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- from BBC
The most senior US Catholic leader is to give a benediction at the Republican National Convention next week in Florida when Mitt Romney accepts the party's presidential nomination.
Cardinal Timothy Dolan will give prayers at the televised event, Mr Romney said in an interview.
The cardinal is suing President Barack Obama over his healthcare plans.
But the cardinal's office says the appearance will not be an endorsement for Mr Romney.
Option for the Poor and Vulnerable
A basic moral test is how our most vulnerable members are faring. In a society marred by deepening divisions between rich and poor, our tradition recalls the story of the Last Judgment (Mt 25:31-46) and instructs us to put the needs of the poor and vulnerable first.
The Dignity of Work and the Rights of Workers
The economy must serve people, not the other way around. Work is more than a way to make a living; it is a form of continuing participation in Gods creation. If the dignity of work is to be protected, then the basic rights of workers must be respected--the right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, to the organization and joining of unions, to private property, and to economic initiative.
Care for God's Creation
We show our respect for the Creator by our stewardship of creation. Care for the earth is not just an Earth Day slogan, it is a requirement of our faith. We are called to protect people and the planet, living our faith in relationship with all of Gods creation. This environmental challenge has fundamental moral and ethical dimensions that cannot be ignored.
Starting at the end of this month the Democratic National Convention will open with a focus on Islam. 20,000 Muslims are expected to attend according to the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs (BIMA), the national Muslim American non-profit coordinating the two days of events they claim are non-political. ”Jumah at the DNC” begins August 29 and will start with a Friday afternoon jummah prayer followed by other unnamed programs and events, leading up to the Islamic Regal Banquet. The following day will be an all day Islamic Cultural and Fun Fest which will include discussions on the topics of Islamaphobia, Anti-Shariah, Middle Eastern Crisis, Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act and more.
“I write to urge you to resist for moral and human reasons unacceptable cuts to hunger and nutrition programs [that would] hurt hungry children, poor families, vulnerable seniors and workers who cannot find employment. These cuts are unjustified and wrong.”
Ryan has defended his proposed cuts as not only in keeping with church teaching, but also inspired by its teaching on subsidiarity, which has also caused a family feud:
Ryan “could not tell the difference between subsidiarity and sausage,’’ writes Michael Sean Winters in the National Catholic Reporter. “It is true that subsidiarity advocates resolving all social, political and economic issues at the level of social organization closest to the individual. But, it is a two way street. If lower levels of social organization — the family, the community, local government — cannot solve an issue, then it is incumbent upon the higher levels, like the federal government, to step in. Subsidiarity, after all, comes from the Latin word subsidium, help.”
Can't help but think that the "real" religious nutjobs of theocratic fringe won't like to see the RCC given prominence tho - a Catholic blessing a Mormon presidential candidate?? surely a marriage made in hell???
Originally posted by timetothink
And the DNC has the Muslim Brotherhood:
Starting at the end of this month the Democratic National Convention will open with a focus on Islam. 20,000 Muslims are expected to attend according to the Bureau of Indigenous Muslim Affairs (BIMA), the national Muslim American non-profit coordinating the two days of events they claim are non-political. ”Jumah at the DNC” begins August 29 and will start with a Friday afternoon jummah prayer followed by other unnamed programs and events, leading up to the Islamic Regal Banquet. The following day will be an all day Islamic Cultural and Fun Fest which will include discussions on the topics of Islamaphobia, Anti-Shariah, Middle Eastern Crisis, Patriot Act, National Defense Authorization Act and more.
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Wahhaj is also a Board of Trustee member of the North American Imams Federation (NAIF)(who’s website currently features an anti-Jewish, anti-black rant), a Muslim Brotherhood front organization, who (coincidentally) held a conference in Charlotte last year on Islamophobia. Like Hough, Wahhaj is also connected to NAIT by way of his membership in the Islamic Society of North America(ISNA), which was also found by the government to be a front for HAMAS and the Muslim Brotherhood. While Hough has been careful to play politics in Charlotte, Wahhaj has not hidden his hatred for America. He is quoted as calling America, “a garbage can… filthy, filthy and sick.” As an imam, he has stated, “Where ever you came from, you came to America. And you came for one reason – for one reason only- to establish Allah’s deen (a complete way of life).”
Originally posted by jibeho
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Plenty of very liberal Catholics buddy. Just ask Nancy Pelosi.... Or a certain former Cardinal from Chicago...Cardinal Joseph Bernardin... Obama knew him very well
Originally posted by buster2010
If he is suing Obama of his healthcare plans then he should pull his head out of his butt and look over Ryan's plans.
Paul Ryan, introduced as ‘faithful Catholic’ on ‘human life,’ was rebuked by bishops over cuts to poor
“I write to urge you to resist for moral and human reasons unacceptable cuts to hunger and nutrition programs [that would] hurt hungry children, poor families, vulnerable seniors and workers who cannot find employment. These cuts are unjustified and wrong.”
Ryan has defended his proposed cuts as not only in keeping with church teaching, but also inspired by its teaching on subsidiarity, which has also caused a family feud:
Ryan “could not tell the difference between subsidiarity and sausage,’’ writes Michael Sean Winters in the National Catholic Reporter. “It is true that subsidiarity advocates resolving all social, political and economic issues at the level of social organization closest to the individual. But, it is a two way street. If lower levels of social organization — the family, the community, local government — cannot solve an issue, then it is incumbent upon the higher levels, like the federal government, to step in. Subsidiarity, after all, comes from the Latin word subsidium, help.”
Originally posted by jibeho
reply to post by Aloysius the Gaul
Plenty of very liberal Catholics buddy. Just ask Nancy Pelosi.... Or a certain former Cardinal from Chicago...Cardinal Joseph Bernardin... Obama knew him very well
A lot of people forget that the Catholic bishops were instrumental in bringing Obamacare into existence. Maybe they should have read the thing before they endorsed it instead of trusting Pelosi.