Things That Made Baby Jesus Cry in 2012

It is time for my 3rd Annual look at things that made Baby Jesus cry over the past year. Normally, I have done this on the last day of the year, but didn't get around it until today. As I thought about who to include, I couldn't help but think of the line from Casablanca where  Captain Louis Renault says "Round up the usual suspects!"

 

So that is exactly what I did, round them up.
I am sure that those included will be of no surprize to faithful Catholics who have been scandalized by their actions. & may I remind these dissidents, not that they care, that their scandals are a sin against the 5th Commandmant "Thou shalt not kill."

 

1. Obviously, this has to be the Obama administration's pushing of HHS Mandate attack on the 1st amendment protection of religious liberty. This mandate will force every Catholic institution to provide for artificial birth control coverage as a part of their insurance plans. Many of those types of artificial birth control are abortafaceants as well. In addition, this attack is on those of other faiths as well who will be forced to provide coverage for things that go against their faith (re: Hobby Lobby for example.) 

2. While we are on the subject of the Obama Administration, let us not forget all those Democrats 1st while claiming to be good Catholics in the Administration as well as the US Congress that gave their full support to the mandate, as well as Planned Parenthood & abortion. The list includes VP Joe Biden, HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, his wife Christie Vilsack who ran for the House of Representatives for the 4th District in Iowa (Thank God she lost), Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi & way too many others to list.

3. This leads me to the Nuns on the Bus, especially Sr.Simone Campbell. It was bad enough that they went arround the country claiming that they knew better than Bishop Morlino as to what made up authentic application of Catholic Social teaching in Paul Ryan's budget. Bishop Morlino & other Bishops made it clear that his budget met the prudential judgment standard. They tried to make it sound like the USCCB had officially condemned it rather than making it clear that this statement was from 1 of the Bishops as head of his committee, Bishop Blaire.

She failed to point out that the statement was not a magesterial teaching. To do so would show her dissent from authentic teaching as well as that of the other LCWR gang who were involved in the Nuns on the Bus campaign. (Don't worry, more about the LCWR later.) Sr Simone made it clear in June that ObamaCare was pro-life, despite it's promoting of artificial birth control & abortion. She was 1 of the speakers at the 2012 Democratic Convention that had only pro-abortion speakers at the podium. 

4. Next up we have the Leadership Council of Women Religious (LCWR) & their defiance of the Vatican despite the proof found by the Vatican investigation that they are promoting heresy. 1 of the groups they were criticized for supporting was NETWORK. This group claims to be Catholic but supports ObamaCare, including abortion. NETWORK was a sponsor of the Nuns on the Bus. I have put up several posts about the LCWR dissent so no need to go into major detail here. Just repeat that they are blatently undermining the magesterial teachings of the Catholic Church as well as supporting New Age teachings among other things. & to top it off they lied about the process, ignoring their unwillingness to cooperate. They also criticizing the attempt by the Vatican to protect those Nuns who feared retribution becaue they spoke out about their concerns. The LCWR forgot to mention that was what the alledged secrecy was actually about.

5. As long as we are on dissident nuns let us not forget the head of the Catholic Health Association, Sr. Carol Keehan. Last June she applauded the Supreme Court upholding ObamaCare. But that was not surprizing as she supported the passage of it in the 1st place without criticism of its pro- abortion, pro-birth control sections. She took this stand in defiance of the USCCB & enabled those supporting ObamaCare to undermine the USCCB's efforts to protect the religious rights of the Church & individuals.

6. Catholics United, for telling the US Bishops to shut up rather than defending the Catholic Church's teachings from attack by the Obama Administration. They also want the Catholic Church to shut up about abortion being wrong & why it is a sin to vote for candidates that support abortion. Then, lest we forget, they feel the same way when a deacon, priest or Bishop speaks out against gay marriage.

7. National Catholic Reporter, aka the National Catholic Fishwrap, aka the Non-Catholic Reporter (Non-CR), for their innumerable articles, columns etc that attacks the Pope, the authentic teachings of the Catholic Church & promoted dissent & heresy.

8. Melinda Gates makes the list for claiming to be a good Catholic while promoting population control, artificial birth control & abortion through the Gates Foundation she heads with her husband, Bill.

9. Those Catholics who voted for Obama & other Pro-abortion Democrats in the November election.

 

You may have noticed how some names & groups kept popping up throughout the list. This should be no surprize as they are all working toward destroying the Church founded by Jesus Christ. In fact, if I went into more detail, I could make this look like a version of 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon called 6 degrees of Catholic dissent.  In fact, I can do it very simply by pointing out that somewhere in the past years issues of the Non-CR you will find at least 1 article about all of the things I mentioned.
1 other thing I am willing to bet, most of those on the list will do their best to make my 2013 list as well.

Making Baby Jesus Cry in 2011

Last year I decided to do a year end post about things that made Baby Jesus Cry in 2010. Well, There was plenty in 2011 to ensure that Baby Jesus shed more than a few tears as well. & some of them involved the same people as those in 2010.


1. Once again Nancy Pelosi did her best to keep Jesus in tears. While continuing to claim she was a devoit Catholic, she attacked the USCCB for daring to speak up about their concerns with ObamaCare & how it would force Catholic doctors & hospitals to provide birth control, abortifacient drugs, & abortions, even though providing birth control and performing abortions runs counter to Roman Catholic teaching. She dismissed their concerns as lobbying. Then there was her statement where she said  "I’m a devout Catholic and I honor my faith and love it . . . but they have this conscience thing’’ that she insists put women at physical risk" & went on to say that risk was to let women die on the floor rather than give them health care after a botched abortion.  Then there was the blasphemous statement where she claimed embryonic stem cells "really have the biblical power to cure in a very, very special way."

2. Speaking of politicians who claim to be Catholic, our next stop is Illinois. In particular the governor, Pat Quinn. In January he signed a bill legalizing same-sex unions & requiring Catholic (and other religious) adoption & foster care agencies to place kids with same-sex couples or to beguilty of “discrimination” if they refuse. The result was the basic shutting down of Catholic Charities foster care & adoption agencies in Illinois. Then in November he came under fire from the Illinois Bishops for agreeing to  present an award at a November 17th lunch held by Personal PAC, a group dedicated to supporting pro-abortion candidates for political office. His response to the Bishops was that he was going to go ahead & do it (which he did. He claimed doing it was “the proper Christian thing to do.” In short he was defying the Bishops in their upholding of authentic Catholic teaching

3. & while we are speaking about Catholics who are doing their best to undermine the Catholic Church & its teachings, let us not forget HHS Secretary Kathleen Sibelius.  She continued her long record of doing what the abortion industry wants that goes back to her time as governor of Kansas. The fact that under her administration vital evidence that was needed for a prosecution of Planned Parenthood for covering up child sex abuse was shredded enabled Planned Parenthood to have some charges dropped earlier this year. But not one to sit on her corrupt laurels, she also announced new regs in August that would force almost every Catholic institution to provide insurance coverage of contraceptives, which include abortion-inducing drugs such as Plan B & Ella, as well as elective sterilizations.

4. Which leads us to the Catholic Health Association lead by Sr. Carol Keehan. They recently came out with a statement calling for a so-called compromise in the insurance mandate that was anything but a compromise. They recomended applying  Section 414(e) of the IRS Code as the standard. The trouble is, that standard still forces almost every Catholic college or university to pay for contraceptives etc.  This follows a statement in September lauding ObamaCare. & in February while claiming to support Bishop Olmsted's right to declare a hospital in Phoenix no longer Catholic for allowing an abortion, she basicly said he was wrong to do so. & even though the hospital can no longer call itself Catholic it was allowed to remain a memeber of the CHA.

5. Then there was the aiding & abetting of the CHA by Notre Dame in their call to apply Section 414(e).  

6. & let us not forget a huge part of the reason why Nancy Pelosi continues her claims to be a devout Catholic, her bishop. Archbishop Niederauer has not only been mostly silent when it comes to her actions, he was recently thanked by the Rainbow Sash Movement for  for tolerating a San Francisco church’s activism for their cause. For those unfamiliar with the group, they work to undermine Catholic teaching on homosexuality. Their thanks to Niederauer was for allowing Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Church to promote an agenda contrary to Catholic teaching.

7: & Lest I forget, there was Jon O'Brien, president of ---- for Choice*. In November he appeared on the Laura Ingraham show. Despite Laura's attempts to get a straight answer he refused to answer her questions about unborn children. He also misrepresented Catholic teaching on Family Planning by equating all family planning with artificial birth control. he also did his best to undermine the magesterial teaching office of the Pope & Bishops by making it sound like he new more about what the Church actually taght than they did.
I could go on, but many of them would be repeats from last year's list that have continued into 2011.  So rather than repeat them just follow the link to read the list from last year.

I am not trying to be self-righteous with this list. Remember that whenever any of us sin we also make Baby Jesus unhappy & sometimes cry. & whenever Baby Jesus cries it makes the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Joseph unhappy & cry as well.

But most of us are not causing public scandal & leading others into sin in the same way these people are. Their actions need to be pointed out for what they are in order to call people to turn away from where they are heading & to listen to & obey what Jesus is telling us through the Pope & the Magesterium of the Catholic Church. Doing so will help to dry some of those tears shed.


*Catholics should be the 1st word, but I refuse to use it since they are anything but Catholic.

Some of the Things That Made Baby Jesus Cry During 2010

The idea for this post came to me before Mass yesterday morning. The list obviously is not inclusive as there are way too many things to put into 1 post. Some of the things I could mention are obvious, like the fact that over 3200 babies (more likely 4000 or more) are murdered in the USA each day via abortion. But what I have decided to focus on those things that have a Catholic connection. Some are national or international, others more Iowa based. & I am sure many of you have your own to add to the list I am not aware of. (Note: These are in no particular order, just as they came to me.)

1. Nancy Pelosi's claim to be an "ardent Catholic" while promoting abortion, supporting Planned Parenthood (Cecile Richards was Pelosi's deputy chief of staff), ObamaCare & way too many other things to list here. (Although some will be listed below)

2. Catholics in Congress who voted for ObamaCare even though the USCCB made it clear it was pro-abort. Includes Iowa's Sen. Tom Harkin (D), Pelosi, Kucinich (D), Patrick Kennedy (D), John Kerry (D) & way to many to list.

3. Ditto those who voted to end "Don't ask, don't tell".

4. Faux Catholic groups aka Catholycs like Catholics United, Catholics for Choice, Call to Action Chicago Women-Choice, DignityUSA, FOSIL, National Coalition of American Nuns, New Ways Ministry, Roman Catholic Womenpriests—USA, Take Back Our Church, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual, & Women's Ordination Conference, that supported ObamaCare, worked to undermine Catholic teaching & overall were anything but Catholic. Rainbow Sash Movement gets dishonorable mention for its disruption of Pentecost Masses.

5. Sr. Carol Keehan & the Catholic Health Association for their endorsement of ObamaCare that gave some Catholics cover to vote for it.

6. Ditto the 60 nuns who signed a letter endorsing ObamaCare (Such as head of Sinsinawa Dominicans).

7. Catholic VP Joe Biden ('nuf said)

8. Those women who claim they were ordained as Catholic priests & blasphemeously pretent to say Mass.

9. Iowa Speaker of the House Pat Murphy (Democrat) who claims to be a good Catholic but refused to allow a vote in House on Marriage amendment to Iowa Constitution.

10. Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller - Democrat (who was a Catholic, but according to some sources has left the Church) who refused to investigate illegal "telemed scheme" operated by Planned Parenthood.

11. Christie Vilsack (wife of Catholic former Democratic Iowa Governor & current US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack) promoting Avoid the Stork, a program of The Iowa Initiative To Reduce Unintended Pregnancies that pushes birth control & Planned Parenthood. (& while there are a few pro-abort Catholic Republicans have you noticed almost all the pro-abort Catholic politicians listed are Democrats?)

12. St. Joseph’s Hospital, Phoenix, for allowing an abortion & its parent corporation Catholic Health Care West that has been show to promote abortion, Birth control & totally undermine Catholic teachings on the life issues.

13. Media treatment of Pope's comment on condoms in recent book interview trying to make it sound like he was changing Catholic teaching. Ditto those "catholycs" that aided & abetted them.

14. Ongoing scandals at Catholic Campaign for Human Development (USCCB) & Development & Peace (CCCB) where they fund pro-abort groups & others opposed to Catholic teaching.

15. All the various events too numerous to list at all those colleges claiming to be Catholic that support abortion, gay marriage etc (In other words, about every Catholic college not on the Cardinal Newman Society faithful college list. See CNS website for a sampling of examples of anti-Catholic teaching events.) Dishonorable mention to Notre Dame for their ongoing treatment of the Notre Dame 88.

16. All those Catholics who were awarded Human Life International's Millstone Award in 2010.

17. Habitless Hussies like Joanie Chittister, O.S.B. & way too many others to mention at the LCWR.

18. Fr. Ron Rolheiser, Bishop Gumbleton, Archbishop Weakland & (sadly) way too many other priests, Bishops & deacons who preach & teach heresy & work to undermine authentic Catholic teaching.

19. So called Catholic newspapers & magazines that promote abortion, gay marriage, women's ordination etc. such as US Catholic, National Catholic Reporter, America, Commonweal, The Tablet (UK), Western Catholic Reporter (Canada)

20. Missalette companies that include songs that promote heresie like Pelagianism (Ashes), self-worship & agrandizement (We have come to tell our story) or rewrite hymns to make them PC, like changing "pleased as man with man to dwell" to "with us to dwell" & include many other songs like Sing a New Church that are anything but Catholic in the doctrine they promote.

21. Untold number of liturgical abuses like changing words in the prayers, lack of reverance towards the Eucharistic presence etc.

I could go on & on but I think you get the gist. Of course whenever any of us sin we also make Baby Jesus unhappy & sometimes cry.

& remember, whenever Baby Jesus cries it makes the Blessed Virgin Mary & St. Joseph unhappy & cry as well.