Doesn’t surprise me. This administration is openly hostile to anyone of Christian faith.

Douglas Kmiec led an awful lot of Catholics astray with his “nuanced” take on abortion during his effort to get Obama elected. Thanks, at least in part, to so-called Catholic intellectuals like Mr. Kmiec, the majority of Catholics, who now represent a quarter of the U. S. population, rationalized their vote for Obama, rather than showing a united front against abortion. Now we have the most pro-Culture of Death president in the history of our country and our taxpayer money and federal bureaucracy are being used to spread the Culture of Death throughout the world, including abortion, euthanasia and the entire homosexual agenda. Mr. Kmiec does not belong in any position of influence, public or private, until he returns to espousing the full teachings of the magisterium of the Church on life issues, as well as matters. I would suggest he take some time off to study Blessed John Paul II’s theology of the body.

...Pro-abortion Catholics are a disgrace.  Period.

In other words, the fact that ambassador Kmiec makes the current US administration “look good” by writing articles sympathetic to Catholicism for publication in predominantly Catholic countries such as Italy and Malta is NOT acceptable to an administration much more comfortable in non-Christian environments.
“We don’t want you to make us look good if you are not willing to sacrifice your opinions on the altar of the Politically Correct.”
This in turn suggests that Pres. Obama sees himself as president of a secular faction of the US electorate, rather than a president of the whole people.  Well, actions of the administration do teach us what they actually believe, in contrast to what they say.
TeaPot562

When will we learn - Deeds not Words are the judge of a man.  Resigning from the Obama administration should be taken as a badge of honor, unless it is to work on his next campaign.

I agree with William Farley.  Kmiec led a lot of Catholics astray with and helped Obama get the Catholic vote by telling them you could be a faithful Catholic and still vote for Obama. Either Kmiec is a pro-life, pro-heterosexual-marriage Catholic who espouses the teachings of the Church on life and marriage—in which case he needs to oppose Obama and his policies, or he is not. Kmiec’s actions suggest he cannot be trusted in a position where he is charged with advancing the teachings of the Catholic church, and in view of him contributing to the election of the most pro-abortion president in history, I have little sympathy with him for the situation he currently finds himself him.  I hope comes to learn and acknowledge the errors he made and eventually returns to embracing the full teachings of the Church.

Make a deal with the devil….

He finally realized that he was playing the fool in this drama with the President.

It does not sound like this man followed all the teachings of the Catholic faith and one can not simply pick the parts the like.  Obama would not have a true Catholic in his admin because the teachings would shame his pride and he is one proud ego maniac.  Was this man a partial good?  Partial truth, is that really good?  Sounds like someone who spreads a lot of bad?

Let us reflect on the mission of the church : The foundations of the Chtistian Faith( summaries of Christian life : Summaries of the Christian faith( Galatians 1:2-4; Roman 10;8b-9).
Kiemick , may have found it to be difficult to separate the missionary responsibility ( corresponding.  Model ) from proclamation / praxis of the Gospel by application of the Gospel to the struggle for social justice, peace, and human rights
( change- agent ,servant)  the mission of the church and it’s paradigm must be respected ,th corresponding model,the institution, community and the servant cannot be separated.
The second Vatican council ( Decree on Ecumenism ,the First Vatican General Council - Dogmatic Constitution Dei Filius on the catholic faith,1870 deeply need to be reflect on.
As I quote The Second Vatican Council( Ecumenism) on catholic principles on Ecumenism ” For ” all you who have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ .... For you are all one in Christ Jesus ” ( Galatians 3:27-28)
Galatians 3:27 ” For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ” the background of this scripture passage is on the Doctrine of Sacred Rites and forms ( it’s spiritual significance/ Sacraments ,Worship, And Church- Fellowship)
Galatians 3:28 ” There is neither Jew nor Greek ,there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female : for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.”  The background of this scripture passage ( Doctrine on Other Nations / Jew and Gentiles made one in Christ/ Conversion of the Gentiles/ doctrinal matters in reference to the coming of faith.)
Commentary of Galatisns 3:27-29 : The restrained of the Immature . ” The inclusiveness of the Gospel is illustrated by reference to baptism. It is the sign and seal of one’s crucifixion and new life with Christ ( cross reference 2:20) and can thus be spoken of as having put Christ on ( cross reference Roman 13:14; Ephesians 4:24). siince baptism unites all men with Christ ( cross reference 1 Cor,12:13) it unites them with one another ,for all are brethren ” for whom Christ died” ( 1 Cor ,8:11; cross reference 14:15) and all who believe ,without distinction ,have one a Lord ( Roman ,10:12-13; cross reference Ephesians 2:21-22; Col, 3:11) The description of Christians as Abraham’s offspring (vs.29) reflects the argument of vss 6-18 , but also intrudces a new element into Paul’s development of the custodial function of the law. when sons come of age and pass from life under the law to life in Christ they become full heirs of the promises of God ( cross reference 4:1-7)
A character building which need to be exercise ( leadership) we hear a great deal to day about ” Equality.” We have declared in the supreme document of our American history that all men are politically equal , but even the Declaration of Independence cannot create social,mental or moral equality. Men are not born equal ,nor do they die equal. The attempt to produce an absolute equality in Russia has brought forth an equality of hunger,cold,disease,pain and death. Society must be saved fro the top down. The body must be saved by the brain. The man must be saved by the mind. Society must be saved by the saint. America must be saved by an aristocracy. The greatest need of a democracy is a well - bred aristocracy .That was a great prayer ,so often repeated by Altman Beecher : ” God grant that our principal men shall be men of principle”. Thomas Carlyle exclaims : ” Finds your man and all else will follow”
Lastly, God had revealed himself to man, making known to him his attributes and his sovereign will.
Peace to all during this Holy Week

From Matthew, Ch. 26:

14-15: “Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver…

Matthew, Ch. 27:

3: “Then Judas, his betrayer, seeing that Jesus had been condemned, deeply regretted what he had done. He returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders,”

4: saying, “I have sinned in betraying innocent blood.” They said, “What is that to us? Look to it yourself.”

5: “Flinging the money into the temple, he departed and went off and hanged himself.”

Any paralell with the the following sequence:

<Kmiec as a Catholic professor - his saying that the battle for life was lost—his feverish rallying to support Obama and his extreme abortionist agenda—his Ambassadorship—Obama’s turning his back to him>

... should not be overstated.

Perhaps the administrations “loss” can now be the Catholic Church’s gain. In my overly simplistic view of things, I hope that Mr. Kiemick finds a welcome in returning to and perhaps championing the Catholic mission and perhaps a place in the next Republican administration. Welcome home brother!

Mr. Kmiec is a real disappointment to me.  He seemed quite devoted to the Church for the years I would see him on and off again giving seminars at a local church in D.C. about the Just War theory, etc.  When he came out supporting Obama for president, I was appalled, and still am.  Though Obama would have won without his support, Kmiec is still guilty of having supported a very pro-baby-killing POTUS and for having been rewarded for doing so.

Mr. Kmiec really went off the pro life page when he wholeheartedly supported the most pro abortion politician ever.  He had innumerable warnings about Obama but chose to ignore all of them.
Apparently he has outlived his usefulness as an Obama Catholic.  When he was publicly supporting Obama; he was a feature story in the mainstream media.  I have never heard him say he was taken in by Obama or that he was sorry for leading some Catholics astray.
It will be interesting to see if he remains strongly pro life and orthodox when another slick talking Democrat asks for his support.

“Resigning from the Obama administration should be taken as a badge of honor”

You’re kidding.  Kmiec was complicit in Obama’s ongoing attempt to confuse Catholics by raising up dissident Catholic voices.  Kmiec served the pro-death Obama by convincing Catholics that it was ok to vote for a pro-death president.  The appointment as Ambassador to Malta was simply Kmiec’s 30 pieces of silver.  There is no honor in the man.

Now that he is no longer needed as a useful dupe, he is being canned for writing the truth about the faith (something he failed to do during the campaign).

If Kmiec had written articles criticizing Church teaching, he would have been promoted.

I could not agree with William Farley more.  My wife is Maltese and we travel to Malta every year.  I am glad to see Kmiec go.  I’ve been worried, and rightly so, about the effect of his “watered down view” of the Church’s teachings would have on Catholic Malta.  It did not take long for his new mentor to dump him after he sold out to the culture of death.  He served his purpose, to bring in Catholics in 2008 to help put Obama over the top.  Now?  Not needed any longer.

Dante’s post above pretty much nailed it. Mr. Kmeic was “rewarded” with the Ambassadorship to Malta in exchange for his work convincing Catholics to abandon Pro life principles and support the relentlessly pro-abortion Obama. Mr. Kmeic obviously no longer takes the Church seriously. Vatican II called abortion an “unspeakable crime”. Mr Obama thinks that “unspeakable crime” should not only be maintained as a legal right but taxpayer funded! Mr. Kmeic worked very hard to elect someone who promised to use tax dollars to fund an “unpeakable crime” when there was a viable, if imperfect candidate who would at least mitigate this “unpeakable crime” to some degree!  If working to elect the supporters of “unspeakable crime” is not objectively a mortal sin, I am not sure what qualifies. In a more reasonable age Some Bishop with a molecule of intestinal fortitude would be suggesting to Mr Kmeic that the loss of the Ambassadorship to Malta is the least of his concerns.

I’m hearing conflicting information whether his writings were against abortion or justifying how a anti-abortion Catholic could support Obama. It’s been stated in other places that among the unofficial, personal writings were in support of Obama and his interfaith initiatives. The abortion spin just seems to convenient for both sides of the issue to latch onto.

Perhaps to begin with, Amb. Kmiec must’ve greased his own skids with the then-President-Elect’s transition team to have beached himself on Malta. Yet, since he stuck his fanny out on Team Obama’s fence, they probably felt honor-bound to some extent to give him some patronage bone. It must be awfully rough to be an ambassador to a small nation like Malta. If he visited the Italian or Greek mainlands too often, he’d have found himself accused of using his post as a convenient jumping off point for his family vacations. Can’t blame a man for having clean temptations given the opportunities.
  As to the question of his “too Catholic” writings, he ought to be exonerated on that alone. Hmmm, were his works published in that many publications? Doubt it. I read a lot of Catholic publications…or try to at least…and his byline never crossed my eyes. (But they’re not what they used to be at 59, either.) Heck, he could’ve used a pseudonym if he didn’t want to cause any conflict with his Embassy’s staff, the nation he represented us to and of course, Foggy Bottom.
  In fairness to Douglas Kmiec, it’d be far better to hear what he has to say in August when he’s free to lay it all out; and in the meantime, also lay off on all the condemmnations regarding his supposed devil’s deal with Barack Obama’s inner circle. After all, with apologies to Amb. Kmiec’s (still present boss), judging others is a matter left to THE Highest Pay Grade.

Kmiec is catholic in name only just like the many other fake catholics who helped this abomination gain the oval office.  He & they lied to us about the Pro-Abortionist & enough liberal catholics ate it up to insure Soros’s
puppet can now wantonly destroy the USA from within.

I don’t feel sorry for him. Any Catholic stupid enough to have supported Obama deserves exactly what he gets when the snake turns and bits him.

No one can destroy the United States from within unless we allow it to happen, which makes us part of the problem, not the solution.

@DJP: Enjoying playing God? My mother was a pro-choice Catholic who explained her reasons shortly before she died of a very painful death due to liver cancer. Going to damn her as well, or say she deserved it? You’re a quarter a century too late, if that’s your tact. Judge not as ye not want to be judged. Remember that? It was said by the man who died on the Cross for ALL of us, not just those we determine who’s “catholic or not.”

Steven:  I addressed nothing at your Mom, that is between her & her maker.  Abortion is an intrinsic evil, pointing out that one cannot be a practicing Catholic & be in favor of slaughtering babies is the job of everyone, regardless if that is the platform of your chosen political party.  Telling folks they are wrong for aiding & empowering Pro-Abortion politicians is not judging them, it is an attempt to get them to see the light & do what is right.

DJP, I realize you didn’t address my Mom. My apologies if you thought I had. That wasn’t my intention at all. I shared her admission to me because she saw how self-righteous and judgmental I was becoming, and how off-putting that was not only to her but many others whom I might have been able to bring around to our point of view on this matter. I used to be pro-choice and had changed. And when I changed, she saw how important it was to me, but also how I was inadvertently rubbing people the wrong way.
  It’s one thing to cite the Church’s position and say somebody’s views are wrong and explain why. It’s another thing entirely to pronounce judgment on the quality of their faith which is the way you (and others in this particular thread) came across against Douglas Kmiec.
  I used to take your harder line position until I began to realize there’s a deeper human story behind every political undertaking, etc. What have you to say about Miami Archbishop Wenski, who, as Archbishop, is the “owner” of St. Thomas University/Biscayne College where Amb. Miguel Diaz and I both graduated from. Amb. Diaz, personally appointed by President Obama, to be the Ambassador to the Holy See, is receiving an honorary doctorate and giving the graduation ceremony next month.
  Care to take it up with an archbishop appointed by no less than Pope Benedict 16th? If this fairly conservative prelate is willing to allow Amb. Diaz receive the doctorate and address the university he’s ultimately responsible for, don’t you think that perhaps things aren’t so black and white?
  Granted, I was a bit harsh in using the example of my mother, but I wasn’t just addressing you in particular.  Nevertheless, we have to stop using the phrase “intrinsic evil” for the purpose of ending all further discussion; as if there is no further point in even charitably giving any benefit of doubts to the person we’re debating about. That high n’ holy ace of spades might make some of us feel good and superior from time to time, but does it further illuminate the fuller story about Amb. Kmiec’s reasons for resigning? Not that I could see. Nor could I see any willingness on his detractors’ part insofar as showing the slightest curiosity to get to the bottom of the matter. It then becomes on of those “stories of interest”  with a shelf-life that’s predestined to last only so far as Amb. Kmiec’s detractors can milk the most negatives they can before they’ve divined that it’s a dead letter issue.
  Sadly there also seems to be this (hopefully NOT), growing group of Catholics who are willing to even help along Pope Benedict’s prediction that the Church may have to (in so many words) shrink, or cast off the dead weights, to borrow from sports and business.) The Pope wasn’t, I believe, speaking about the regular folks attending Masses week in and week out. He was primarily addressing the forever tinkering theologians who want to set up their academic ivory towers as competing or complementary Magisteriums. Of course that’d be crazy. We can agree on the Pope’s need to insist upon one Magisterium. It’s another thing for laity, however, (hopefully) well-intentioned, to take the Pope’s prediction as a green light to establish on their own iniative a quasi-STASI-Gestapo/KGB system of parish watch agents, etc. Snoops and inqusitions aren’t what Benedict had in mind. He grew up under the Gestapo and despite all the liberals’ complaints to the contrary, he ran his former office with a very respectful touch.
  I’m not at all sanguine about such prospects arising from local gossips, frustrated seminary washouts who know more how to say a Mass than their priests, and ideological cranks forever itching to make their names known within certain ideological circles. This is not normal; this is no less than laying the seeds of long-lasting, if not permanent distrust and discord. It’s cultlike and downright dangerous, especially when some parishioners get on their moral high-hobby-horses and claim the right and expertise to discern and declare who’s a “true” and “fake” Catholic and let everybody in their parish/diocese in on it, publicly or otherwise. It’s even more potentially explosive in this cyber age and bound to boomerang on the Church. Watch out for the amount of loyalty you’re trying to find and discern; you might learn more and get less than you expect…or deserve.
  Catholics aren’t required to fill out weekly attendance sheets. We aren’t expected to say more than the Nicene Creed and demonstrate that we can live up to it. (Of course I’m simplifying matters for the sake of discussion.) But if the day ever comes when local dioceses and worse yet, parishes are given permission to set up watch committees, hold hearings for discerning just “how Catholic” so and so is, that’ll be the day I’ll be BANGING on the nearest Episcoplian church’s door I find, no matter how liberal the ECUSA’s positions are on other controversial topics.
  I hope to God I never have to leave ever again; but I won’t allow myself or anyone I love to be damned by index-finger-wagging judgmental busybodies, ever quick to pronounce somebody else’s soul toast…especially if God also forbid, higher-ups in diocesan chanceries and parish halls have solid reason to believe they’ve been given approval to take Benedict’s half-hearted observation about a smaller church all-too-literally.

Pro-abortion Catholic is an oxymoron.  A comment I saw from Steven Cobert (imagine that): “A Catholic with an opinion is called a Protestant.”  I can’t improve on that observation.

Wait a minute Douglas Kmiec is Catholic? An Barry Obama embracing apostate claims to be Catholic?  Amazing!

FYI - It appears that he has recovered from that horrible accident - Thanks be to God