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_FEATURE STORY_
**TROUBLESOME: THE USCCB'S EMBRACE OF OBAMACARE**
//By Judie Brown//
For the past couple of days, we have heard rumblings from the U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops, starting with a very curious article in
//Politico// <http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4820&F=H>.
David Rogers interviewed Richard Doerflinger, the USCCB's associate
director of pro-life activities, who apparently made the comment that if
the House of Representatives agrees to what Stupak is asking for in the
Obamacare bill, then the USCCB will work on the U. S. Senate to go along
with the same language. The report does not say that the USCCB will
generate advocacy from the Catholic laity, but rather that the
organization itself will throw its weight around, which sounds a whole
lot like lobbying and not much like holding the line for truly Catholic
principles in health care reform.
The story <http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4820&F=H> continues,
"With a large network of Catholic hospitals and the [C]hurch's gospel of
social justice, the bishops have long called for expanded health
coverage. As Kathy Saile, director of domestic policy for the
conference, said last fall, 'The bishops see it as a moral imperative
and national priority.'
"But abortion has been a stubborn dividing point with the two sides
fighting over how tight to make the ban on federal funding."
It is of the utmost importance to clarify for the unsuspecting or
uncatechized that the Catholic Church does not teach that the killing
of a child prior to birth by an act of abortion is the only
intrinsically evil way to rob a person of his or her life. There
is also human embryonic stem cell research, many types of
contraceptives, euthanasia and infanticide ... each of which is equally
evil, equally deadly and equally unmentioned by the USCCB in connection
with Obamacare.
That is perhaps troubling enough, but there is more. We cannot help but
think that the politics of so-called progressivism has become more
important at the USCCB than the wishes of the Catholic faithful, who
like the majority of Americans, don't want Obamanomics
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4826&F=H> shoved down their
throats. Why is there such a rush to sate the liberal elements of the
Democratic political machine and so little time to consider what is (as
one Catholic cardinal explained to me) the job of the laity, not the
hierarchy? As I recall, he told me that bishops are charged with
preaching truth, and it is the people in the pew who are supposed to do
the political work. However, apparently he, like so many of his peers,
does not really believe that for a second. What a shame.
Oh, but let us not overlook the engagement with the laity that the USCCB
did invite just this past weekend. At every door of my Catholic parish
this weekend, after every Mass, we were invited to sign postcards that
the parish would then mail, on our behalf, to our two U.S. senators and
our congressman. The postcards, however, were not about the unprincipled
"health care reform" proposals that are being discussed night and day.
No, the postcards dealt with immigration ...
Justice for Immigrants
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4817&F=H> is a
USCCB-sponsored web site on which one can find the same postcard that
was distributed in my parish on Sunday, March 7. The text of the
postcard <http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4823&F=H> reads,
I am a concerned constituent and agree with the U.S. Catholic bishops
that the U.S. immigration system is broken and is in need of repair.
I ask that this year you support immigration reform legislation that
keeps immigrant families together, adopts smart and humane enforcement
policies, and ensures that immigrants without legal status register with
the government and begin a path toward citizenship. Our families and
communities cannot wait!
What occurred to me as I listened to the announcement about these
postcards was not that there was anything wrong with such a lobbying
campaign, but the question of why the focus had moved away from getting
the "health care reform" mess clarified first. It should also be pointed
out that, in every one of their pastoral letters to elected officials,
the bishops have placed the future standing of immigrants on the same
level as the murder of preborn persons. And why is the USCCB focusing on
immigration reform now, at such a critical point in this nation's
legislative history?
Well, maybe my new favorite, the "pugilist priest
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4828&F=H>" has the right
idea. Opining on his personal blog on the very same article in
//Politico// that troubled me so much, he expresses his frustration like
this:
There are a plethora of reasons why a Catholic citizen may choose not to
support a government reform of health care. He might consider it a
statist provision which robs him of his self-determination and chips
away at his individual liberties. He may believe that it's financially
irresponsible. Maybe he's lived for a time in a country that has
government administered health care and knows, first hand, the disaster
it is. He may be a small business owner who knows how it will destroy
what he's spent his life building. He may even have his own moral
reasons for fearing it: the marginalization of the handicapped and
elderly; government bureaucrats deciding what is or is not appropriate
medical care, etc. All concerns that the bishops---God alone knows
how---have determined don't matter to them, and which they have decided
that we, as Catholic citizens, don't have a right to be concerned about
ourselves as they decree otherwise.
And what's wrong with that, you ask? Simply put, it is none of the
bishops' business to support or oppose a piece of legislation. Oppose
abortion? Certainly. Point out the dangers in some proposed legislation
if it does violence to the moral teaching of the Church and has the
potential to compel Catholic citizens to violate the prescriptions of
the Gospel? Without a doubt. But to embrace a particular political point
of view because they have concluded that it, somehow, expresses in
secular terms what they believe? Not on your life!
The Second Vatican Council is clear: the duty of injecting the Gospel of
Jesus Christ into secular society is the job of the laity, not the
clergy. The bishops are right to object to language in the bill which
would direct our tax dollars into paying for the murders of the
innocent; but to press the resources of the Catholic Church into
assisting in the passage of other provisions of the bill in some kind of
back-room deal to achieve that goal is meddling in matters in which they
have no purview.
To be fair, I'm reasonably sure that no Catholic bishop---except for the
most strident of bleeding heart liberals (and there are some)---would
tell me that they have a right to compel me to support legislation
simply because they support it. What they don't seem to understand is
that, in supporting it themselves, they not only violate their [d]ivine
mandate, but also trivialize their moral authority. A bishop does not
belong in politics, even when he thinks being political serves the cause
of Christ. And if the USCCB is going to use the money that it collects
from Catholic lay people to support the agenda of a political
party...well, what's the difference between that and a labor union using
the dues it collects to donate to a candidate for whom some of its
members do not intend to vote?
So, the bishops believe that, aside from abortion, health care reform is
compatible with the social teaching of the Church. That's nice, but so
what? It's none of their business. It's the laity's business. It's just
another example of the hierarchy's selective reading of Vatican II.
Wow! Though this priest and his fellow priests choose to remain
anonymous, and thank God they do, what he has to say is extremely
insightful and, to my mind, on the mark. Every Catholic bishop does
indeed have a charism that, according to the //Catechism of the Catholic
Church <http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4818&F=H>//, is not
only rich in grace but imbued with holiness, which he has a solemn duty
to use to sanctify the Church:
**893** The bishop is "the steward of the grace of the supreme
priesthood," especially in the Eucharist which he offers personally or
whose offering he assures through the priests, his co-workers. The
Eucharist is the center of the life of the particular Church. The bishop
and priests sanctify the Church by their prayer and work, by their
ministry of the word and of the sacraments. They sanctify her by their
example, "not as domineering over those in your charge but being
examples to the flock." Thus, "together with the flock entrusted to
them, they may attain to eternal life."
And the //Catechism
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4819&F=H>// says this about
the special grace that comes from the Holy Spirit:
**1586** For the bishop, this is first of all a grace of strength ...
the grace to guide and defend his Church with strength and prudence as a
father and pastor, with gratuitous love for all and a preferential love
for the poor, the sick, and the needy. This grace impels him to proclaim
the Gospel to all, to be the model for his flock, to go before it on the
way of sanctification by identifying himself in the Eucharist with
Christ the priest and victim, not fearing to give his life for his sheep.
What America's Catholics, not to mention her entire citizenry, need
right now is the united voice of "stewards of grace," not political
lobbyists.
In the coming weeks, this nation will witness either the collapse of the
most treacherous, deadly proposal ever to come out of the U.S.
government or the passage of a dastardly program. One or the other will
occur. I would hate to think that, at a crucial moment, it was the
bureaucrats supposedly representing the U.S. bishops who gave the
winning edge to the most pro-abortion, pro-culture-of-death
administration in this nation's history. That is not a legacy I would
want to bestow on this nation, and it is my hope that the Catholic
bishops feel the same way.
Please let your bishop know you are praying for him, and hoping that he
stands in the gap for the babies, the elderly and the infirm---and for
justice.
**Please click here <http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4824&F=H>
for contact information for each bishop.**
**Judie Brown is president of ***American Life League*** and a member of
the ***Pontifical** Academy*** for Life.**
Respond to Judie
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4825&F=H>http://www.all.org/newsroom_judieblog_response.php?id=2965
<http://ss.all.org/link.php?M=9530&N=681&L=4825&F=H>
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Arizona Pro-Life Advocates File Appeal in Case Involving Law Limiting
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Obama's Abortion Mandate in Healthcare Would Increase Breast Cancer
Deaths, Premature Births -- Women's Group Rebukes Obama, Reid, Pelosi
MEDIA ADVISORY, March 9 /Christian Newswire/ -- The Coalition on
Abortion/Breast Cancer today sharply rebuked President Obama, Harry Reid
and Nancy Pelosi and others in Congress for aggressively pursuing an
effort to include an abortion mandate in healthcare reform, despite
having been informed of overwhelming evidence showing the U.S. National
Cancer Institute deliberately misled women with its 2003 workshop that
purported to conduct a "comprehensive review" of an abortion-breast
cancer (ABC) link. [1] On January 20, 2010, the Coalition sent a letter
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103163281226&s=16890&e=001g-nCi_HJOaQOj_MX4-a3AxHwBbCMzWtMxWJJuxMtflz3etchH41z8NIysDZaLvnSyC3WOdH0p5Pr-KWLGhxI1nLJQvll5gLZl_KoTNnw-G6f5p0XVKM0Ok99FgAZcoJ_vUoXIY98jf93vUCG_MoCRXx3ZHF7A0XowDVMG2leoic=>
to Obama and members of Congress which notified them of the NCI's
misconduct and called for a Congressional investigation of the agency. [2]
"It is despicable that Obama and others in Congress are striving to
force taxpayers to pay for abortions, even though an abortion mandate
would result in more breast cancer deaths and premature births among
women with abortions," said Karen Malec, president of the Coalition.
"Obviously, they don't care if women die and babies develop cerebral palsy.
"The NCI has declared the ABC link 'non-existent,' but research
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103163281226&s=16890&e=001g-nCi_HJOaQnXzhFz2fj-fMsHlrlYI8Rk_HGZX9y-VZcjGvRUZOVsOB5HAH6PGgtqWDu06StWWFjS9_BxJEXAmv0D1Zuh_r3739NFy4hzZFUe1ze-BMjvesCK6B712g3yauJVIxw8JnL_Smc5ZZjC5QU1cT1qwD3hGw_eRF7qgGuO9fCpEp1TsXa3OxtBGvF24QlmAmR98mtXjL6fjwo_A==>
last year by NCI branch chief Louise Brinton revealed that she and her
colleagues at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center are convinced
the link exists (and they found that women using oral contraceptives
have a four-fold increased risk of the deadly triple-negative breast
cancer). [5] Three studies last year (and dozens of studies since 1957)
reported an ABC link. [3-5] Additionally, medical texts admit that
childbearing sharply reduces breast cancer risk. No one can deny that
abortion causes women to lose that protective effect.
"Three systematic reviews and meta-analyses last year confirmed a link
between abortion and premature birth. [6-8] The Institute of Medicine
identifies abortion as a risk factor for premature birth. [9] Premature
birth puts babies at risk for neonatal death, cerebral palsy, mental
retardation, epilepsy and difficulties walking, seeing and hearing."
"Why do Obama, Reid and Pelosi hate women and children? Terrorists have
not caused as many injuries and deaths among the American people, as
have abortion enthusiasts in our government and the abortion industry,"
charged Malec.
The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer is an international women's
organization founded to protect the health and save the lives of women
by educating and providing information on abortion as a risk factor for
breast cancer.
References available at:
www.abortionbreastcancer.com/press_releases/100309/ index.htm
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103163281226&s=16890&e=001g-nCi_HJOaSxAab_wUBbFRSd--an8dj6Ql6quzBFwhCQ65M4WZ5PeLqeZkXOOu3VbGr8WdPLgL8Kduh0WNFi9o-ee1XktxOEW7ByLQVviHVESGkdtqluyGYaTH5CmZtm5OKP7qCzgu-Z85xIcqT1anR_4FvqUlSbVujdsnAc8ZQDiSYoJ8nl9Q==>
Christian Newswire
<http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103163281226&s=16890&e=001g-nCi_HJOaSBjnegZxXAT7Rx3D56_8GghGbZxwSsaLRt3PpdQ4TIvyP17B7DsT9qwZwao6m5ALWKyVzsj36gis6x2yY1P0qWBbGQhY7p80gpaL2MCkukpMkCuoRiFhWt>
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