Miami Archbishop: Biden’s Catholic Posturing ‘Gives All Us Bishops Heartburn’

[mystery-ak]

Miami Archbishop: Biden’s Catholic Posturing ‘Gives All Us Bishops Heartburn’

Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.13 Jun 20237
4:45

Miami archbishop Thomas Wenski said this weekend that President Joe Biden’s habit of playing up his Catholicism “gives all us bishops heartburn” because of his abortion extremism.

Archbishop Wenski was quoted in an article by the Associated Press (AP) comparing the way Florida governor Ron DeSantis talks about his Catholic faith with the way Joe Biden talks about his own.

“Biden makes a bigger deal of his Catholicism than DeSantis does,” Wenski said, adding that “it gives all us bishops heartburn because of his radical abortion stance.”

The article notes that Mr. DeSantis aligns with Catholic Church teaching on traditional marriage, male-female complementarity, and school choice. He has fought against drag queen story hours for children, the administration of puberty blockers for gender-confused minors, and LGBT indoctrination in public schools.

DeSantis has also been a firm advocate of religious freedom and respect for conscience, a sore point for Catholics in Mr. Biden’s policies.

For his part, Biden is aggressively pro-abortion, favors allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports, and denies the right of Catholic foster care services to opt out of gay adoption.

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https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/06/13/miami-archbishop-bidens-catholic-posturing-gives-all-us-bishops-heartburn/

[Kamaji]

It really would be nice to see churches start sticking up for their own doctrines and beliefs.

[PeteS in CA]

The US Catholic Church's failure to deal decisively with public figures claiming to be faithful Catholics while advocating and living very contrary to basic Catholic teaching has mystified me since the 1970s, when I first learned of Kennedy family sexual predation, and other un-Catholic lifestyles of public figures who claim to be faithful Catholics. Maybe the church's more recently revealed century or two (or more?) of kicking the predatory-priest can down the road instead of decisive discipline set up the church for the more general failure to discipline?

[Kamaji]

The US Catholic Church's failure to deal decisively with public figures claiming to be faithful Catholics while advocating and living very contrary to basic Catholic teaching has mystified me since the 1970s, when I first learned of Kennedy family sexual predation, and other un-Catholic lifestyles of public figures who claim to be faithful Catholics. Maybe the church's more recently revealed century or two (or more?) of kicking the predatory-priest can down the road instead of decisive discipline set up the church for the more general failure to discipline?

[PeteS in CA]

It really would be nice to see churches start sticking up for their own doctrines and beliefs.

Speaking more broadly, some Baptist denominations' decentralized state-by-state governance has allowed for predatory pastors given the boot in one state being able to move to another, whose state association has not been warned about the predator's past. Predators are cunning when it comes to finding targets and exploiting points of vulnerability.

[Kamaji]

Speaking more broadly, some Baptist denominations' decentralized state-by-state governance has allowed for predatory pastors given the boot in one state being able to move to another, whose state association has not been warned about the predator's past. Predators are cunning when it comes to finding targets and exploiting points of vulnerability.

Yes they are.

[The_Reader_David]

There is, of course, a simple solution:  don't just deny politicians who actively support attacks on Apostolic moral teachings communion, formally anathematize them, so they can't claim to be "Catholics" anymore, since if they do, they can truthfully be called liars since the anathema expelled them from the church.

[mountaineer]

Rosa DeLauro
@rosadelauro
I am a Catholic—baptized, raised, and confirmed.
The fundamental tenets of my faith compel me to defend a women’s right to access abortion.
I am proudly part of the faithful large majority of US Catholics who support legal protections for abortion access.
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7:21 PM · Jun 26, 2023

DeLauro Leads Catholic Lawmakers In Releasing Renewed Statement of Principles
June 24, 2023
Press Release
On one year anniversary of Dobbs decision, the lawmakers affirmed their support for a woman’s right to choose

Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (CT-03) today led over 30 Catholic Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives in releasing a renewed statement of principles affirming their support for a woman’s right to choose.

In June 2021, DeLauro led Catholic lawmakers in releasing a statement of principles that outlined how their Catholic faith influences them as lawmakers, making clear their commitment to the basic principles at the heart of Catholic social teaching and their bearing on policy.

The statement and list of signers can be found here and below.

One year ago, the United States Supreme Court — including five Justices who are or were raised Catholic — issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Overturning nearly fifty years of precedent set in Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, the Justices stripped women of their right to abortion and escalated an ongoing reproductive healthcare crisis in this country.

Today, as Catholic Democrats serving in the House of Representatives, we are proud that we are part of the faithful pro-choice Catholic majority — 68 percent of whom supported the legal protections for abortion access enshrined in Roe and 63 percent of whom think abortion should be legal in all or most cases. Our faith unfailingly promotes the common good, prioritizes the dignity of every human being, and highlights the need to provide a collective safety net to our most vulnerable.

We are committed to making real the basic principles at the heart of Catholic social teaching: helping the poor, disadvantaged, and the oppressed; protecting the least among us; and ensuring that all Americans of every faith are given meaningful opportunities to share in the blessings of this great country. We recognize that bans and restrictions on abortion disproportionately harm those who already endure poverty, discrimination, and racism. Our values demand that we dismantle economic insecurity, gender inequality, and systemic racism.

As Catholics, we believe all individuals are free to make their own personal decisions about their bodies, families, and futures. The role of informed conscience is at the very core of our faith. The Catechism of the Catholic Church plainly states that “A human being must always obey the certain judgment of his [or her] conscience. If he [or she] were deliberately to act against it, he [or she] would condemn himself [or herself].” We regard conscience as both a sacred gift and a responsibility: we are called to follow our conscience.

We believe the separation of church and state means allowing for our faith to inform our public duties and how we best serve our constituents – not that we impose our religious beliefs and customs on others who may not share them. As legislators, we are charged with being facilitators of the Constitution which guarantees religious freedom for all Americans. Catholic teaching honors religious pluralism, declaring that the right to practice one’s religious beliefs must be protected, as well as the right to be free from the religious beliefs of others. Our faith and our country’s Constitution demand that no person impose a single religious viewpoint into law or regulation.

Ultimately, as Catholic Democrats who embrace the vocation and mission of the laity as expressed by the late Pope John Paul II in his Apostolic Exhortation, Christifideles Laici, we believe that the Church is the "people of God," called to be a moral force in the broadest sense. We believe the Church as a community is called to be in the vanguard of creating a more just America and world.

The fundamental tenets of our Catholic faith — social justice, conscience, and religious freedom — compel us to defend a woman’s right to access abortion. We are committed to advocating for the respect and protection of those making the decision if and when to have children.

Rosa L. DeLauro
Pete Aguilar
Nanette Diaz Barragán
Greg Casar
Joaquin Castro
Gerald E. Connolly
Joe Courtney
Madeleine Dean
Mark DeSaulnier
Debbie Dingell
Anna G. Eshoo
Adriano Espaillat
Jesús “Chuy” García
Robert Garcia
Sylvia R. Garcia
Jimmy Gomez
Val Hoyle
John B. Larson
Susie Lee
Stephen F. Lynch
Betty McCollum
James McGovern
Kevin Mullin
Grace F. Napolitano
Bill Pascrell
Nancy Pelosi
Andrea Salinas
Mike Thompson
Paul Tonko
Lori Trahan
Nydia Velázquez

Well, someone approves -->

[Kamaji]

[GtHawk]

How special that DeLauro feels she can speak for the vast majority of Catholics and those Catholics believe in infanticide. I realize that the church and I parted ways a long time ago but I seriously doubt that a majority of Catholics approve of abortion, certainly not those in Central and South America or Africa, and these democrat abortion enthusiasts may well find that a vast majority of those illegals they are holding the border open to are Catholics or other Christians who fervently disagree with DeLauro's position.