As far as I’m concerned the Catholic Church has no moral authority left. Keeping their dirty little secrets for years and hiding their sick priests. Sorry, I just don’t like child abuse.

And that’s part of where Catholicism went wrong and even most Christian churches. They set themselves up through their doctrine of works-righteousness as the epitomy and example of holiness and virtue instead of pointing you to the One who is: Jesus. The word of God is the authority. And if God has granted any authority to those He’s called to minister, that authority is not removed by the fact that they are found to still be sinners–sinners saved by grace with a stewardship. The Apostle Paul called himself, “the chiefest of sinners”. Those gifted by God have the responsibility to communicate it. You have the right to reject it just as the most of the people did when Jesus walked the earth. God has granted you the freedom to reject Him. I completely understand why most are livid with church’s apparent hypocrisy. That fact aside, it still doesn’t solve the individual’s dilema of a fuller relationship with his or her Savior and God and learning more about Him, should they so wish.

Father Roy Bourgeois, a Catholic priest, torture survivor, Vietnam veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and SOA Watch founder is facing excommunication by the Vatican for his beliefs on the ordination of women.

Yep. His personal past as a torture survivor, vet and Purple Heart recipient etc., is immaterial to the issue of Women’s Ordination. It has nothing to do with his personal life, characture or activites and everything to do with what God’s word has to say about it.

Something else to add: SC Bishop says No communion for Obama voters.

Been gone from the lake all day, haven’t read comments yet.

I hope you see this comment, the tide is turning, it is soooo important that we keep the dialogue specific to social choices, keep it from being amalgamated back into ‘denied rights’ which they turn into race and abortion. “Shiny thong”-lhp.

I’m posting a diary about Bill Donahue of The Catholic League tomorrow.It’s taken three days to write. He’sHe’s the linch pin, no, he’s the Rasputin, and I’m layin’ his ass out tomorrow in an Oxdown Diary.

here’s the o’reilly link—advice to pups., copy and open into a new link.
They make it hard to identify footage, but once you have selected a video you are ‘in’….then you get a new list and your own menu. titles are generic on purpose to keep you from finding specific things. dumb down your brain and select the most generic description, go by the ‘pictures’ and you’ll find it. they remove easy access by the next night’s show and you cannot copy a permanent link to a clip.
http://www.foxnews.com/oreilly/index.html

omg, just now, his last segment is about slave porn. go bill , you sick fuck.

“Faithful Citizenship” put abortion as a major, but not sole, issue in a continuum of social justice and respect for life that included issues like unprovoked war, the death penalty, racism, poverty and other issues.

This document was written outside the intense political period and represents a surprisingly lucid view of the how Catholics have already been viewing the abortion issue for decades.

The current statements of individual bishops and other church leaders does not rescind this document, which provides a framework for Democrats to approach Catholic voters. Democrats would do well to read this document so that they can take advantage of the opening it creates.