Catholics In Name Only, USCCB Denounced by Bishop Martino

Topics:  Faithful Citizenship, Freedom of Choice Act

TWO STORIES:

Bishop shows up unannounced at election forum, defends Church’s stance on abortion

“The USCCB doesn’t speak for me.”—-Bishop Joseph Martino, Scranton, PA

Opinion:  Bishop Martino is Right, ‘This is Madness People’

After listening to some of the speakers attempt to take the most recent letter of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on “Faithful Citizenship”, turn it on its head through sophistry, and then use it as a framework to influence Catholics to support a candidate who has pledged as their first official act if elected to the Presidency to sign the “Freedom of Choice Act” into law (even though an alternative exists which would at least limit the evil of procured abortion) the Bishop stepped up to the microphone. He told those present: “No social issue has caused the death of 50 million people”, referring of course to the current evil of abortion on demand as it exists in the United States of America since the horrible judicial opinions in Roe and Doe. Then he spoke those four words, “This is Madness People.”

Related:

Freedom of Choice Act

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:s.01173:

http://www.nchla.org/issues.asp?ID=50

Bishop warns of Obama’s abortion promise

Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA)

“The first things I will do as president is enact the Freedom of Choice Act.”

Bishop Warns of Obama’s Promise To Implement Extreme “Freedom of Choice Act.”

Gay Porn Producer Funds Barack Obama

TWO STORIES:

Gay Porn Producer Terrence Bean – Oregon RE developer – Raises Money for Obama Campaign

Keywords:  Gov. Ted Kulongoski

New York Post 10/10

‘National Stories about Portland developers are weird’

Daily Journal of Commerce – Oregon

• Commentary -  We at Fidelity and Action wonder why the DJC is so surprised about the connections between hardcore gay porn and a real estate developer in Portland? Perhaps they’re not aware that for 10 years the Portland Oregon Visitors Association’s director Joe Allessandro was openly gay.  POVA has its own gay Portland page .  Gays have a yellow pages.  And gays have a chamber of commerce for Portland and SW WA  -  http://www.paba.com  – an affiliate of www.nglcc.org  .  Mustang is a sponsor of Portland’s Pride Parade and the Oregon Bears.

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GEORGE SOROS FUNDS PRO-ABORTION CATHOLIC LEFT

Catholic League president Bill Donohue exposes the nexus between George Soros and two left-wing Catholic groups, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Catholics United:

“In 2003, after left-wing mogul George Soros blamed Jews for anti-Semitism, the Anti- Defamation League branded his comments ‘obscene.’ Two years later, I accused him of anti-Catholicism when his group, MoveOn.org, posted a picture of a smiling Pope Benedict XVI holding a gavel outside the U.S. Supreme Court, along with the following inscription: ‘God Already Has a Job…He does not need one on the Supreme Court.’

“Why is this relevant? Because this same bigot is connected to two apologists for abortion rights, Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good and Catholics United. In 2006, Soros’ Open Society Institute gave Catholics in Alliance $100,000 (double the amount he gave in 2005), and in the same year Catholics in Alliance listed Catholics United on its 990 as an organization with which it has a formal relationship. John Podesta, who runs the Soros-funded organization, Center for American Progress, admits that he works closely with Catholics in Alliance and Catholics United. The Center for American Progress is also the sponsor of Faith and Public Life.

“Why would any Catholic organization take money from a man like George Soros? Because legitimate sources of revenue aren’t available? And why would Soros have any interest in funding Catholic groups? He doesn’t give the Catholic League any money, and if he offered, I would refuse it.

“The reason Soros funds the Catholic Left is the same reason he lavishly funds Catholics for Choice, the pro-abortion group that has twice been condemned as a fraud by Catholic bishops: they all service his agenda, namely, to make support for abortion rights a respectable Catholic position. On October 17, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput [click for article] accused Catholics in Alliance and Catholics United as doing a ‘disservice’ to the Catholic Church. He’s right. And now we know what really makes them tick.

Defunding ACORN: Catholic Campaign for Human Development

Thanks to radio talk shows like Hugh Hewitt and Rush Limbaugh, ACORN is getting the outing it deserves.  We at Fidelity and Action have been withholding donations to the Archdiocese because of ACORN.  Not only is ACORN involved in voter fraud and embezzlement, but also is pro-abortion.

Stephanie Block has written a good piece at Spero News . . .

‘Defunding ACORN is laudable but insufficient.’

Related stories:

‘CCHD End Funding To ACORN over financial irregularities.’

‘Catholic Campaign for Human Development:  Update’ - Stephanie Block.  2003.  The Wanderer.

Gay priest removed by Bishop of Fresno

Priest told his parish to oppose Prop 8

The bishop’s letter to the priest charged him with contradicting the teaching of the Catholic Church and bringing scandal to the parish and to the whole Church.

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Contact Gov. Ted Kulongoski

Archbishop John Vlazny has publicly rebuked the governor of Oregon for hosting a NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon dinner.

“I call upon our Catholic people to express their displeasure to the governor and to remind him of the demands of personal integrity as a member of our faith community in the exercise of his office and public activities.”—-Archbishop John Vlazny. 9/30/08. LifeNews.com

CONTACT Governor Ted Kulongoski

Email Form – CLICK HERE

Call 1-503-378-4582

Write Governor Ted Kulongoski

160 State Capitol

900 Court Street

Salem, OR 97301-4047

TALKING POINTS

· “Any country that accepts abortion, is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what it wants.” —Mother Teresa

· NARAL continually refers to killing a late-term preborn baby ‘CHOICE!’

· NARAL’s position on INFANTICIDE: The federal abortion ban of 2007 enacted by President George W. Bush is, “a setback for women’s health and privacy.” www.ProChoiceAmerica.org

Archbishop Vlazny publicly rebukes Gov. Kulongoski over abortion

Oregon Catholics:  consider contacting the archbishop.  His courage has been a long time coming.  After the scandal, I’m sure he believed he would not be taken seriously on any moral issue.

NEWS COVERAGE TO DATE:

Precious Children of Portland’s Protest:

KGW online video: Your editor is interviewed: http://www.kgw.com/video/video-index.html?nvid=289628&shu=1

‘Archbishop Takes Gov. Kulongoski to Task Over Abortion-Rights Event.’ OregonLive

Read the comments which are favorable toward our Archbishop.

Statesmen Journal “an unprecedented public rebuke”

Associated Press picked it up!
KATU-2 Story ‘Governor and Archbishop at odds over abortion

Carl Olson-Insight Scoop

CONTACT THE ARCHBISHOP

archbishopvlazny@ocp.org

(503) 234-5334

Archdiocesan Pastoral Center
2838 E. Burnside St
Portland OR  97214-1895

What Is Eco-Spirituality? Eco-Justice?

We at Fidelity and Action stumbled upon the following job description at Catholic Jobs:

Program Coordinator for Eco-Spirituality Center

If the web page is no longer there, we saved a copy here: (click the link here, and on the new page click the image) eco-spirituality-catholic-job-listing-pdf

“THE WELL, a center for our sacred unity with God, Earth and one another.”

Ask Your Bishop to Deny Body of Christ to Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians

Canon915 is the dissent-busting campaign of the American Life League.  ALL’s ad was launched Monday in the Washington Times. The ad pictures pro-abortion Catholic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.  Also pictured in the ad are 18 Catholic bishops who are enforcing Canon 915 — including Eastern Oregon’s Bishop Vasa of the Baker Diocese.

Text of ALL’s October 6, 2008 Ad in Washington Times:

Archbishop Wuerl [Wash., D.C.], when will you join these bishops [pictured in ad] and enforce Canon 915 against pro-abortion Catholic politicians?

WE NAME NAMES + VOTING RECORDS

Learn about more than 100 federal leaders who claim to be “ardently Catholic,” but openly support abortion and contraception, or voted for legislation that directly and indirectly funds abortion mills like Planned Parenthood.

Get informed.  Get involved.  Ask your bishop to deny the body of Christ to willful supporters of abortion.

Related:

Pro-Abortion Catholic Politicians and the Law

Judy Brown’s blog entry about the ad w/ad’s image.

Pro-Abortion Catholic Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski hosts NARAL dinner