GOP Reeling From Catholic Bishops Rebuke
The Conference of Catholic Bishops called on Congress “to create a ‘circle of protection; around poor and vulnerable people and programs that meet their basic needs and protect their lives and dignity.” John Boehner replied, “But . . . but . . . but . . . . but . . ”
It [Conference of Catholic Bishops] objects both to the GOP budget blueprint, and to its requirement that the House pass legislation cutting food stamps and other domestic programs to offset the cost of rescinding “sequestration” — the across-the-board cuts to national security and domestic spending programs set to take effect on Jan. 1.
It is nice to see the Catholics acting like Christians for a change.
Regarding this bs…
If there is a hell, Boehner is going there.
It is fun to watch Republicans getting blasted by mainstream clergy for a change, and for all the right reasons.
I wonder if they consulted with the Pope on this.
Here’s the backstory: In 2004, George W. Bush went to Rome and asked for political help in his election. There was no direct answer, but Rome made it known to the USCCB that it might consider banning pro-choice Catholic politicians from receiving Communion. Later it was found Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope) had sent a private letter instructing USCCB that Catholic pro-choice politicians should recant or be denied Communion, and that pro-choice Catholic voters should not not take Communion either (but on the honor system).
USCCB stood its ground against Rome, which when you are a bishop is not an easy thing to do, and issued a statement leaving it up to the conscience of the individual. But enough crap stuck to Kerry that it may have made a difference. The election was close enough anything could have made a difference.
So now, don’t be surprised if Rome tries to make the bishops back down with some kind of statement about how abortion is more important.
Unless the Pope is just too old at this point to put up a fight, and doesn’t have a firebrand conservative to back him up (the role he served for the previous Pope in his dotage).
I am happy to see this making this call. I have read some of their writings and have studied a little bit about Catholic social teaching and this call is in keeping with Church teaching.
The USCCB may have stood its ground, but the Archbishop of Boston (O’Malley) and the one in St. Louis showily denied Kerry communion in 2004.
I don’t think that the Bishops will back down much. But I’d bet that they will not be reading angry letters from the pulpit this Sunday, or asking their parishioners to burn up the telephone lines to their legislators. Even though I’m on their side on this one, it is time to tax these guys. Seriously.
Buggering little boys has brought the house down on their heads. They just couldn’t stop so this is what they get broke.
Sorry, but no Catholic bishop has any credibility at this point. Fuck
’em all with a vengeance.
yeah – well its wasn’t just little boys that got buggered
little girls got screwed too
dont forget them please
thanks
Aoine–the little girls seem to be overlooked because most of the “buggering” happened to little (and not so little) boys. That shouldn’t diminish what happened to the girls, but the girls were so few in number that almost no one has noticed that there are female victims of the RCC. Hell, 60 Minutes did a story of RCC priest sexual abuse of boys in the 1980s, but it didn’t become a scandal for another 20 years.
Opening up a new front in the conservative war on women, Rome goes after nuns doing God’s work.
It seems they weren’t anti-gay or anti-abortion enough:
“focusing its work too much on poverty and economic injustice”….. roll that around in your mouth a few times.