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December
05, 2008
A
full-blown war may erupt between President-elect Obama
and the Catholic Church. Are you ready for it? The
war will be about the culture of life versus the culture
of death. The anti-life side will use the force of
law, intimidation and raw power to force its way.
We will have prayer and the armor of God. It can become
like leading lambs to the slaughter. Such were the
days of martyrs.
Bishop
Paul Loverde is showing the way. He will not be intimidated.
He will not obey an immoral law. He will stand fast
and do what is right. And he is ready to be arrested.
Go ahead, make my day.
Aside
from the grace and strength that come from God, our
ability to withstand an assault will be our unity.
If we all stand fast together, the anti-life forces
will be hard put to just dispose of us. So decide
now to stand firm for the Lord. Be ready for the consequences,
and rejoice in the privilege of suffering for Christ.
God
bless.
frank
p.s.
Our USA brethren should identify these staunchly pro-life
bishops, and seek ways to connect.
Catholic
Bishop: "Go Right Ahead and Arrest Me" Rather
than Obey Freedom of Choice Act
By
Kathleen Gilbert
ARLINGTON,
Virginia, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Bishop
Paul Loverde of the diocese of Arlington weighed in
on the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) last week, saying
that if he oversaw a Catholic hospital he would neither
close the facility nor allow it to perform abortions
if FOCA were to become law.
Though
there are currently no Catholic hospitals in the Arlington
diocese, the bishop spoke defiantly against FOCA,
which would force all health care providers to procure
abortions at any stage of development, regardless
of their moral or religious objection.
“I
would say, ‘Yeah, I’m not going to close
the hospital, you’re going to arrest me, go
right ahead," Bishop Loverde told a group of
mostly young adults at a diocesan event, according
to a CNS report.
"You’ll
have to drag me out, go right ahead. I’m not
closing this hospital, we will not perform abortions,
and you can go take a flying leap.’”
At
a 2007 Planned Parenthood conference, Obama promised
that one of his highest priorities as president would
be to pass FOCA, rendering illegal all state and federal
limits on abortion. This would include abortion clinic
regulations, parental notification requirements, bars
to taxpayer abortion funding, and the partial–birth
abortion ban, in addition to laws protecting doctors'
rights to conscientious objection.
“It’s
quite a title, let me tell you,” Bishop Loverde
said of the Freedom of Choice Act. “It’s
a misnomer, it’s neither free nor choice, so
I don’t know where they got the name of the
act, because it’s just crazy, because it has
no freedom, and it has no choice.”
Catholic
and pro-life voices have raised the alarm on the unprecedented
danger the bill represents for unborn Americans, with
Catholic officials particularly concerned that U.S.
Catholic hospitals will be forced to close en masse
in the face of mandatory abortion.
Chicago
Cardinal Francis George, president of the U.S. Conference
of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), issued in November a
statement on behalf of all Catholic bishops warning
Obama that "aggressive pro-abortion policies,
legislation and executive orders will permanently
alienate tens of millions of Americans, and would
be seen by many as an attack on the free exercise
of their religion."
One
unnamed senior Vatican official recently told TIME
magazine that the passage of FOCA would mean "the
equivalent of a war" between Mr. Obama and the
Catholic Church.
See
related LifeSiteNews.com articles:
The
Coming "War" Between the Obama Administration
and the Catholic Church
US
Bishops Issue Stark Warning to Obama over Abortion
Catholics
and Evangelicals Urge Intense Prayer Against Abortion
for Coming Obama Rule
"For
to me life is Christ, and death is gain." (Phil
1:21) |