WASHINGTON — Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, spoke today at a graduation event at Georgetown Public Policy Institute, despite protests from Catholic groups, some Georgetown University faculty and alumni, and the Archdiocese of Washington, which issued a statement earlier this week that rejected the university’s attempt to downplay her appearance.
“Today, there are serious debates under way about the direction of our country — debates about the size and role of government, about America’s role as a global economic and military leader, about the moral and economic imperative of providing health care to all our citizens,” Secretary Sebelius told the graduating students, family members and faculty. “People have deeply held beliefs on all sides of these discussions, and you, as public-policy leaders, will be called on to help move these debates forward."
“These are not questions with quick-and-easy answers,” she added, and she referred to President John F. Kennedy’s groundbreaking 1960 speech that sought to tamp down concerns about a Catholic serving as the president of the United States. She did not explain precisely how Kennedy’s speech related to the controversy ignited by her scheduled speech.
The decision to invite Sebelius to the GPPI event was announced May 4 on the university’s official blog and immediately provoked protests and a petition drive from outraged Catholics. Yesterday, William Blatty, a Georgetown alumnus and the author of The Exorcist, joined a group of alumni to file "a canon law lawsuit to pressure the Jesuit university either to reclaim its Catholic identity or cease to call itself a Catholic institution," according to the Cardinal Newman Society.
Last weekend, The Catholic Standard, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Washington, published an editorial that called into question the university’s Catholicity.
“Georgetown University has, historically speaking, religious roots,” stated the editorial. “So, too, do Harvard, Princeton and Brown. Over time, though, as has happened with these Ivy League institutions, Georgetown has undergone a secularization, due in no small part to the fact that much of its leadership and faculty find their inspiration in sources other than the Gospel and Catholic teaching. Many are quite clear that they reflect the values of the secular culture of our age. Thus the selection of Secretary Sebelius for special recognition, while disappointing, is not surprising.”
UPDATE, MAY 22: The Catholic Standard posted an editorial online, following a Washington Post May 16 editorial criticizing the archdiocese's response to Sebelius at Georgetown: The editorial states: “Georgetown however, speaks of Mrs. Sebelius as an 'inspiration' to the students. She is not an inspiration and no Catholic university should speak of her in such a way. She is an unrepentant cheerleader for abortion. As Governor of Kansas she vetoed numerous bills passed by the legislature to secure reasonable limits to abortion, including parental notification, and even modest restrictions on late term abortions. Bishop Joseph Naumann in Kansas suggested she refrain from receiving communion.
“She had also been close to the infamous George Tiller, known as Tiller, the baby killer, since he probably killed more than 60,000 babies, most of them late term. She has accepted more than $12,000 in campaign contributions from him and had him as a guest at the Governor’s Mansion.
“Now as HHS Secretary, she has chosen to wage war against religious liberty, and is the architect of the HHS mandate currently being opposed by the Bishops and the Church, and credibly described as the greatest threat to religious liberty of our time.
“She is no inspiration to anyone, other than fellow enemies of the Church and the unborn. If she has made an impact it cannot be described as good in any Catholic or Christian sense. Georgetown’s boosterism of her is shameful.”
Several members of a small group of Georgetown faculty, led by Patrick Deneen, issued an open letter to President John DeGioia expressing strong disappointment with the decision.
Earlier this week, DeGioia issued a formal response, asserting that the “secretary’s presence on our campus should not be viewed as an endorsement of her views.”
“As a Catholic and Jesuit university, Georgetown disassociates itself from any positions which are in conflict with traditional Church teachings,” read DeGioia’s statement. “Some have interpreted the invitation to Secretary Sebelius as a challenge to the USCCB. It was not.”
Though Catholic leaders began speaking out on the HHS contraception mandate back in September, DeGioia suggested that the university was unaware of the brewing religious-freedom battle. “The invitation to Secretary Sebelius occurred prior to the Jan. 20 announcement of the Obama administration of the modified health-care regulations,” he stated.
The following day, the Archdiocese of Washington released a statement that challenged DeGioia's explanation: “It is especially distressing to think that the university’s Public Policy Institute would be unaware of this national debate, since the mandate was published last August. Such a radical redefining of ministry should prompt Georgetown, as a Catholic and Jesuit university, to do more to challenge the mandate and speak up for freedom of religion."
During today’s speech, briefly interrupted by a pro-life activist who drowned out her remarks, Sebelius, a Catholic, recalled Kennedy’s effort to address concerns about how his Catholic faith might influence his policies. And while she did not explicitly state her reasons for discussing the late president's struggle to overcome Catholic bigotry, the reference may have been designed as an explanation for her own departure from official Catholic teaching.
Sebelius is a strong abortion-rights supporter, though she did not raise this issue during her speech.
“When I was in junior high, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was running for president. … Some of then-Senator Kennedy’s opponents attacked him for his religion, suggesting that electing the first Catholic president would undermine the separation of church and state, a fundamental principle of our democracy. The furor grew so loud that Kennedy chose to deliver a speech about his beliefs just seven weeks before the election,” she recalled.
“Kennedy talked about his vision of religion and the public square and said he believed in an America, and I quote, ‘where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials — and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against us all.’”
She said that similar discussions on “the intersection of our nation’s long tradition of religious freedom with policy decisions that affect the general public continues,” and she argued that they were a frustrating but essential element of American democracy.
“Our system … requires conversations that can be painful, and it almost always ends in compromise. But it’s through this process of conversation and compromise that we move forward, together, step by step, towards a ‘more perfect union,’” she suggested.
‘Hone Your Ethical Skills’
To prepare themselves for the challenge ahead, Georgetown graduates must “hone” their “ethical skills,” she said. She did not identify what those “ethical skills” might be or where they could be found. Rather, she advised her audience to “follow your own moral compass.”
Sebelius described herself as an “accidental feminist” who got started on her present path at an all-girls school where the female students “did everything.” She also attended Trinity College, a Catholic women’s college in Washington, which is also Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s alma mater. Sebelius’ recollections of her own college years noted the upheaval of the 1960s, when “neighborhoods in D.C. were burned to the ground.”
Looking back, she said that “what was striking at the time is how young people were driving these national debates. There was a feeling not just that young people could change the world — but that we had to.”
As she moved into public service, she said, “[o]ne of the issues I kept coming back to was health care, culminating in my current position. And now I have the extraordinary opportunity to help implement legislation that is finally, after seven decades of failed debate, ensuring that all Americans have access to affordable health coverage.”
During her speech, Sebelius made no attempt to defend her decision to approve the HHS contraception mandate. And while her remarks today encouraged the graduates to approach such matters with prudent discernment, critics have suggested that she herself failed to do the same when she ultimately approved the controversial federal rule.
In April, during sworn testimoney before the House Education and Workforce Committee, Sebelius acknowledged that she had not asked her legal counsel to provide a memo that addressed potential First Amendment issues. Previously, she had defended the contraception mandate, arguing that it stuck a "balance" between the free exercise of religious institutions and women's need for birth control, but during the hearing she admitted that she had little knowledge of key Supreme Court cases on religious-freedom issues.
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To prepare themselves for the challenge ahead, Georgetown graduates must “hone” their “ethical skills,” she said. . . . she advised her audience to “follow your own moral compass.”
Good idea. Start asking hard questions of your institution how and why she got invited to speak in the first place.
Demon woman…. leading many people into the abyss of Hell with her life of sin and immorality. God have mercy on your soul…. have you no heart, wasting the very little left that is remaining in American moral cultures? NCregister, why do you even cover the immorality of this person? as if it is not harder for my children to be home-schooled as not to be exposed into this Anti-Christian harlotry. God bless!
Exactly where in The Constituion of The United States does it say anything at all about the separation of church and state. I read it “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Someone please correct me if I am wrong!
It’s deplorable that Ms. Sebelius was allowed to address graduating students and families a Georgtown. It’s also shocking to me that she was given a warm reception by products of a so called Catholic University knowing of the conflict in progress betwen Sebelius and the Catholic Church. This doesn’t say much about the religious level of the graduates and families. The non Catholic faculty, the liberal Jesuits who teach there, the directors and President DeGioia are fully reponsible for Georgetown losing its Catholic identity. How can the President be so uninformed to not know of the religious freedom fight in progress with Ms. Sebelius. If he let his students decide about the visit he is incompetent. I think this visit should have been settled in Rome. Maybe it was. But it does not sound consistent with Vatican policy. If a university carries only 20 % catholic faculty it’s by practice non-Catholic. It should be challenged to either become Catholic according to fixed standards in a fixed period of time or give up its Catholic name. We plan to suspend any thought of contributing to the Jesuits anywhere.
Alexander Pope who, because he was one of those pesky faithful Catholics, was banned from ever attending any University, or from a Teaching career on pain of perpetual imprisonment was clearly prescient of our times when he keenly observed ... “Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.” ... Thanks Georgetown for inviting purveyors of distilled Evil onto your campus way “too oft” ... Did you cover the crucifix for Sibelius as her master requested? ... Time for some authentic “diversity training” as in pondering the contrasting physical properties of millstones versus the deep blue sea ... or perhaps some metaphysical “New Math” word problems as in how “30 pieces of corroded silver” outweighs “53 Millions of Souls” and counting!
Cardinal Weurl needs to address the Mortal Sins of SCANDAL, HERESY and SCHISM within his Diocese of Washington DC.
Being a “nice guy” does not Save Souls, and Georgetown U has honored hertics and schismatics for some time. Without loving discipline they will only get worse.
The Diocese Bishop (or Cardinal) is responsible for everything ‘Catholic’ within his own Diocese.
For Scandal see: CCC - 2284, 2285, 2286, 2326. For Heresy and Schism see: CCC 2089.
She brought up Kennedy because he told people not to worry, Rome is not going to lead America, and she wants to twist this into “don’t worry, we don’t need Rome.” It is NOT the same as what J.F. Kennedy said.
She told this audience, “follow your own moral compass.”
She does not mention the most important decision is to know where you’re going first. If it’s Heaven, one’s “moral compass” is going to be pointing in totally different directions than hers, when her goal is to let humans behave, legally, like…humans. (We have a terrible track record.) We need to instead act like humans who need, have, and accept a Redeemer. One also needs a formed conscience before setting out, and the guidance of the Church is great for guidelines, to use as reference points along the way. Do not let anyone tell you that they have a better idea for a destination than Heaven. Many evils are trying to prevent you from doing right. You cannot let yourself get sidetracked by anything.
Cardinal Weurl needs to actively address the Mortal Sins of SCANDAL, HERESY and SCHISM within his own Diocese of Washington DC.
Georgetown U has honored heretics and schismatics for years. Without loving discipline they will only get worse. Ignoring or neglecting these sins will only cause the loss of Souls.
All Colleges and Universities who profess to be ‘Catholic’ should be required to use the “Catechism of the Catholic Church, Second Edition” as a Text for Freshman and or Sophomore years.
If they do not adhere to the CCC, they are fraudulently calling themselves “Catholic”, and deceiving students and parents.
For SCANDAL see: CCC - 2284, 2285, 2286, 2326. For HERESY and SCHISM see CCC - 2089.
Cardinals and Bishops are responsible for everything “Catholic” within their own Diocese.
Why does she call herself Catholic? If she doesn’t agree with our principal values and morals, why doesn’t she just admit that she is NOT a Catholic. Why, also, don’t the powers that be in our Church, throw her out? She (and Pelosi and Biden) are demeaning the beauty and love of our Church, and the Truth. The Truth is the Truth no matter if she and they believe it or not. Birth control and abortion are NOT healthcare….why don’t people get it? It is the elimination of human beings and the statistics are clear. The Bishops needs to excommunicate these people who are out in public telling lies about Jesus’ one true Church and nothing is being done to defend Her. I so admire the one man who defended our Church but how he was silenced speaks volumes as well. God Help Us!
If the salvation of souls is not the first focus and intention of the university claimed Catholic, then what is? If each and every activity on a claimed ‘Catholic’ campus is not to give glory to God first, then what are their purposes and to whom do they serve?
How many times do we have to say it?
Excommunication. Public. Now.
Stop the nonsense and do your job, bishops!
How many times do we have to say it?
Excommunication. Public. Now.
Stop the nonsense and start doing your job, bishops!
The gauntlet has been thrown. Georgetown University must be publically and summarily divested of any Catholic recognition. Who will pick up the gauntlet and accept the challenge?
Great job covering this important story so quickly!
Until the bishops of the US find some gumption to excommunicate these apostates, Sebelius being just one of them, and reign in the Jesuits, this type of unCatholic thing will continue unabated. I find it absolutely shameful that Georgetown continues despite protests, yet all the Diocese of Washington can come up with is a letter. No wonder our Lord and His Mother are weeping.
“...Sebelius, a Catholic…”
No, she is not.
JMJ God has blessed the USA with Grace,Gifts, Favors, Riches but, Most of All His Mercy which soon will turn to a Great Chastizement (for the World not only the USA, Good and Evil will Suffer and Die) We have turned against him, Look around you and see how far away from Jesus we have strayed through our Evil (Forgotten word “SINS”, hardly ever hear it not even in Priests Homilies)In fact not to often in Most Catholic newspapers and some magazines)May the Holy Trinity of God have Mercy on You and I. Respectfully with Love, Joseph J. Pippet North Cape May, New Jersey
Kennedy, Sebelius says, believed in an America, “where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials.”
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Sebelius believes in an America where the public officials impose their will directly on religious bodies.
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If you look at her April testimony linked above, you’ll see how moronic her own ethical knowledge and skills are.
tipical of Jesuit school. Goes with the liberation theology. Time to pull the plug
Hey, this is not a surprise. The Catholic church is becoming a free spirit church. That means “THINK WHAT YOU WILL—WE JUST WANT YOUR MONEY”. The USCCB controls nothing and are not in sync with the Holy See. They are free thinkers who want to change for the sake of change. If you have not heard this before it means—folowing the secular movements under the guise of not disturbing anyone in the congregation by imploying and inforcing the laws and rules of the church. ” Sinners are welcome and we will not upset you with outdated ideas like confession etc. prior to receiving the body of Christ. Maybe in a few short years the church will do away with current beliefs which came from Jesus Christ…....
So the President of Georgetown states that the commencement speaker’s
views do not necessarily reflect those of the University! Why not?
It would be entirely appropriate to indeed choose a speaker whose views
are in total agreement for this final validictory of the graduating class. If during their tenure at Georgetown a debate between opposing
sides were to be sponsored, that would be appropriate. However, if this University sees its mission as teaching the Truth, would they not use this final opportunity to underscore what supposedly they have been imparting during the students time at Georgetown. Or, is the mission somewhat different from what one would suppose of a Catholic insitution of education? Look at the facts: those whose responsibility it is to set such standards, and take the appropriate action seem incompetent. The USCCB seems to have opinions and standards for everything else, why not Catholic institutions of higher education? Why so little effect in setting this Ship of Fools, indentifying itself as Catholic, on course?
Confusion seems to obfuscate the entire scene of Catholic education. Who is going to take the responsibility to clarify for these Catholic educators the proper course of Catholic education? Nothing really effective has happened since that fateful Land of Lakes Conference that effectively set many Catholic universities off-course over 50 years ago. After 40 years of debate with the LCWR, finally the CDF has seen fit to act and try to restore and reform some religious orders of women who have gone way beyond the pale regarding Catholic theology. Do we need to wait another 40 years before the USCCB puts some action behind their responsibility to oversee Catholic universities and colleges teach and preserve the truths of Faith? It is all too sad a situation and seems to be doomed at this point in time.
“Follow your own moral compass” sounds just like “if it feels good, do it.” I support the canon law lawsuit to force the university to abandon “Catholic” in its identity as it has in practice. Great job Joan and the Register on this critical story.
Being Catholic does not require having a mandated conscience. We want our college grduates who will have a voice in the future of our Church to see all sides of our contriversities.
Kathleen states, “Kennedy talked about his vision of religion and the public square and said he believed in an America, and I quote, ‘where no religious body seeks to impose its will directly or indirectly upon the general populace or the public acts of its officials — and where religious liberty is so indivisible that an act against one church is treated as an act against us all.’”
Well maybe she ought to listen to this speech all over again and again as she imposed her will on the Cahtolic Chruch while having President Obama’s undivided attention. Her will seems to be his will. She jumped out of the boat a long time ago. I believe Kathleen and JFK turn their backs on Jesus Himself by promoting the view that one can not be a good leader unless they exile Jesus and the Chruch from their lives. How sad!! For Kathlenn, Obama and JFK it was all about POWER!
Christ’s Peace!
Mary Christ
Regarding comments by Cardinal Wuerl characterized as slamming Georgetown for its decision to have Sebelius as a speaker, this is what I could find from Wuerl: “The archbishop, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, called Georgetown’s invitation to Sebelius “shocking” and said university President John J. DeGioia had mischaracterized the issue by saying it was about birth control, The Washington Post reported.
This is “slamming”? I, for one, find it both ridiculous and embarrassing when tepid actions taken by bishops are described as “coming out swinging” or “slamming”, and so on. Give me a break. Swinging what? A purse? Let’s get real. These guys are doing next to nothing.
What a terrible day for a Catholic University. Georgetown could not have choose a worst time.
The bible states homosexuality is a sin but the what the bible says doesn’t bother cirtain groups
In a university environment wherein no honor is bestowed or implied, I believe it would be appropriate, even desirable, to have Sebelius either engage in a debate regarding her actions at HHS or to let her defend her actions in an address which is followed by a lengthy period of questions from the audience.
Sadly, Sebelius is so far off the rails (of common sense and decency) she has no idea of the extent of the damage she has done and is doing. Her duplicitous actions confirm that she has long ceased being a faithful Catholic and has no intention of defending the Catholic Faith. For the sake of her soul and the souls of those marginal Catholics who are conned by her example and think their own dissent legitimized, she should at the very least summon a minute amount of courage to stop referring to herself as a Catholic.
It’s one thing for a person to honestly struggle with the practice of the Faith. It is quite another to publicly reject the teaching of the Church and to force an entire nation into conformity with policies that attack the innocent unborn and attempt to undermine inalienable rights.
No Catholic university should provide no platform for Sebelius or any other CINO to spread her poisonous ideas. Georgetown needs a good Spring cleaning.
It seems to me that there are many people - Catholics like Kathleen Sebelius who have completely lost touch
with Catholic theology, Catholic sensibilities, and Catholic concerns. I often wonder if these so called Catholics even go to Mass anymore except for weddings and funerals. I wonder if they have any faithful catholic friends. I ask myself, how could they and be so out of touch with the Catholic Faith and yet they consider themselves Catholics. At the same time, they give their approval to the assaults on the church that are occurring today such as in the case of Catholic adoption agencies having to give up their ministry due to government rules concerning gay adoption - and what happened to the Catholic ministry dealing with human trafficking which recently was defunded. These Catholics in government know that wavers could be given and religious freedom protected yet they don’t speak out about these things. They go along with a program that seeks to privatize Religion. I think of Ms Clinton talking about freedom of worship now and not freedom of Religion. They use these words advisedly and they get my attention when they do, all of a sudden, use unfamiliar language.
Faithful Catholics have to stand up NOW - Speak up NOW - AND DO NOT COMPROMISE, In the way that Kathleen Sebelius tempted them to do in her speech at Georgetown. Obviously, she has compromised to the point of being unrecognizable as a Catholic.
President DeGioia, perhaps, is either a liar, or stupid, or both. Is he not aware of the doctrine of “material cooperation with evil”? That he should dissemble about the intended effect of the invitation to Secretary Sebelius is an insult to the faithful who see, at minimum, no need to give any platform whatsoever at a “Catholic” institution to this woman who is so overtly an avatar for the Culture of Death. Why provide her with any platform whatsoever? (Would DiGioia provide a platform to, say, a Ku Klux Klansman, or to an avowed NAZI? Hmm?) At a minimum, the very fact of her appearance—regardless of the actual content of her address, and surely regardless of President DeGioia’s purported purpose in inviting her—is itself a statement of recognition by Georgetown that her views are worthy of being heard in this supposedly honored forum. They are not; nor had they been, even before the ukase, the HHS mandate. DeGioia incredibly makes a statement that the invitation to Sebelius occurred prior to the January 20th mandate—and he says this in a self-justifying tone, as though prior to Jan. 20th there was good reason to invite her. What a bald-faced disingenuous lie—yes, a lie!! Does President DiGioia believe that the woman who, prior to Jan. 20th, was known nationally for her advocacy for abortion, even the horrible partial-birth abortion procedure, was a suitable candidate to speak as an honored guest? This very fact had to have been known to President DiGioia—that Sebelius has long been an advocate for the entire gamut of the Culture of Death. Therefore, when DiGioia offers a semi-exculpatory defensive “explanation” that the invitation was issued prior to Jan. 20th as a sort of “excuse”—as though she would not have been invited after January 20th—then President DiGioia is lying about his intention, which all along was to have a “cutting edge” (i.e., heretical) speaker, so as to give Georgetown greater cachet within the rarified elite circles with whom President DiGioia identifies. In other words, he is willing to sell his soul, and Georgetown’s, in order to be invited to all the politically correct cocktail parties held within the precincts of Georgetown. Tell me again, why this scandal—and myriad ones like it these last 50 years—has not warranted a more vigorous response from the Bishops of the United States? Whatever became of Matthew 18: 15 - 17, in which Jesus COMMANDS excommunication for unrepentant public sinners? I’ll tell you why: because our Bishops are cowards, and in many cases are covertly complicit in the de facto (and not-quite-yet de jure) schism of the “American” Church from Rome. Why, dear readers, again: WHY BE CATHOLIC????
There doesn’t seem to be any posts—must be that people do not think like you do. Sorry but you guys are part of the problem…..Forgive them Father for they know not what they do…..
As I write this, I have just watched Fr. Benedict Groeschel on EWTN with a guest discussing the fact that Roe v. Wade is, truly, the end of Western Civilization. I recall Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s correct assessment that abortion is the greatest crime, because if it is all right to kill one’s own unborn baby, then anything is permissible. G. K. Chesterton’s famous remark comes to mind: that when people stop believing in God, then they will believe in anything at all.
And, therefore, dear readers, understand the true outrage of my previous posting - it arises from a long-felt sense of exasperation—that the Bishops, in particular, seem content to issue statements when something like the scandal of Sebelius being honored at Georgetown occurs, or such as when Obama was granted an honorary degree by Notre Dame University. When they should be in the streets, carrying placards, demonstrating—“occupying” Georgetown, and Notre Dame, etc. There should have been excommunications of all public officials who vote for pro-abortion legislation decades ago—yes, including the so-called Catholics who voted for Roe v. Wade.
Words fail me when I try to communicate my absolute despair over the repeated, blatant scandals; and of our Bishops’ failures these last 45+ years to take to heart Jesus’s command—yes, COMMAND—in Matthew 18: 15 - 17, to treat public, unrepentant sinners as “gentiles”—i.e., to excommunicate them—ALL of them! The Ted Kennedy’s of this world ought to have been excommunicated publicly decades ago! NOT given an honored Catholic funeral. (If he repented, it was in private—therefore, a PRIVATE Catholic funeral should have taken place—not the ‘‘orgasmic’’ public homage that actually took place!!
Shame on our Bishops. Shame on our “Catholic” officials such as Sebelius! Shame on the administrators of Georgetown! Shame on the students of Georgetown who gave Sebelius a rousing, cheering welcome!! For SHAME!!
Again: WHY BE CATHOLIC if this is what it means?? I am at wits’ end complaining.
“We want our college grduates who will have a voice in the future of our Church to see all sides of our contriversities” opines armiger jagoe.
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If Georgetown really subscribed to this view, then it would have had a debate, not an address.
Sebelius is a “Catholic Heretic”. In truth, she should be called a Heretic. We can not say she is not “Catholic” because apparently she was baptized Catholic.
There are no such things a liberals or conservative Catholics when it comes to the Faith. There are only Catholics, Catholic Hertics, and Catholic Schismatics.
CCC: ” 2089 ... HERESY is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same. ... SCHISM is the refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him.”
I think that it is time to write to the Pope at the Vatican with a copy to the US Papal Nuncio in Washington DC.
American citizens have put up with US Cardinals and Bishops who refuse to openly address SCANDAL, HERESY and SCHISM, and SACRILEGE for far too long.
Everyone who cares should write; and if you don’t care remember the words of St. Padre Pio: “Charity which has not TRUTH and JUSTICE for its foundation is faulty”.
CCC: “1844 By charity, we love God above all things and our neighbor as ourselves for love of God. Charity, the form of all the virtues, “binds everything together in perfect harmony” (Col 3:14).
Disgruntled – Do you know of any ex-communications in the past 45 plus years besides those of Traditional Catholic priests and bishops? My point is: Consider Vienna “Cardinal” Christoph Schönborn who is ecclesiastical advisor of Ave Maria University. He is constantly mocking Holy Mother Church. He twice bestowed the Pontifical decoration upon socialist politicians who have been leading in promoting abortion. The Order of St. Gregory is the fourth highest award for merits regarding the Roman-Catholic Church. It is directly granted by the Pope and is one of the highest decorations that is conferred on lay people. The award was instituted by pope Gregory XVI. in 1831. The inaugural brief states that it is intended for “gentlemen of proven loyalty to the Holy See” who “are deemed worthy to be honoured by a public expression of esteem on the part of the Holy See”. In spite of Schönborn’s continual outrages, he remains as advisor to Ave Maria ‘Catholic’ university. The only explanation is that this cleric represents the Church that subsists in according to Lumen gentium, para. 8 and does not represent the true Church that “is”.
Catholic and pro-abortion in the same sentence? Nonsense.
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