Cardinal Burke
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The war for the natural law is on
Third Sunday of December 2011:
Fourth Sunday after Advent
Cardinal Burke envisions a time when the Catholic Church, “even by announcing her own teaching” could be accused of “engaging in illegal activity, for instance, in its teaching on human sexuality... Should the Catholic not stand up for the natural moral law, secularization will in fact predominate and it will destroy us.”
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This was echoed by the words Pope Benedict XVI made to the bishops of America on their ad limina visit in November:
...The seriousness of the challenges which the Church in America, under your leadership, is called to confront in the near future cannot be underestimated....The obstacles to Christian faith and practice raised by a secularized culture also affect the lives of believers.
The latest attack on the natural law came from the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, explained that the forcing of abortifacient and contraceptive coverage in private health care plans under penalty of a fine was an attempt “to shove its values down the throat of the Catholic Church.”
On the Brighter Side
Bishop Lynch of Tampa, Florida, made no bones about how he would react if the HHS's plan came into effect: “For the first time in my adult life, I foresee the possibility of some form of civil disobedience and I am extremely uncomfortable at even the hint of such a thing.” He warned that the Obama administration mandates also threaten to require doctors and nurses to perform procedures they oppose in conscience. “A Church cannot be forced to violate its teaching, do something which is possibly immoral, and stand idly by and watch our Catholic doctors, nurses and aids forced to perform procedures which are both against their conscience and previously protected.”
An attempt to stop abortion in Jackson, Mississippi failed, but not without a ray of hope: the vote had the approval of Governor Haley Barbour, who voted to define “person” to include “every human being from the moment of fertilization”, which—although not as clear cut as the proper term conception—would save many babies who would later thank the governor for the gift of life. Yet, Planned Parenthood cleverly used clips from an interview with Barbour urging residents to vote “no.”
The abortion clinic of Region’s Hospital in St. Paul, Minnesota has closed its doors thanks to the regular efforts of pro-lifers who worked to end the murder there without giving up. The number of abortion clinics continues to sharply decline. In November alone, four other clinics closed: two in Michigan, one in New Mexico, and another in California.
Two American women have been profoundly involved in the pro-life movement in the United States: Norma McCorvey (the “Jane Roe” of Roe vs. Wade) and Abby Johnson. Both have a different story to tell but they coincide in joining the cause of defending helpless babies after having been pro-death activists and working in abortion clinics. Abby was received this past week into the Catholic Church.
http://www.sspx.org/pastors_corner/pastors_corner_december_2011.htm...
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