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Originally posted by Night Watchman
Catholic Church's stringent opposition to US action against Iraq.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
But to get back on topic .... the RULE is what I showed you and inviting Obama breaks the rules. It can't be allowed. Just because some bishops in the past protected pedophiles who came into the church to hunt, that doesn't mean that everyone throws in the towel and the rest of the church should break all the rules.
Originally posted by Night Watchman
it is just this kind of action that is slowly (maybe not so slowly) killing the US Catholic Church.
the church should have also demanded that Bush not be given an honorary degree either.
You distort the scope of the Child Molestation scandal in the church.
Originally posted by FlyersFan
Popes CAN retire. They don't have to stay until the end of their lives. PJPII had written up paperwork saying he was retiring. It was written up a few years before he died. He never implemented them. I have no idea why he didn't. He had them all set and ready to go.
Originally posted by Night Watchman
I am currently struggling mightily with my church and it's positions on some issues.
misconceptions I had regarding official position versus public comments of officials.
A plane sponsored by the Center for Bioethical Reform has circled the campus since April 28, alternating images of an aborted fetus with messages to Jenkins to change his mind, and trucks from the group are driving the streets in South Bend bearing graphic images protesting the decision.
As local police are coordinating with Secret Service to prepare for the president's visit, those living around campus are preparing for an estimated 20,000 protesters to come to their neighborhood.
As may be obvious, I am currently struggling mightily with my church and it's positions on some issues.
Originally posted by Night Watchman
That has got to be one of the lamest excuses for opposing the bill that I have ever heard.
Instead of putting a second nail in the coffin of this atrocious procedure, he says, nah, what we have is enough.
What harm would have come from him supporting the legislation?
You don't need another nail in the coffin. It was already illegal. Should we be passing additional legislation making child abuse illegal? Would that make it more illegal?
No, there are no degrees of illegality. It is or isn't.
Originally posted by jsobecky
OK, then I won't need to ask you whether you think Hate Crime laws are necessary. Because they are on many state's books already.
If a crime is a crime, then why do we need hate crime laws?
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Catholic donations to Notre Dame drop
ReplaceJenkins.com said it has received pledges from alumni and donors promising to withhold donations.
Originally posted by Stormdancer777
Catholic TV Says Vatican Will Step In-- Obama Will Be Disinvited to Notre Dame
gatewaypundit.blogspot.com...
Rumors are spreading that the Vatican will step in and correct the mistake by Notre Dame of inviting the most radical pro-abortion and infanticide president in history to Commencement this weekend.
Fighting Irish Thomas has more on this Catholic news:
Real Catholic TV's Michael Voris told us that the Vatican itself is on the verge of stepping in to stop the South Bend sacrilege ... but at the same time urged viewers to say the full twenty decades of the rosary for Notre Dame so that the prelates don't lose their nerve.
Also, Amy Procter has more including video.
Well this could get interesting.
Will have to keep my eye on the situation.
Originally posted by WisdomInChains
The students didn't want him there so he's uninvited i don't get why thats such a big deal
Originally posted by LucidDreamer85
Try and deny it but if we could only listen to a conversation happening on campus about it i'm pretty sure most would agree.