Having been asked to examine what November 2008 and its aftermath can teach Catholics about American culture, the state of American Catholicism and the kind of Pauline discipleship necessary today, Archbishop Chaput said:
“November showed us that 40 years of American Catholic complacency and poor formation are bearing exactly the fruit we should have expected. Or to put it more discreetly, the November elections confirmed a trend, rather than created a new moment, in American culture.”
Noting that there was no question about President Barack Obama’s views on abortion “rights,” embryonic stem cell research and other “problematic issues,” he commented:
“Some Catholics in both political parties are deeply troubled by these issues. But too many Catholics just don’t really care. That’s the truth of it. If they cared, our political environment would be different. If 65 million Catholics really cared about their faith and cared about what it teaches, neither political party could ignore what we believe about justice for the poor, or the homeless, or immigrants, or the unborn child. If 65 million American Catholics really understood their faith, we wouldn’t need to waste each other’s time arguing about whether the legalized killing of an unborn child is somehow ”˜balanced out’ or excused by three other good social policies.”
It doesn’t help that the Jesuits undermine everything that comes out of the Vatican. (The islamopalian priestess teaches New Testament studies at a Jesuit University!) And now we have [url=http://transfigurations.blogspot.com/2009/03/catholic-notre-dame-university-to-give.html ]Notre Dame inviting Barack Obama to give its commencement and awarding him an honorary degree, violating U.S. bishop policies[/url]. Time to clean house.
I love this man. May the Lord send more shepherds like him to guide and guard our flocks.
robroy,
[blockquote]Commenting on society’s attitude towards Catholic beliefs, Archbishop Chaput said, “we have to make ourselves stupid to believe some of the things American Catholics are now expected to accept.â€[/blockquote]
I don’t think Archbishop Chaput will be sending any invitations out to President Obama or to the “The islamopalian priestess”. The Jesuits are not who he is complaining about as much as many of the 65 million RC folks who “….just don’t really care. That’s the truth of it. If they cared, our political environment would be different.”
To Archbishop Chaput I say, “Here here feel free to bring a little heat on TEC also since he is talking about the “story telling’ that is not necessarily truth telling.
It’s a challenge to all who claim to be Christians. Do we really live what we profess? Or are we Sunday Christians. This cuts across denominations.
Paula, I couldn’t agree more. Abp Chaput is one of the greatest Catholic leaders we have.. and we do have quite a few terriffic Bishops! (Morlino, Burke, Bruskiewicz, etc)