It never ceases to amaze me how Catholic bishops who have participated in perhaps the largest worldwide conspiracy to enable and protect sexual predators and hide crimes against children and youth still have the audacity to lecture others on how to case their vote for politicians and political parties. Equally amazing is how anyone listens to what these men who have obstructed justice have to say on anything. A case in point is Bishop David Ricken of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay - who looks to have NEVER missed a meal and be living pretty high on the hog - who in a letter to Catholics in his diocese has stated that supporting politicians who support choice and same sex marriage is to support something "intrinsically evil." I would venture a far bigger evil is men like Ricken himself. Here are highlights from Northwestern.com on Rickens bullshit:
Bishop David Ricken, the leader of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, noted in a recent letter to parishioners that voting for candidates who support what he calls “intrinsically evil” positions, such as abortion and gay marriage, could “put your own soul in jeopardy.”
Ricken’s letter, dated Oct. 24, notes that the church has a responsibility to “speak out regarding moral issues, especially on those issues that impact the ‘common good.’” It goes on to note principles to keep in mind in the voting booth on Nov. 6, including abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and gay marriage.
“Some candidates and one party have even chosen some of these as their party’s or their personal political platform. To vote for someone in favor of these positions means that you could be morally ‘complicit’ with these choices which are intrinsically evil. This could put your own soul in jeopardy.”
Ricken’s guidance on these issues carry a lot of weight in this region — the diocese has 304,614 members in 16 counties. Across the state, Catholics make up more than 25 percent of the population, or 1.5 million people, according to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies’ 2010 U.S. Religion Census: Religious Congregations & Membership Study.
This from a man who has sworn obedience and fealty to a Pope who is a former Hitler Youth and who has been documented to have protected sexual predators in the same manners as Monsignor Lynn of Philadelphia who is headed to prison. It's Ricken and his cohorts who are "intrinsically evil." I suspect that Ricken's own soul is in more jeopardy than those of most members of his diocese.
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