California Girl
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So you are pro life before birth, but accept deaths caused by a war of choice and the death penalty. Odd combination; most Catholics I know, and I am related to a large number, are anti death penalty. I still respect your true pro life beliefs; I have not read that you espouse the EXCEPTIONS I find so unnerving.The right wing Republican politicians who have been denouncing the requirement that female employees have access to birth control as part of their health benefits as an attack on religious freedom completely ignore the church teachings they dont agree with. Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich are both Catholics, and wear their faith on their sleeves, but they are hypocritical in picking and choosing when they wish to listen to the bishops.
1. For instance, Pope John Paul II was against anyone going to war against Iraq I think youll find that Rick Santorum managed to ignore that Catholic teaching.
2.The Conference of Catholic Bishops requires that health care be provided to all Americans. Rick Santorums opposition to universal health care is a betrayal of the Catholic faith.
3. The Catholic Church opposes the death penalty for criminals in almost all situations.
4. The US Conference of Bishops has urged that the federal minimum wage be increased, for the working poor.
5. The bishops want welfare for all needy families, saying We reiterate our call for a minimum national welfare benefit that will permit children and their parents to live in dignity. A decent society will not balance its budget on the backs of poor children.
6. The US bishops say that the basic rights of workers must be respectedthe right to productive work, to decent and fair wages, to the organization and joining of unions .
7. Catholic bishops demand the withdrawal of Israel from Palestinian territories occupied in 1967.
8. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops ripped into Arizonas law on treatment of immigrants. And they have argued that illegal immigrants not be treated as criminals and that their contribution to this country be recognized.
9. The US Conference of Bishops has denounced, as has the Pope, the Bush idea of preventive war, and has come out against an attack on Iran in the absence of a real and present threat of an Iranian assault on the US.
1. You clearly know nothing about the Catholic Church. We are supposed to abide by it's doctrines.... but we do not have to agree with every opinion of the Pope. We are not brainwashed, unthinking sheep. The Pope was absolutely right to speak out against the war..... but he did not give an instruction to Catholics that they must not support it.
2. It does not 'require' it, it supports access to healthcare for all.
3. The Church is absolutely pro life.... hence, no abortion (we view life as beginning at conception) and the death penalty. (which I personally support - in a more limited fashion than currently applied) See, individuals are allowed to disagree with the Church. Does not invalidate the Doctrine of the Church though.
4. The Catholic Church has always - around the world - fought for the poor.
5. See 4.
6. The Catholic Church was instrumental in the fight for workers rights, and civil rights, and a whole bunch more stuff.
Are you beginning to get the hint now?
You know nothing about Catholics. I suggest you learn more before you form a stupid opinion.
The death penalty is not a doctrinal issue. The Church always protects life - no matter who and no matter what. That is the stance of the Church. I know lots of Catholics who serve in the Military - the Church does not condemn them for that. You don't understand how our religion works, that much is clear.