Comments on: Cardinal Burke Clarifies: Employers Providing Contraceptives “Materially and Formally” Cooperating with Sin

By: Glenda LaGarde

Glenda LaGarde — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 01:56:59 +0000

I’ve read and heard live the comments of Church leaders like Cardinals Burke, Wuerl, and Dolan and several outstanding bishops supporting religious freedom and protection of conscience , and most eloquently, Pope Benedict XVI. These deal with facts–the present administration’s consistent pro-abortion, contraception, and sterilization agenda, its funding of embryonic stem cell research using and discarding human embryos, its rejection of conscience protection in law, and its use of dissendent and prominent titular “Catholics” to support this agenda. If Catholics were to join with and other people of faith to elect another candidate and administration which at least shows positive signs of more moral behavior on these issues, hope could revive for a turn to a more moral way for America. The hard fact is–too many clergy, including many bishops, are more concerned with not taking any stand for a candidate or party than with fighting for religious freedom for all Americans. They will not simply state that public leaders who promote abortion and deny the rights of conscience, placing themselves as authorities on Catholic teaching and causing great public scandal in the Church do not represent true Church teaching and to the extent that they know what they’re doing are not Catholic no matter how they represent themselves
On Nov. 7 we may find ourselves beginning four more years of hostility to all who believe in and try to live by a moral law based on natural law and the teachings of Christ and his church. If we find religion defined and dictated by Washington and the education of our children snatched from parents, we have ourselves to blame.

By: Ted Seeber

Ted Seeber — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:47:10 +0000

This raises a question in my mind- what of the employer who has no choice, such as the man who has his contract with an insurance company unilaterally modified behind his back? Is it possible to materially cooperate in a sin without formally cooperating in a sin?

By: Noreen Tubbs

Noreen Tubbs — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:51:20 +0000

I could never understand why it took so long for the bishops to finaly come out against abortion and DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act) homosexual marriage, homosexual/pedophile priest. America has become a culture of death and secular. The athetists, femininists, homosexuals, communists, drugs, porno, etc. want to take over America with the help of Obama. We have to strike down marxistscare. Marxistcare is not about health but about money for the Marxist regime. The above has been festering for 20 years and with marxistobama they are gaining ground. Please God help us.

By: Ann M True

Ann M True — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:49:40 +0000

With all our Catholic hospitals and universities could we unite and independently provide insurance and medical care? I don’t know how possible it would be to survive without medicaid and medicare. I have no idea how to do this but I will volunteer in any way I can and offer what I can.
Ann M True
Catholic RN
Colorado

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 13:15:16 +0000

Please correct me if I’m wrong. 1) The initial statements of the Bishops ignored this aspect of the problem. Private Catholic employers were never mentioned nor were their rights defended. 2) In many states Catholic organizations have for a long time submitted to state laws requiring the same provisions that the Bishops now protest. All the sudden capitulation is sin (I tend to agree) but it has been going on for a long time. Am I wrong here?

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