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Blame the Catholic Church's Abortion Fuzziness for Notre Dame Mess, Not Obama

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R.I Shaefer is on to something. The Church's 'fuzziness' on this issue is not a communication problem; it is much deeper than that. It is an ambiguity resulting from a deliberate change in doctrine related to religious 'freedom,' one which necessarily involves, eventually, the 'freedom' for someone to kill an unborn child. The Church made this change at Vatican II and now is continually mopping up the consequences. Catholic politicians actually cite Vatican II to explain their refusal to vote for life. I have blogged about it and will give the link below, and hope to see more dialogue around this issue. SSPX will address the changes caused by Vatican II in the on-going talks they are having with the Vatican.
Here is the link:
http://thewhitelilyblog.wordpress.com/2009/09/21/the-council-pow-wow-and-pro-life/#more-465

Janet Baker of IL 9:34AM March 15, 2010

I believe there was poor judgment on both sides. Fr. Jenkens used poor judgment when deciding to invite/allow someone whose stance on abortion (by far the biggest political issue for the church) contradicts the church's beliefs and teachings. True, die-hard Catholics are going to have an issue listening to someone who, in their opinion, allows for the murder of innocent life at the country's most well-known Catholic university.
Obama used poor judgment when he brought the issue up during his speech; the gist being "let's respect each others' opinions and have a dialogue." To a (true) Catholic, that's like saying, "listen, I think killing babies is okay and I hope you can respect my belief." It would have been best for Obama to focus more on the issues both he and the church have in common: social welfare programs, healthcare, etc. For him to bring up abortion at a Catholic institution was distasteful.

Kelly of VA 6:41PM May 26, 2009

The teaching of the Church is clear on the issue of abortion - Respect all life from conception until natural death. Abortion is always wrong.
However, because of politics between diocesan bishops and the pope a line in the sand is never drawn. The teaching is clear - the enforcement soft and ambiguous.
An example of this ambiguity came during the pope's visit last year. A teaching moment presented itself during that ridiculous stadium hootenanny the pope presided over. The Mass was irreverent and the pope should have made a public announcement preceding the Mass that all those who publicly support abortion are not to receive Holy Communion.
Instead, the pope chose to tacitly endorse an unorthodox Mass, and missed an important opportunity to clarify and reinforce Church teaching regarding abortion.
However, a battle is brewing among the 1.2 billion Catholics of the world - orthodoxy on one hand and progressive - protestant-catholics on the other. But it will probably not fully erupt until the election of a new pope. At which time I suspect that orthodoxy will replace the ambiguity of "progressive accommodation" and the Church will draw a line in the sand...Hopefully, at that time, the 55-60% of faux-catholics will leave and form their own "relativist church" - leaving the orthodox Church smaller but stronger.... Remove the dead wood from the tree.

R.L. Schaefer of CA 1:42PM May 21, 2009

I never did. This was about Fr. Jenkins and the man crush he has on Obama. Nothing more and nothing less. If you want proof that the homosexuals have taken over the Catholic Church, Look no further than Fr. Jenkin's, who scarificied the reputation of a University for his homo craving of Obama.

Joe of NC 12:30PM May 21, 2009