tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post18009289163954312..comments2024-03-28T19:16:02.689-04:00Comments on Catholic in Brooklyn: Accuser of The BrethrenCatholic in Brooklynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-23575546749018183332018-05-01T11:21:27.628-04:002018-05-01T11:21:27.628-04:00As far as I am concerned, removing a feeding tube ...As far as I am concerned, removing a feeding tube is murder. Just as it was with Terry Schiavo. If someone is breathing on his own, his heart beating on its own, then feeding them is not an extraordinary means of support. Obviously the State wanted to get rid of Alfie Evans. But there is nothing more I can add to that. There are untold numbers of innocents killed every day in our world through war, human trafficking, drugs, abuse, abortion, neglect, etc. etc. The case of Alfie Evans has significance because it is a high profile case. But the deaths of all the other innocents are no less tragic. In some ways they might be more tragic because they die alone with no one fighting for them. Catholic in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-20090861664488198602018-04-30T12:26:03.499-04:002018-04-30T12:26:03.499-04:00Catholic in Brooklyn, can you PLEASE do a blog com...Catholic in Brooklyn, can you PLEASE do a blog commentary about the death of Alfie Evans? He was murdered, was he not?Christopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-77699513835472884512016-06-27T17:06:17.241-04:002016-06-27T17:06:17.241-04:00He is absolutely right. He is absolutely right. Catholic in Brooklynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02714284710110785019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-9041096195399304222016-06-27T13:43:26.524-04:002016-06-27T13:43:26.524-04:00For the record, John Corapi has insisted that Terr...For the record, John Corapi has insisted that Terri Schiavo was murdered.Christopher Stuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17477722106362926482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-10752647988978826212016-06-14T15:29:49.334-04:002016-06-14T15:29:49.334-04:00You are bearing false witness to support the menda...You are bearing false witness to support the mendacity and malice of Lynch, not to mention your ridiculous false claims of what it is that concerns what you snidely refer to as "traditionalists." <br /><br />The late Father Neuhaus describe Lynch's support of murder very accurately when he wrote in First Things: <br /><br />There were repeated statements by the Holy See, statements by William Cardinal Keeler of the pro-life office, by the bishops conference, by numerous individual bishops, and by the bishops of Florida collectively. All spoke with one voice on the moral impermissibility of killing Ms. Schiavo by removing her food and hydration. And then there was the statement by Bishop Robert N. Lynch, former general secretary of the bishops conference and bishop of the Diocese of St. Petersburg, where Ms. Schiavo’s family lives. Bishop Lynch said, “At the end of the day (the judicial, legislative days) the decision to remove Terri’s artificial feeding tube will be that of her husband, Michael.” <br /><br />Of course, it is precisely this that the national protest and the extraordinary actions by Congress and the president aimed to prevent. There is no way of reading Bishop Lynch’s statement without concluding that he thinks the final decision should have been made by Michael Schiavo, who for years aggressively pursued his goal of making his wife dead. Compounding the inexplicability of his statement, Bishop Lynch compares the circumstance to one in which “families of the person in extremis agree that it is time to allow the Lord to call a loved one to Himself, feeling that they have done all they possibly might to provide alternatives to death, every possible treatment protocol which might be helpful has been attempted.”<br /><br />Anyone who has paid even cursory attention to the Schiavo case, and it seems the whole world paid more than cursory attention, knows that no part of that description applies to Ms. Schiavo’s circumstance. Bishop Lynch proposes “a single focus of achieving the best result for Terri.” The best result for Terri, we are given to understand, is that she should be dead.<br /><br />This is her own bishop speaking. How could the bishop be so astonishingly ignorant of her circumstance? Could it be anything other than willful ignorance, which would entail grave moral culpability? These are questions that his fellow bishops should be asking of Bishop Lynch. What is not a question but is an indisputable fact is that the bishop has—whatever his intention—publicly rejected the Church’s clear teaching on the care of the disabled and has lent the authority of his office to those whose undeniable purpose is to kill Ms. Schiavo. To my knowledge, no bishop or other church authority has publicly admonished Bishop Lynch for his very public offense. After the recent sex abuse scandals, there was much talk about the need for “fraternal correction” among bishops. Was it just talk?<br /> Venerationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12014260832773148510noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-59543815256667425822015-01-12T22:00:03.878-05:002015-01-12T22:00:03.878-05:00Gay Bishops should resign.Gay Bishops should resign.Victim of Discoursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01486053703944500393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-88943521021883995592013-11-21T21:59:03.823-05:002013-11-21T21:59:03.823-05:00In the most recent Pew religious survey, Catholics...In the most recent Pew religious survey, Catholics were asked if the Church was the one true faith. 84% said no. <br /><br />What happens if even the softest persecution comes?<br /><br />I don't seem to live on this planet where Voris is the problem. rocinantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445725724383812992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5636389828900724226.post-91089252025260744072013-11-14T23:38:34.682-05:002013-11-14T23:38:34.682-05:00You are awesome - you do very good work. You are awesome - you do very good work. Terry Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09819523933502820341noreply@blogger.com