Like I Said the Other Day. . . .

The other day in my post about Bishop Olmsted declaring that St. Joseph’s Medical Center could no longer call itself Catholic I made the following comment: "It will be interesting to see the reaction from Sr. Carol Keehan & the Catholic Health Association. I have a feeling that they aren't too happy over there & are busy working on a way to support CHW while making it sound like they uphold Catholic teaching. You can be sure it will be similar to their justification in supporting ObamaCare in tone & style."

Well, I hate to say it, but I was right. It came down just as I expected.

On 22 December . Carol Keehan, DC, president & CEO of the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) issued the following statement:
"Catholic Healthcare West and its system hospitals are valued members of the Catholic Health Association. Their long and stellar history in the protection of life at all stages is well known.
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix has many programs that reach out to protect life. They had been confronted with a heartbreaking situation. They carefully evaluated the patient's situation and correctly applied the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services to it, saving the only life that was possible to save."

In short, CHA said that CHW & St. Joseph's were right to allow the abortion & Bishop Olmsted is wrong. Just like their claim that the Bishops were wrong to oppose ObamaCare because it allowed for abortions.
So, once again the CHA justifies & gives support to abortion. In doing so, they go against Catholic teaching while making it sound like they are more in line with what the Catholic Church teaches than the Bishops who are authenticly upholding what the Catholic Church teaches. I don't know who the Bishop or Bishops are that have the authority, but maybe it is time to tell CHA they are no longer Catholic either & that Sr. Carol Keehan has been excommunicated.