers you, I suggest you go to the Archdiocese of Washington, DC website instead... or possibly a site run by the Jesuits

Archpresider Teddy "It's Rainin' Men" McCarrick has just punched Holy Mother Church right in the gut.

According to the CNN transcript, Wolf Blitzer asked, "So just explain. You think that you could live with -- you could support civil unions between gays and lesbians, but you wouldn't like them to get formally married, is that right?"

Cardinal McCarrick replied, "Yes."

It went from bad to worse.

In a June 8th interview with LifeSiteNews.com, the Cardinal's spokeswoman Susan Gibbs denied that the Cardinal supported homosexual civil unions. When asked "wouldn't support for homosexual unions run the risk of actually trivializing marriage?" She responded by saying, "He [McCarrick] didn't say that he supported homosexual unions. He has not said that."

The same point was made in the 2003 Vatican document put out by the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith (CDF) which was, at the time, headed up by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the current Pope. That document, "Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons", stated that "under no circumstances can they [homosexual civil unions] be approved."

When Gibbs was presented with pertinent quotes from the CDF document, she responded: "The Cardinal is very committed, the Cardinal is Catholic all the way through".

Hmmm... wasn't martin luther at one time 'Catholic all the way through'?

Anyhow, this garbage from Martin Luther McCarrick about how homo-marriage is wrong, but homo-civil unions is acceptable makes about as much sense as "incest is wrong, as long as there's no penetration. Brother and sister; sister and father; grandmother and granddaughter, whatever... heavy petting, kissing, fallatio... all that's just just fine. Just no penetration.

God save us from 'leaders' like that gutless McCarrick.

The Theology Of The Muzzled Dog
Next in a series of many

In the Spirit of Vatican II, I've posted many different types of "Theology of (insert noun here)" from time to time. Everything from The Theology of Street Signs, to The Theology of Punctuation

Well, we're now treated to The Theology of The Muzzled Dog.

Here's the dogma (no pun intended) behind this particular pronouncement;

The word's on the streets that The Holy Father is supporting the Mexican bishops who've stated that pro-abort politicos cannot/will not receive Holy Communion (and possibly may even excommunicate them). Note: it's only a threat... nothing as Lefevbresque as a real excommunication has actually happened to these purveyors of slaughter.

Anyhow, in that very same article, the following was reported;

The statements by the Pope have significance not only in Brazil but also in the United States and elsewhere where certain bishops have refused to follow the guidance of Rome in denying communion to pro-abortion politicians.

The most notable opposition in that vein came from the now-retired Archbishop of Washington, Theodore Cardinal McCarrick, who chaired a committee of bishops on the subject of how to deal with pro-abortion Catholic politicians.

McCarrick received direct guidance on the subject from then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. The letter indicated that persistently pro-abortion Catholic politicians, once they had been warned, "must" be denied Communion. Not only did McCarrick publicly refuse to follow Ratzinger's directives himself, he concealed Ratzinger's communication from even some of the Bishops who were on the committee.

Then Cardinal Ratzinger has since become Pope Benedict XVI. Cardinal McCarrick has retired in the good graces of The Church. Catholic bishops authorize abortions in Catholic hospitals. Pro-abortion politicians still speak at Catholic institutions. Pelosi, Schwarzenegger, Kennedy and Giuliani still receive Holy Communion.

Oh, and yet another "Catholic" College (Boston Law School) will have a *pro-abortion politician as their commencement speaker.

OK... how does all this constitute The Theology of The Muzzled Dog? Simple. There you are, late at night in your dark, secluded home. But not to worry... you have your muzzled German Shepherd. He's lean, he's mean, he don't take any grief in between! You feel SAFE knowing such a fine animal is by your side.

But at the other end of the house... you hear someone breaking in! Muffled voices! You just crapped your pants!! Ahhh, but you have one bad-ass German Shepherd right next to you.

Then it hits you ---- unless this dog is going to pee the burglar to death, you can count on Fido actually doing only two things; "jack" and "shit". Well, Fido just might make a whole buncha noise and look ferocious. But that's about it.

Just like all the balloon-juice directives and pronouncements coming out of Rome concerning their non-stance against pro-butchery politicians. Ladies and gentlemen --- The Theology of the Muzzled Dog.

It sure would be nice to see some deeds follow all these profound words. Kind like the whole "Faith and Works" thingee. Ya think?


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*Boston College Law School invited Congressman Edward J. Markey, who openly supports abortion “rights”, to speak at its 2007 Law School commencement.

Stating his pleasure at announcing Markey’s acceptance of the engagement, the College Law Dean, John H. Garvey, lauded Markey as “one of the most distinguished graduates of Boston College Law School, whose career of public service reflects the very best values and traditions of the School.”

Markey is a known supporter of embryonic stem cell research and pro-abortion organizations. Planned Parenthood identified him as having been "100 percent" supportive of the organization in 2006, in a listing by the non-partisan voter-information research group "Vote Smart."

In 2006 Markey was one of 55 "Catholic" Democrats to sign a declaration attempting to reconcile support for abortion with membership in the Catholic Church. The statement assured the public that the signatories agreed with the Church on the value of human life, but instead of opposing abortion the group advocated for "reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and creating an environment with policies that encourage pregnancies to be carried to term. We believe this includes promoting alternatives to abortion..."

McCarrick Out as Bishop of Washington, D.C.
Is replacement a clone?

The good news is the Holy Father has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick as bishop of the archdiocese of Washington, D.C., which encompasses the national capitol and part of Maryland. The Pope has had Cardinal Ted’s (hey, if “Father Bill” is acceptable, why not Cardinal Ted?) resignation since he turned 75 last July.

The bad, or at least the unknown, news is his replacement might be as namby-pamby as McCarrick.

The new archbishop is the current Ordinary of Pittsburgh, Bishop Donald Wuerl, who grew up in Steel Town. Rick Santorum, the purported pro-life senator from Pennsylvania (he backed pro-abortion Sen. Arlen Specter over a pro-life rival in last year’s primary) said he expected Wuerl's personal style to be similar to McCarrick's in that Wuerl clearly avoids making his position clear on some of the more contentious issues of the day.

"I don't think you're going to find the bishop weighing in to the political scene in a lot of ways. He never did in Pittsburgh and I don't think he'll do so here even though politics is the center of this town," Mr. Santorum said.

So, like his predecessor, I guess we can assume His Excellency won’t be excommunicating pro-abortion politicos or forbidding them from receiving Holy Communion.

Cardinal McCarrick Scores a Perfect 10!
Verbal gymnastics at it's BEST!

H/T to Jay over at Pro Ecclesia

The head of the Washington, D.C., Archdiocese on Monday criticized immigration reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives because it would hinder the Catholic Church's ability to help the needy, he said.

"The difficulty was that it made all these people who are illegal, criminals," Cardinal Theodore McCarrick told Cybercast News Service at a protest on the National Mall in Washington. "There's a big difference between being illegal and being criminal."

Interesting indeed. Archpresider Teddy "Let's Have Queer Priests" McCarrick is overly concerned about the House hindering "the Catholic Church's ability to help the needy". Ummm... I guess the $1,000,000,000 spent on paying off victims of predatory homo-rapist "priests" that the likes of McCarrick protected is a grand example of "helping the needy"... ya think?

I'm also very impressed with "there's a big difference between being illegal and being criminal". And there's also a big difference in being a Catholic leader and being an apostate. Orwell couldn't have done better.

"Catholicism's Achilles Heel" -
Judie Brown, President of American Life League

Judie Brown nailed this right on the head. I certainly couldn't have said it any better. Here's a bit of her op/ed piece from LifeSite.net; (emphasis mine)

Recent remarks by retired Cardinal Theodore McCarrick are a reminder of the tragic situation that exists within the Catholic Church these days. It is as though we were living in a twilight zone where there is no right or wrong, no moral absolutes of any kind, no guiding principles that apply in every situation regardless of the persons involved.

In a recent statement, Cardinal McCarrick took aim at Archbishop Raymond Burke’s treatise on why every person who distributes Holy Communion must be prepared to deny the sacrament to any public figure that is Catholic and is also pro-abortion. He said of Archbishop Burke, “I very much respect his position. It’s not mine.”

What exactly does that mean? It occurs to me that it means that the cardinal does not take Church law seriously, but rather perceives a myriad of choices with regard to how a particular canon in church law should be implemented. I find that astounding, but also perfectly understandable in today’s relativistic atmosphere.

The canon law in question is not confusing, but states quite clearly that those “who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion.” This particular canon is not any more debatable than one of the Ten Commandments or any of the other canon laws. In fact, the law in question is designed to accomplish two things: protect Christ from sacrilege and provide the errant Catholic with an example of how far he has strayed from Church teaching in the hope that the soul will repent and come back into the fold.

Cardinal McCarrick did go on to say that “pro-choice Catholic politicians” need to be persuaded that their position is wrong rather than denying them the body and blood of Christ. The precise reason why this thinking is flawed is perhaps best stated by Pope Benedict XVI, who while airborne in flight to Mexico a few months ago, told a group of reporters that the Mexican bishops’ threat of excommunication for Catholic politicians who voted in favor of the new abortion law “was not something arbitrary, but part of Church law. It’s based simply on the principle that the killing of an innocent human child is incompatible with going to communion with the body of Christ.”

The Holy Father’s words rang around the world, as one Catholic writer opined, and even moved evangelicals like Dr. James Dobson and Frank Pastore to hail his courageous statement. So why isn’t every single bishop, priest, deacon and Eucharistic minister in the Catholic Church equally motivated and inspired by this pope?

I fear the answer to this question is that there is too much political posturing and not enough commitment to saving souls in far too many places within the Catholic Church these days.

Is Is Illegal Immigration A Bad Thing?
I'm getting mixed signals, here.

First, here's some of an article from the USCCB's version of Pravda; (Emphasis mine) Cardinals say immigration at 'dark moment' in US but call for hope

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two Catholic cardinals called the current U.S. immigration situation "a terrible crisis" and "a dark moment in our nation's history" in remarks they made July 28 at the opening Mass and plenary session of the 2008 National Migration Conference.

Both Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, and Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles urged participants to hold on to hope in their work with immigrants for local and national church agencies.

Much of the agenda, built around the theme "Renewing Hope, Seeking Justice," reflected the struggles faced by those who work with immigrants.

Workshops were scheduled on topics such as "How to respond to federal raids," "Identifying and supporting survivors of traumatic events," (anything like the 'traumatic event' posted below?) "A Catholic response to human trafficking" and "Parenting challenges from an African immigrant perspective."

Another two dozen workshop sessions dealt with legal issues including "Filing waivers of inadmissibility" and "Immigration law and crimes"; strategies for fundraising; and getting out the church's message on immigration* (here's the REAL Church Teaching).And then we have this from some of the piece done on Spero News; (Emphasis mine) Protecting illegal aliens at US citizens' expense

Members of the Mara Salvatrucha criminal gang allegedly murdered a San Francisco father and two sons. The perps benefited from San Francisco's liberal attitude towards illegal migrants.

It was a Sunday afternoon last June and Anthony Bologna and his sons Michael and Matthew were almost home from their family picnic. Anthony, driving the family car, briefly blocked another car from completing a left turn down a narrow San Francisco street. Angered by this momentary delay in his trip, according to police reports, Edwin Ramos got out of the car and opened fire on the Bologna’s car with an AK-47, shooting all three men. Tony Bologna, 48, and his son Michael, 20, died at the scene, and Matthew, 16, died a few days later in the hospital.

Police arrested Ramos a short time later, believing he was the gunman, although two other men were seen in the car with him. Ramos is an El Salvador native and a reputed member of the notorious gang known as MS-13, one of hundreds or thousands of illegal aliens in San Francisco who have benefited from the city's long-standing practice of protecting illegal immigrant juveniles who have committed felonies from possible deportation, according to The San Francisco Chronicle.

Now charged with three murders, the 21 year-old Ramos was previously found guilty of two felonies as a juvenile: attempting to rob a pregnant woman, and as part of a gang-related assault on a city bus passenger. By all accounts, Ramos is a vicious animal who has no business being in the United States, and no business being in San Francisco.
Officials with the city's Juvenile Probation Department failed to alert federal immigration authorities following both of the felony convictions because it was the agency's policy not to consider immigration status when deciding how to deal with an offender. Had city officials investigated, they would have found that Ramos lacked legal status to remain in the United States, and should be deported. Three members of the Bologna family would likely be alive today if that had happened.But why pay attention to the law, either Church or secular? Our own leaders don't.

In the meantime, real American heroes, Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, remain in solitary confinement for protecting our country.

*2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.

Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.

Blistering
Tom Roeser drops a truth nuke
Helmet tip to PreVat2

It's not often that I post lengthy articles... this is one of those exceptions. This is a freakin' bombshell. Do yourself a favor and read this. (Emphasis mine) Rockford Diocese Drops Mundelein for Seminarians—Guess Why?...Meanwhile Kicanas, Permissive ex-Rector of Mundelein Will Be the Next Head of the USCCB

Mundelein seminary. Same old sex scandals continue but don't hold your breath until the supine media cover them.

Rockford.

The Rockford, Illinois diocese will not send seminarians to St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein for training. Two upperclassmen propositioned a Rockford youth for homosexual favors. So much for the change that has been promised in archdiocesan public relations pronouncements.

Thus the Rockford diocese has decided it is finished with Mundelein. Thus you have the archdiocese of Chicago where layman Chancellor Jimmy Lago (believe it or not that’s his baptismal name, not to be confused with his brother Timmy, his baptismal name as well)…Jimmy the best precinct captain onetime Democratic Cook county chairman now under indictment Ed Vrdolyak ever had… has been put in charge of combating sexual abuse and the same-old, same-old is happening. Of course the supine Chicago “religious” press is asleep at the switch. The “Tribune’s” religion correspondent, one Manya Brachear, was sold a bill of goods by Lago who convinced her to write he is the guardian-at-the-gate implying the Cardinal archbishop is lax. She writes a blog which calls herself the “Seeker.” She is so naively liberal she swallowed the bait, hook and all, which Jimmy dangled before her.

Furthermore, don’t expect the remainder of the Chicago media to inquire. And if it does and goes to the top office in the archdiocese, it will get the regular parsing that goes with every question born of the view that with two doctorates all distinctions can be blurred with requisite sophistry. An authenticist bishop in another diocese told me that the parser should be teaching in a university where administrative expertise is not required. As far as controlling events in this archdiocese, the bishop said, “the parser can’t run a two-car funeral.”

Kicanas.

The man who ran St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein when it was a hot-house of homosexual excess…and who was quoted in the “Sun-Times” as saying he does not regret ordaining Fr. Dan McCormack, who is now serving time for child abuse…is second in command of the U. S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is Gerald Kicanas, now bishop of Tucson, having been promoted from Mundelein (as were all others who ran the dissolute institution) to auxiliary bishop of Chicago and then to Tucson. In Tucson, Kicanas led Tucson through the filing of Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization to the point where he ponied up $22 million in settlement for victims of priest child abuse.

Last month Kicanas received an award name for…who else?.. the late Joseph Cardinal Bernardin whose departure from this world was serenaded by the Gay Men’s Chorus at Mass…for “efforts in handling the sexual abuse both locally and nationally.” The Common Ground initiative formed by Bernardin which selects recipients for the honor described Kicanas as “a champion of dialogue on contentious issues.” Kicanas received the award at Catholic University in Washington, D. C. where Tim Russert, moderator of “Meet the Press” was supposed to be the keynote speaker at the event. Russert was unavoidably detained by death which prompted a national wailing and a funeral Mass celebrated by- (who else?) Theodore Cardinal McCarrick (ret.). Russert in his earlier incarnation as Democratic strategist convinced both Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Senator from New York and Mario Cuomo, governor of New York, to support pro-abortion initiatives. Because he couldn’t attend the Kicanas tribute, Russert was lionized in death by the group.

Kicanas is slated to become the next president of the U. S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. If there is any justice at all, his automatic election should be greeted with grassroots opposition…not that it will make any difference with an organization that meets in a marble palace and has a huge roundtable with every bishop fortified with microphone based on the UN Security Council. The archbishop of Chicago is president of the USCCB who was elected on the same ticket as the former Mundelein rector Kicanas.

Papal Nuncio Gives Communion To The Butcher Of Boston
The Cafeteria is OPENED (but was it ever really closed?)

Golly gee. Much beating of breasts and wringing of hands as to just why is it that so many lay Catholics blow off Catholic teaching.

Hmmm... lemme see if'n I can figure this one out. The Pope's representative in the United States personally gave Holy Communion to the Butcher of Boston, John Kerry... the same guy who proudly casts vote after vote after vote to ensure that millions of innocent children are tortured to death in their very own mother's womb.

Here's just a taste of the news story;

The issue of allowing pro-abortion politicians to receive Holy Communion has loomed large in the Catholic Church in the United States with a committee on the matter having been chaired by former Washington Cardinal Theodore McCarrick concluding only last week. While it was finally decided that bishops should decide for themselves on the matter, the church's canon law and the man who now serves as Pope Benedict XVI have indicated that such politicians "must" be denied communion.

Now if I may be so bold, let's take a gander at what The Catechism says about this.

2272 Formal cooperation in an abortion constitutes a grave offense. The Church attaches the canonical penalty of excommunication to this crime against human life.

"Formal cooperation". Supporting it... speaking tours in favor of it.... voting to keep it legal. Yeah, I think that would qualify as "Formal cooperation". But who am I to say?

After all, we have priests, bishops, archbishops, cardinals (and their lay lackies) here in America that go against Church teaching not only on that subject, but on another hotbutton topic, as well. Again, straight from the Catechism;

2241 The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin. Public authorities should see to it that the natural right is respected that places a guest under the protection of those who receive him.

Political authorities, for the sake of the common good for which they are responsible, may make the exercise of the right to immigrate subject to various juridical conditions, especially with regard to the immigrants' duties toward their country of adoption. Immigrants are obliged to respect with gratitude the material and spiritual heritage of the country that receives them, to obey its laws and to assist in carrying civic burdens.

The Church officially teaches that nations have the right to control their own borders. But who am I to say? I'm just your average, everyday Catholic who understands exactly what "Smoke of Satan" means.

I wonder how those clerics and their lay lackies justify their smashing of official Church teaching? Well, I have read their rationale. And tightly curled and smelly it was.

...Just Like How The Greek Orthodox Are HQ'd In A Moslem Country
The same is happening to The Roman Church

I've said for years that the future of the Western Church lies in South America, Africa and Asia. Unless things change, and damn quick, those of us in Western Europe and North America will simply be awash in our own spiritual filth. Geographically, morally and spiritually, the Vatican will be just a very small fish in a very large ocean of Modernism, Relativism, Hedonism and sexual anarchy of such magnitude that even Caligula would blush and avert his eyes.

Most Western clerics will just bury their collective heads in the sand (while simultaneously having their thumbs up their collective arses) and regale us with insipid, do-nothing, feel good slogans the likes of Springtime for the Church, The Spirit of Vatican II, Peace and Social Justice, Ecumenical Gatherings, etc, etc, ad neauseum.

Even individuals like the darling of the Conservative Novus Ordo folks, Archbishop Chaput of Denver will comment on the results of the Second Vatican Council being "mixed" to date. Huh? What he say? "Mixed"... MIXED!!?? With all due respect, has His Excellency been smoking dope?

Ummm, Your Excellency, the results of the Second Vatican Council have been an absolute DISASTER! But I digress....

To help further illustrate my point, here are some quotes from certain Catholic bishops concerning the question of abortion;

“Abortion - the deliberate termination of a pregnancy at any stage of its development - is always an objective evil”.

“No legislation can change it into something good. This is the law of God, which anyone can find enshrined in the natural law…Abortion is an objective evil and our legislation must never seek to legitimize it.”

“Abortion is always a defeat of humanity: the elaborate, mixed and confused semantics under which it is increasingly disguised… will never hide the fact that it is a willful homicide of the most defenseless form of life. In the history of humanity never has such objective evil been presented and approved as a right. This is the fundamental truth that no mixed and deceitful semantics can hide.”

The bishops spoke out against manipulative language used by abortion advocates to present abortion as something other than the deliberate killing of a baby.

WOW!!! Who are these guys!!?? Have the likes of Cardinals Mahoney and McCarrick suddenly grown backbones? Has the USCCB discovered what it means to defend official Church Teaching? Does America magically have REAL Catholic bishops!

No such luck. The above quotes are from a recent meeting of Ugandan Bishops. And may God bless 'em, ever one.

Any chance we can swap the vast majority of the USCCB for just a few men the caliber of the Chairman of the Ugandan Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Paul Bakyenga?

Please?

Buchanan Slams Am-Church Cardinals
Preach On, Brother Pat!

Hat Tip to Jay and Paul

I've always liked Pat Buchanan. Hell, I voted for him twice and even attended the NC Reform Party Convention a few years back. But that's a different story.

Pat Buchanan (a fellow Latin Mass Catholic, along with Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia) has just raked many of our Cardinals over the coals for their cowardly silence in reference to the so-called "Catholic" lawmakers on Capitol Hill who back abortion.

Just a wee bit of Buchanan's straight talk to our chocolate eclair for spines Cardinals;

Sixty-six years ago, Bishop Clemens von Galen took to the pulpit of Munster Cathedral to damn Hitler's regime at the peak of its power for "plain murder" in its euthanasia program and to direct Catholics to "withdraw ourselves and our faithful from their (Nazi) influence so that we may not be contaminated by their ... ungodly behavior."

Cardinal von Galen is headed for sainthood.

What is asked of you, Cardinal McCarrick, and your fellow bishops is less heroic. Just issue a statement before the 32nd anniversary of Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, 2006, declaring:

"We pray to God that Roe v. Wade is overturned. We commend all Catholics and fellow citizens working toward that goal. We condemn any Catholic politician who would deny a seat on the Supreme Court to a fellow Catholic -- on the grounds that he might vote to overturn this abomination."

That too much to ask, Your Eminence? As Dante said, there is a special place in hell for those who, in times of moral crisis, fail to take a stand. By the way, Dante put a lot of bishops in there.

Finally... A Catholic Cleric Stands Up To The Democratic Party?
And who says God doesn't exist?

In this day and age of Catholic clerics muzzle to muzzle with pro-abortion Democrats, such as;

Cardinal Mahoney honoring the Clinton for President California Campaign Manager, William M. Wardlaw as well as the pro-abortion Democrat mayor of Los Angeles, Antonio Villaraigosa...

Cardinal McCarrick's steadfast refusal to deny The Holy Eucharist to pro-abortion Senator John Kerry...

The very same concerning Cardinal Law and Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy...

Archbishop O'Malley of Boston refusal to order the Archdiocesan Office of Catholic Charities to immediately cease and desist from granting adoptions to sodomites (an obvious kowtowing to the Democratic power structure in the Soviet Socialistic Republic of Massachusetts)...

Should I go on? Nahhh, you get the picture.

But finally... FINALLY! We have a Catholic priest who is willing to publicly and nationally go after the Dems. President of Human Life International, Father Thomas J. Euteneuer advised Democrats to refrain from “Catholic bashing” of Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito.

"The unrelenting campaign waged by many Senate Democrats, some who claim to be Catholics themselves, against Catholic judicial nominees who embrace and practice their Catholic faith is disgraceful at best and at worst is a blatant form of religious bigotry reminiscent of a less civil period of history," said Fr. Euteneuer.

"If these senators continue to Catholic bash in the upcoming nomination hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito they will only continue to alienate Roman Catholics who are increasingly frustrated over attacks on those beliefs they hold most dear."

As if those quotes weren't shocking enough, Fr. Euteneuer had the backbone to name names...

"Religion should never be used as a weapon of discrimination. Democrats and their anti-Catholic allies such as People for the American Way, Moveon.org and Alliance for Justice must abandon their Catholic bashing strategy."

"It is time for these Senators—lead by the likes of Sen. Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)—to put an end to this shameful behavior and offer their ‘advice and consent’ based upon a nominee’s proper understanding of our Constitutional law."

Fire away, Padre!

End Of 2005 Quiz
I hereby tag... everyone!

1. What was the biggest proponent for the homosexual lifestyle in 2005?
The film Brokeback Mountain; or the United States Council of Catholic Bishops?

2. What was a greater example that God does indeed exist, and He touches even the lowliest and most undeserving of us all in 2005?
The Church certifies that Anna Santaniello was miraculously cured of heart disease during a pilgrimage to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes; or the Chicago White Sox winning the World Series?

3. What made us heave a sigh of relief when it finally left America in 2005?
Hurricane Katrina when it dissipated over Canada; or Cardinal Law when he left for Rome?

4. What was the best example of "it's a natural fit" in 2005?
The San Diego Padres choose hometown baseball boy-wonder, Matt Bush as their number one draft selection; or when Archbishop Neiderauer was named as the next head honcho for the Archdiocese of San Francisco?

5. What was the biggest example of wasted ammunition in 2005?
U.S. Military Explosive Ordinance Disposal teams who've destroyed over 100,000 tons of ordinance in Iraq; or the Los Angeles Sheriff's Departments Deputies who opened fire on a murder suspect with over 120 rounds, but only scored one hit... to the hand?

6. What was the scientifically verified largest pig in 2005?
The reported 1,000 pound "Hogzilla" found in the swamps of Georgia; or Michael Schiavo?

7. What were the best canned goods in 2005?
My grandmother's apricot preserves; or Fr. Thomas Reese, former editor of the Jesuit publication America magazine?

8. What was the best example of the medical profession saving innocent lives in 2005?
The self-contained artificial heart is perfected; or Tookie Willimas receiving a lethal injection?

9. Who's the biggest hypocrite in 2005?
Cardinal Mahoney of Los Angeles, who went to Communist China and cozied up with the openly schismatic Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church, even though the Cardinal steadfastly refuses to speak with clerics of the SSPX; or Cardinal McCarrick of Washington DC, who went to Communist China and cozied up with the openly schismatic Chinese Patriotic Catholic Church, even though the Cardinal steadfastly refuses to speak with clerics of the SSPX?

10. What's the best new blog of 2005?
http://catholic-caveman.blogspot.com/ or http://WWW.Catholic-Caveman.blogspot.com?