Proof That The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil
Otherwise how can you explain this?:
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
by Steven Ertelt
LifeNews.com Editor
Boston, MA (LifeNews.com) -- A Catholic pro-life group says it has found more proof showing that the Caritas Christi health care system will cover abortions under a new state health plan. Massachusetts state officials awarded a bid which has Caritas Christi Health Care joining with Centene Corporation.
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts tells LifeNews.com today that the approved plan, Celticare Health Plan of Massachusetts, now says on its web site that all three of its Commonwealth Care health plans will include abortion coverage.
That means the network of six Catholic hospitals affiliated with the Archdiocese of Boston under Caritas Christi will be promoting abortions, the group contends.
Celtic Group, a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, also lists on its web site names of “Family Planning and Reproductive Services Providers," including the nation's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, to which it will refer plan members.
The Catholic Action League called the revelations “final and conclusive proof that Caritas Christi will be a participant in state subsidized abortions.”
"This is the fourth time since February 26th that the Caritas/Centene partnership has indicated that abortion will be part of its Commonwealth Care contract," CAL executive director C. J. Doyle told LifeNews.com. "The question of Caritas Christi’s involvement in practices which violate fundamental Catholic moral teaching has now been answered repeatedly and definitively."
"Four officials of Caritas Christi serve on the board of a health maintenance organization (jointly founded by Caritas and its partner Celtic Group) which will refer women to Planned Parenthood for taxpayer funded abortions, as part of a government program which requires abortion coverage," Doyle continued.
The joint effort sees Caritas and Centene provide government-subsidized health insurance in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts pro-life advocates have been up in arms because an ostensibly Catholic health system appears to be the latest to deliquesce to a secular government and health care provider that has no problems with abortion.
In March, Brian Delaney, communications director for CeltiCare, owned by Centene, confirmed that the joint venture will be operational by July 1 and that it "will meet all the state’s requirements under the Commonwealth Care program, including providing family planning services as appropriate.”
Doyle is concerned that the Boston Archdiocese is not doing more to make sure abortion referrals are not taking place or to confront Caritas about them.
ACTION: Contact Caritas Christi and urge it not to begin doing abortions or referring for them. Caritas Christi Health Care, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135, (p) 617-789-2500, CCR.Webmaster@CaritasChristi.org
Related web sites:Caritas Christi - http://www.caritaschristi.org/
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts tells LifeNews.com today that the approved plan, Celticare Health Plan of Massachusetts, now says on its web site that all three of its Commonwealth Care health plans will include abortion coverage.
That means the network of six Catholic hospitals affiliated with the Archdiocese of Boston under Caritas Christi will be promoting abortions, the group contends.
Celtic Group, a subsidiary of Centene Corporation, also lists on its web site names of “Family Planning and Reproductive Services Providers," including the nation's largest abortion business, Planned Parenthood, to which it will refer plan members.
The Catholic Action League called the revelations “final and conclusive proof that Caritas Christi will be a participant in state subsidized abortions.”
"This is the fourth time since February 26th that the Caritas/Centene partnership has indicated that abortion will be part of its Commonwealth Care contract," CAL executive director C. J. Doyle told LifeNews.com. "The question of Caritas Christi’s involvement in practices which violate fundamental Catholic moral teaching has now been answered repeatedly and definitively."
"Four officials of Caritas Christi serve on the board of a health maintenance organization (jointly founded by Caritas and its partner Celtic Group) which will refer women to Planned Parenthood for taxpayer funded abortions, as part of a government program which requires abortion coverage," Doyle continued.
The joint effort sees Caritas and Centene provide government-subsidized health insurance in Massachusetts.
Massachusetts pro-life advocates have been up in arms because an ostensibly Catholic health system appears to be the latest to deliquesce to a secular government and health care provider that has no problems with abortion.
In March, Brian Delaney, communications director for CeltiCare, owned by Centene, confirmed that the joint venture will be operational by July 1 and that it "will meet all the state’s requirements under the Commonwealth Care program, including providing family planning services as appropriate.”
Doyle is concerned that the Boston Archdiocese is not doing more to make sure abortion referrals are not taking place or to confront Caritas about them.
ACTION: Contact Caritas Christi and urge it not to begin doing abortions or referring for them. Caritas Christi Health Care, 736 Cambridge Street, Boston, MA 02135, (p) 617-789-2500, CCR.Webmaster@CaritasChristi.org
Related web sites:Caritas Christi - http://www.caritaschristi.org/
But despite the proof, the Archdiocese is trying to argue otherwise. But given the fact that Caritas Christi is managing a program that provides abortion, they are profiting from it even if they don't directly offer it. & saying that all they are doing is providing health care to the poor, is like Pilate washing his hands of the blood of Jesus.
By Kathleen Gilbert
BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, June 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and its hospitals have responded to the controversy surrounding its joint participation in abortion-covering health care, insisting that the hospitals will remain faithful to Catholic moral teaching, and will not change their protocol concerning those seeking abortion. However, the American Life League says that it is still opposed to the arrangement, saying the explanation from the Archdiocese and its hospitals is "absolutely not" acceptable.
Archdiocesan communications director Terence Donilon sent LifeSiteNews.com a press release late Wednesday that affirmed Caritas Christi hospitals are in "active discussions with Celtic Group and CeltiCare with a view to making acceptable modifications to their arrangement."
Caritas Christi and the Boston Archdiocese have drawn ire in recent weeks from Catholic groups after the hospital entered and won a joint bid to manage Massachusetts' subsidized health program effective July 1. The program, as per state requirements, covers abortion, contraception, and sterilization.
The release included a statement from Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who said: "it has always been clear to me that Caritas Christi has been consistently faithful in its commitment to comply with Catholic moral teaching.”
"In any revised agreement among Celtic Group, CeltiCare and Caritas Christi, under no circumstances will Caritas either perform procedures prohibited by the Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services or refer any patient to other providers who perform or procure such procedures.
"Ministry to the poor and those in need, as with care for the unborn, are central tenets of the Ethical and Religios Directives for Catholic Health Care Services and at the very heart of Catholicism."
O'Malley had last commented on the controversy when news of it first broke in early March, saying in a similar statement that the hospitals "will not be engaged in any procedures nor draw any benefits from any relationship which violate the Church’s moral teaching as found in the Ethical and Religious Directives."
Also contained in the release is a statement by Caritas Christi president Ralph de la Torre, who stated that a patient seeking procedures contrary to Catholic teaching will be told by the Catholic hospitals that "the hospital does not perform them" and that "the patient must turn to his or her insurer for further guidance."
"This, in fact, is the practice currently in place in the Caritas system as we work with other insurance companies under state laws that mandate access to procedures not provided within the Caritas system," said Torre. "It is the path that Caritas has always followed and will follow in its engagement with CeltiCare."
Torre's statement coincides with that of Caritas Christi spokeswoman Teresa Prego, who told LSN Wednesday that the referral arrangement is "no different than what we do currently."
CeltiCare explained to LSN that clients seeking abortion or "family planning" services at one of the Caritas hospitals would be referred to Celticare's 24/7 call center, which would in turn direct patients to facilities providing the services.
The American Life League, who has led the charge against the arrangement, told LifeSiteNews.com today that the Archdiocese's explanation was "absolutely not" acceptable.
"I find it extremely tragic that the Cardinal cannot stand up and simply say that it's unacceptable under any circumstance to enter into any kind of business relationship with a company that's involved in sterilization, contraception, and abortion," said American Life League president Judie Brown. "I don't understand what's going on."
"I think at the end of the day this is about money," she continued. "Caritas Christi has been in financial trouble for a long time, and the Cardinal is trying to massage the rules in order to allow this to go forward, and I think we are succumbing to the world when the Church does things like this, and it's bad."
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Catholics Up in Arms over Boston Catholic Hospitals Abortion Coverage, Archdiocese Now Says Matter "Under Review"
BRAINTREE, Massachusetts, June 11, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The Catholic Archdiocese of Boston and its hospitals have responded to the controversy surrounding its joint participation in abortion-covering health care, insisting that the hospitals will remain faithful to Catholic moral teaching, and will not change their protocol concerning those seeking abortion. However, the American Life League says that it is still opposed to the arrangement, saying the explanation from the Archdiocese and its hospitals is "absolutely not" acceptable.
Archdiocesan communications director Terence Donilon sent LifeSiteNews.com a press release late Wednesday that affirmed Caritas Christi hospitals are in "active discussions with Celtic Group and CeltiCare with a view to making acceptable modifications to their arrangement."
Caritas Christi and the Boston Archdiocese have drawn ire in recent weeks from Catholic groups after the hospital entered and won a joint bid to manage Massachusetts' subsidized health program effective July 1. The program, as per state requirements, covers abortion, contraception, and sterilization.
The release included a statement from Boston's Cardinal Sean O'Malley, who said: "it has always been clear to me that Caritas Christi has been consistently faithful in its commitment to comply with Catholic moral teaching.”
"In any revised agreement among Celtic Group, CeltiCare and Caritas Christi, under no circumstances will Caritas either perform procedures prohibited by the Catholic Bishops' Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services or refer any patient to other providers who perform or procure such procedures.
"Ministry to the poor and those in need, as with care for the unborn, are central tenets of the Ethical and Religios Directives for Catholic Health Care Services and at the very heart of Catholicism."
O'Malley had last commented on the controversy when news of it first broke in early March, saying in a similar statement that the hospitals "will not be engaged in any procedures nor draw any benefits from any relationship which violate the Church’s moral teaching as found in the Ethical and Religious Directives."
Also contained in the release is a statement by Caritas Christi president Ralph de la Torre, who stated that a patient seeking procedures contrary to Catholic teaching will be told by the Catholic hospitals that "the hospital does not perform them" and that "the patient must turn to his or her insurer for further guidance."
"This, in fact, is the practice currently in place in the Caritas system as we work with other insurance companies under state laws that mandate access to procedures not provided within the Caritas system," said Torre. "It is the path that Caritas has always followed and will follow in its engagement with CeltiCare."
Torre's statement coincides with that of Caritas Christi spokeswoman Teresa Prego, who told LSN Wednesday that the referral arrangement is "no different than what we do currently."
CeltiCare explained to LSN that clients seeking abortion or "family planning" services at one of the Caritas hospitals would be referred to Celticare's 24/7 call center, which would in turn direct patients to facilities providing the services.
The American Life League, who has led the charge against the arrangement, told LifeSiteNews.com today that the Archdiocese's explanation was "absolutely not" acceptable.
"I find it extremely tragic that the Cardinal cannot stand up and simply say that it's unacceptable under any circumstance to enter into any kind of business relationship with a company that's involved in sterilization, contraception, and abortion," said American Life League president Judie Brown. "I don't understand what's going on."
"I think at the end of the day this is about money," she continued. "Caritas Christi has been in financial trouble for a long time, and the Cardinal is trying to massage the rules in order to allow this to go forward, and I think we are succumbing to the world when the Church does things like this, and it's bad."
See related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:
Catholics Up in Arms over Boston Catholic Hospitals Abortion Coverage, Archdiocese Now Says Matter "Under Review"
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