[Pflienews] PharmFacts E-News Update: Cardinal calls Barrie Hussein 'apocalyptic'

Thu Nov 20 05:15:56 MST 2008

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 *Cardinal at CUA: Obama is 'Aggressive, Disruptive and Apocalyptic'*

November 14, 2008 by Elizabeth Grden 
<http://www.cuatower.com/author/egrden/> 

http://www.cuatower.com/2008/11/14/cardinal-at-cua-obama-is-%e2%80%98aggressive-disruptive-and-apocalyptic%e2%80%99/#more-5209

His Eminence James Francis Cardinal Stafford criticized President-elect 
Barack Obama as "aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic," and said he 
campaigned on an "extremist  anti-life platform," Thursday night in 
Keane Auditorium during his lecture "Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: 
Being True in Body and Soul."

"Because man is a sacred element of secular life," Stafford remarked, 
"man should not be held to a supreme power of state, and a person's life 
cannot ultimately be controlled by government."

<http://www.cuatower.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tabber41.jpg>

"For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know 
that garden," Stafford said, comparing America's future with Obama as 
president to Jesus' agony in the garden. "On November 4, 2008, America 
suffered a cultural earthquake."

Cardinal Stafford said Catholics must deal with the "hot, angry tears of 
betrayal" by beginning a new sentiment where one is "with Jesus, sick 
because of love."

The lecture, hosted by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies 
on Marriage and Family, pertained to Humanae Vitae, a papal encyclical 
written by Pope Paul VI in 1968 and celebrating its 40 anniversary this 
year.

Stafford also spoke about the decline of a respect for human life and 
the need for Catholics to return to the original values of marriage and 
human dignity.

"If 1968 was the year of America's 'suicide attempt,' 2008 is the year 
of America's exhaustion," said Stafford, an American Cardinal and Major 
Penitentiary of the Apostolic Penitentiary for the Tribunal of the Holy 
See. "In the intervening 40 years since Humanae Vitae, the United States 
has been thrown upon ruins."

This destruction and America's decline is largely in part due to the 
Supreme Court's decisions in the  life-issue cases of 1973, specifically 
Roe v. Wade. Stafford asserted these cases undermined respect for human 
life in the United States.

"Its scrupulous meanness has had catastrophic effects upon the unity and 
integrity of the American republic," said Stafford.

Humanae Vitae ("On Human Life") reaffirms traditional Catholic teachings 
regarding abortion, contraception and other human life issues. Pope 
Benedict XVI said in May it is "so controversial, yet so crucial for 
humanity's future...What was true yesterday is true also today."

Monsignor Livio Melina, president of the Pontifical John Paul II 
Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, gave the opening address 
at the lecture and spoke about the importance of agape love to gain 
knowledge.
"Love itself is a form of knowledge, and this knowledge cannot be 
objectified," said Melina. "It is a unique relationship between the 
believer and God."

Stafford said the truest reflection of the love between the believer and 
God is that of the relationship between husband and wife, and that 
contraceptive use does not fit anywhere within that framework.
According to Stafford, the inner dynamic of a spousal relationship is 
much like the body itself, which 'speaks' in terms of masculinity and 
femininity.

"The experience of love introduces us in a specific way to moral 
knowledge," added Melina.

UPDATED: Monday, November 17, 2008 at 3:40 p.m. Audio, Photo Slideshow 
added below.

Cardinal Stafford Calls Obama Agenda "Apocalyptic"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqSxWsQzzz0

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  CUA Tower Story on Cardinal's Comments about Obama Goes Viral
  <http://www.cuatower.com/2008/11/19/cua-tower-story-on-obama-goes-viral/>

November 19, 2008 by Ryan J. Reilly 
<http://www.cuatower.com/author/rreilly/> · Leave a Comment 
<http://www.cuatower.com/2008/11/19/cua-tower-story-on-obama-goes-viral/#respond> 

A CUATOWER.com story on a Cardinal who called President-elect Barack 
Obama's policies "apocalyptic" 
<http://www.cuatower.com/2008/11/14/cardinal-at-cua-obama-is-%E2%80%98aggressive-disruptive-and-apocalyptic%E2%80%99/> 
has gone viral online and has even been picked up by CNN.

The audio and photo used in the story were provided to a CNN producer by 
the Tower. CNN also contacted the Vatican and the Obama transition team. 
Both choose not to comment on the story.

When CNN reached him in Rome, Cardinal Stafford stood by his remarks and 
said he has no regrets, but declined to have to phone call recorded. He 
does believe, however, that his remarks can be misunderstood. His take 
on the word apocalyptic, said Stafford, is different from common western 
references to the end of the world.

In his understanding, "apocalyptic" means resistance to the divine and 
natural laws on reproduction and the preservation of human life.

Stafford told CNN that he does believe that Obama's stance on abortion 
rights condones violence towards unborn children. He also told CNN that 
he does not speak for the Vatican.

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    Here come the nativist Anti-Catholics:

    CNN Labels Catholic Cardinal's Criticism of Obama a 'Diatribe'

By Matthew Balan (Bio <http://newsbusters.org/bios/matthew-balan.html> | 
Archive <http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan>)
November 18, 2008 - 22:30 ET
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2008/11/18/cnn-labels-catholic-cardinal-s-criticism-obama-diatribe

On Tuesday's Situation Room, CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer referred to a 
Catholic cardinal's criticism of Barack Obama's abortion position as a 
"scathing rant" and a "diatribe." A CNN graphic also used the "scathing 
rant" term, and Blitzer later referred to the cardinal's words as a 
"blistering rant."

All three of these terms came during Blitzer's promos for a report by 
CNN correspondent Brian Todd, which focused on recent comments made by 
Cardinal James Francis Stafford, who referred to Obama's pro-abortion 
stance as "aggressive, disruptive, and apocalyptic." Just before the top 
of the 5 pm Eastern hour, Blitzer gave the following promo for the 
segment: "Also, a *scathing rant* against Barack Obama from a rather 
surprising source, a Roman Catholic cardinal -- the story behind his 
*diatribe* against the president-elect." Ten minutes later, the CNN 
anchor gave another promo for Todd's report, in which he stated that the 
cardinal unleashed "a *blistering rant* on the president-elect."

Cardinal Stafford, who is the former archbishop of Denver and now works 
in the Vatican, critiqued President-Elect Barack Obama's pro-abortion 
position during a lecture at Catholic University of America on November 
14, 2008. During his introduction to the actual report, Blitzer quoted 
the cardinal's "apocalyptic" comment, and called these words 
"surprisingly-harsh." Todd, who had interviewed the Catholic prelate 
over the comment, then gave his own introduction: "Wolf, this cardinal 
told me he wants to make sure that his words are not taken out of 
context, but he is not backing down from some very strong criticism of 
Mr. Obama, specifically over his willingness to sign pro-choice 
legislation when he becomes president."

It seems the cardinal's concerns about being taken out of context were 
justified. The sound bite from his lecture that Todd played during the 
report didn't provide some of the context of his words. The clip was 
taken from a YouTube posting by The Tower 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqSxWsQzzz0>, the student newspaper at 
CUA, which included audio excerpts from Cardinal Stafford's lecture. 
Just before making his "apocalyptic" statement, Cardinal Stafford quoted 
from a speech Barack Obama gave to Planned Parenthood on July 17, 2007 
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf0XIRZSTt8>, in which the Democrat 
asserted that the "first thing I will do as president is to sign the 
Freedom of Choice Act." The act, if passed, would overturn most, if not 
all laws regulating abortion in the U.S. The prelate then labeled 
Obama's promise, among other comments he made during the speech, 
"post-modernist" rhetoric, and that they point to "an agenda and vision 
that are aggressive, disruptive, and apocalyptic." During this portion 
of his lecture, Cardinal Stafford used a calm tone of voice, contrary to 
the "blistering" impression Blitzer had given earlier.

At the end of the segment, Blitzer misrepresented the Catholic Church's 
stances on various issues. He stated that the Church and Obama "do agree 
on some hot button issues, including opposition to the war in Iraq, 
greater access to health care, and more equitable tax codes," as a CNN 
graphic referred to the health care issues as "universal health care." 
On the last two issues, this is an oversimplification. Paragraph 2211 of 
the Catechism of the Catholic Church <http://www.scborromeo.org/ccc.htm> 
refers to the "political community's" duty to "honor the family, to 
assist it, and to ensure," among other things, "the right to private 
property, to free enterprise, to obtain work and housing, and the right 
to emigrate" and "in keeping with the country's institutions, the right 
to medical care, assistance for the aged, and family benefits." The same 
Catechism, which lists the official teachings of the Catholic Church, 
says nothing of "more equitable tax codes." It only states how it is 
"morally obligatory to pay taxes" (paragraph 2240) and that tax evasion 
is "morally illicit" (paragraph 2409).

On the other hand, Blitzer did correctly state that Obama and the Church 
"strongly disagree on embryonic stem cell research; abortion 
rights...and civil unions for gay couples, all of which Obama supports 
-- the Catholic Church opposes."

/---Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center./

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