BACKBONE

Little by little, The Catholic Bishops in the United States have started to get tough with the “Catholic” politicians that support abortion. Several Bishops have publically stated that John Kerry and his “Pro-Choice” ilk are unable to receive Communion in there Dioceses. Kerry has to go to some liberal Catholic church or even Protestant churches out of fear that he will be denied and the photo-op that would follow would define his campaign.

This past week, Bishop John D’Arcy of Indiana had a Catholic High School uninvite Indiana Governor Joe Kernan from the commencement because he’s a pro-choice Catholic. What a slap in the face!! I love it!! Bishop D’Arcy and the theology teachers at the school are absolutely right when they say:

“Kernan's appearance would directly contradict the moral truths they teach and expect students to embrace.”

Kernan, Kerry, Cuomo and all of the pro-choice Catholic politicians need to read Pope John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation CHRISTIFIDELES LAICI to Catholic Lay people. In it he covers abortion more eloquently than most:

“Respecting the Inviolable Right to Life
38. In effect the acknowledgment of the personal dignity of every human being demands the respect, the defence and the promotion of the rights of the human person. It is a question of inherent, universal and inviolable rights. No one, no individual, no group, no authority, no State, can change-let alone eliminate-them because such rights find their source in God himself.

The inviolability of the person which is a reflection of the absolute inviolability of God, fínds its primary and fundamental expression in the inviolability of human life. Above all, the common outcry, which is justly made on behalf of human rights-for example, the right to health, to home, to work, to family, to culture- is false and illusory if the right to life, the most basic and fundamental right and the condition for all other personal rights, is not defended with maximum determination.

The Church has never yielded in the face of all the violations that the right to life of every human being has received, and continues to receive, both from individuals and from those in authority. The human being is entitled to such rights, in every phase of development, from conception until natural death; and in every condition, whether healthy or sick, whole or handicapped, rich or poor. The Second Vatican Council openly proclaimed: "All offences against life itself, such as every kind of murder, genocide, abortion, euthanasia and willful suicide; all violations of the integrity of the human person, such as mutilation, physical and mental torture, undue psychological pressures; all offences against human dignity, such as subhuman living conditions, arbitrary imprisonment, deportation, slavery, prostitution, the selling of women and children, degrading working conditions where men are treated as mere tools for profit rather than free and responsible persons; all these and the like are certainly criminal: they poison human society; and they do more harm to those who practice them than those who suffer from the injury. Moreover, they are a supreme dishonour to the Creator"(137).

If, indeed, everyone has the mission and responsibility of acknowledging the personal dignity of every human being and of defending the right to life, some lay faithful are given a particular title to this task: such as parents, teachers, healthworkers and the many who hold economic and political power.

The Church today lives a fundamental aspect of her mission in lovingly and generously accepting every human being, especially those who are weak and sick. This is made all the more necessary as a "culture of death" threatens to take control. In fact, "the Church family believes that human life, even if weak and suffering, is always a wonderful gift of God's goodness. Against the pessimism and selfishness which casts a shadow over the world, the Church stands for life: in each human life she sees the splendour of that 'Yes', that 'Amen', which is Christ himself (cf. 2 Cor 1:19; Rev 3:14). To the 'No' which assails and afflicts the world, she replies with this living 'Yes', this defending of the human person and the world from all who plot against life"(138). It is the responsibility of the lay faithful, who more directly through their vocation or their profession are involved in accepting life, to make the Church's "Yes" to human life concrete and efficacious."

Get that, Kerry? No matter how much “good” you do, how many of the rich you soak to give to the “disadvantaged”, without “defend[ing] with maximum determination” the right to life, it is all worthless. And, to emphasize your responsibilities, “some lay faithful are given a particular title to this task: such as parents, teachers, healthworkers and the many who hold economic and political power.”

To put it simply, YOU CANNOT BE CATHOLIC AND SUPPORT ABORTION!!!!!! That includes supporting those in power who do support abortion. To vote for these people is to deny your faith.