SSPX COMMENTARY ON THE POPE'S WELL WISHES TO OBAMA

[Dawn Marie]

Vatican City, 7 November 2012 (VIS) - Benedict XVI, through the apostolic nunciature in Washington, U.S.A., has sent a message to Barack Obama, congratulating him on his re-election as president of the United States of America. Comment: Such a statement of congratulations is a diplomatic courtesy meant to show respect for the office attained. Yet, when the office holder is a person who propagates grave moral evils, one might conclude in prudence that diplomatic courtesy should be omitted to make a moral point. Some evils are so grave that the office holder forfeits the right to the usual diplomatic courtesy. Should Pius XII have sent congratulatory messages to Hitler upon the anniversary of his initial elector victory in 1943 when the extent of his evil actions was publicly manifested? Should St. Peter have congratulated Nero on his seizing of the Imperial throne? Do the evils advocated by President Obama—on demand, publicly funded abortion and even infanticide, the legalization of sins against nature and destructive of true marriage, persecution of the Church—rise to a sufficient level to require a diplomatic slight? The decision of the Holy See on the gravity of the evils Mr. Obama represents involves a prudential judgment. Yet, the record is one of the most problematic in recent political history. In his message the Holy Father expresses his best wishes to the president on his new mandate... Factually this statement seems inaccurate. Mr. Obama barely won half of the votes of those actually voting. With only a little more than half of the eligible voters casting a ballot this year that means that only a little more than a quarter of those eligible to do so voted for the President. That means that in fact a majority of Americans voted against Mr. Obama either by voting for his opponent or abstaining from the whole election. Such a victory hardly seems to be a mandate from the American people. Perhaps the Holy Father should have taken the opportunity to remonstrate Catholics, a majority of whom voted yet again for Mr. Obama whereas Protestants overwhelmingly voted for his opponent. ...and gives assurances of his prayers to God to help him carry out his serious responsibilities, both in his own country and within the international community. What of prayers for Mr. Obama’s conversion of heart to at least accept and abide by the natural law if not the divine law? The Pope also speaks of his hope that the ideals of freedom and justice, which guided the founding fathers of the Unites States of America, may continue to shine out as the nation progresses. Can a nation that continues to fund the legalized murder of millions of innocent children and promotes the desecration of marriage through legalized same sex unions and which mandates that employers provide free contraception to employees be characterized as shining out and progressing in freedom and justice? This statement exhibits the false optimism that pervaded the Second Vatican Council. Rather than condemning the errors and evils spreading like wildfire through the Church and the World, the Council rather decided to look through rose colored glasses and congratulates secular governments and false religions on the good things they did. To pretend a nation is progressing when it is in moral freefall is merely denying reality just as the Second Vatican Council ignored against the wishes of many Council Fathers the blatant evils of Communism and instead celebrated the goodness of modern man. Holy See Press Office Director Fr. Federico Lombardi S.J. also made a brief comment on the re-election of President Obama. "As we all know", he said, "the U.S. president has an immense responsibility, not only in his own country but also towards the rest of the world, given the role the U.S.A. plays at an international level". "For this reason we hope that President Obama will respond to his fellow citizens' expectations, serving law and justice for the good and development of all people, and respecting essential human and spiritual values while promoting a culture of life and religious freedom". Is there any realistic basis to harbor such a hope given Mr. Obama’s past actions and clear publicly stated intentions? His own party voted to expel God. Do such actions really inspire hope or is this mere presumption? SOURCESSPX.ORGUS DISTRICT HOUSE OF THE SOCIETY OF SAINT PIUS THE X

[Cathleen]

Would that the Holy Father had the courage and forthrightness of his late countryman, +Cardinal Clemens von Galen, the "Lion of Muenster."  His motto as Bishop of Muenster was "Nec laudibus, nec timore" which roughly translates as "Unconcerned about praise, unaffected by fear."  He became bishop in 1933 when the Nazi party was coming to power in Germany, and did not mince words in publicly rebuking the Nazis for their crimes in Germany, esp. in euthanizing mentally and physically disabled people. 

Mr. Obama needs someone to politely (or not) tell him that he is heading our nation and himself on a collision course to hell.

[29leh61xmsae3]

The messages of congratulations & best wishes sent by the Pope & the US Conference of Catholic Bishops is very toubling....

They are, in effect, congratulationg the powers & forces of darkness! If we are not for Christ, we are agaist him. There is no double standard.

 

By the way, I am back in the US, in Union City, NJ & looking for someone who might be able to pick me up for a TLM.

I am also looking to move (subsidized housing) into a heavily concentrated area of tradional Catholics. I am 69 years old but in good health; but on SSI only....I was a Religious for 27 years but I left once they went off the deep end. Does anyone know if the Holy Family Home in Post Falls, ND is still up & running?  I would be very grateful for any information. Also, I do prefer a rural area & not a big city....In Domino et Domina, Ursula MacNamara