A Catholic priest penned a letter to pro-abortion Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs “for advancing a method to abort a child that disregards the safety of women beyond what she has done in the past.”
Fr. Craig Friedley, the pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Queen Creek, Arizona, wrote the in response to an announcement of a measure expanding access to over-the-counter contraceptives — many of which are abortifacients — without a doctor’s prescription.
Friedley took the Democrat to task for her long-standing promotion of abortion up until birth under the guise of advocating for “women’s health,” saying her latest move “is not only immoral, but it means that you are placing your eternal soul in danger of damnation by your public, proud, and scandalous actions in supporting the murder of children in the womb.”
Friedley reminded Hobbs, who is a professed Catholic, of the Church’s teaching on the gravity of the crime of abortion and the need to repent for the public scandal of pushing the abortion agenda in every way possible. “You should immediately repent and go to confession for advocating for abortion in the public square,” he said.
“The murder of a child in the womb is not health care. Stop spreading this lie and causing a scandal in the Catholic Church. If you are still attending any Catholic Mass, you should refrain from presenting yourself for communion until you repent of spreading lies and advocating for the murder of children in the womb,” Friedley stated unequivocally….
Commenting that he had not received any reply from Hobbs and did not expect any, Friedley told LifeSiteNews, “Governor Hobbs probably has no clue who I am and probably does not care. She even publicly stated that her stance on abortion is at odds with Catholicism and that she opposes Bishop John Dolan on this matter. She is not only at odds on the matter of abortion, she is at odds with other ‘Catholic issues.’ That is the standard for a person in today’s Democratic Party. In the state of Arizona, there is not a single Democrat, who claims to be Catholic, that will defend the unborn….”
From LifeSiteNews
Good for Father Friedley because this is not about women’s health, it’s about the killing of unborn baby children!
Once you leak it to the Internet, the conversation is over.
Catholic Democrats have done with abortion what Catholic gays are trying to do with chastity and marriage: make them optional or matters in which private conscience overrules Catholic teaching.
The cafeteria was supposed to have been closed decades ago. Why is it open again?
John Paul II closed the door, and Benedict XVI turned out the lights. Unfortunately you-know-who got hold of the Keys…
You can always trust the Pope.
He does have the keys.
If you have forgotten, look up the meaning of the keys.
“You can always trust the Pope” Dear Keys, there is a comment by Peter Seewald, Benedict XVI’s official biographer, with words to the effect that when Francis issued Traditionis Custodes, limiting the permissions that Benedict made for the Latin Mass in Summorum Pontificum, it was as a “stab in the heart” for Benedict from which he never recovered. See https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/benedicts-biographer-slams-authoritarian-pope-francis-for-undermining-catholic-tradition/. After Traditionis Custodes, I don’t think Benedict XVI trusted Francis, but most certainly Seewald does not. For example, Seewald cited Francis’ treatment of Benedict XVI’s personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, whom Francis ordered to leave the Vatican last month.
“It makes him untrustworthy,” Seewald remarked. “One cannot, with the Bible in hand, constantly speak of brotherly love, mutual respect, and mercy and at the same time trample these virtues underfoot. The brutality and public humiliation with which a deserving man like Gänswein was dumped is unprecedented. Not even the custom of giving a word of thanks to a departing employee, as is customary in the smallest company, was observed.”
Seewald continues: “The Pope downgraded Gänswein, but he meant the one for whom Gänswein stands.” (that is, Benedict XVI)
Based on this and other matters, I think a qualifier should be added to “You can always trust the Pope.”
Gossip makes you not trust people.
This is an ongoing story. Seewald’s statements are credible; they are reports from the man who knew Benedict XVI intimately as his biographer; as such he also knew Archbishop Georg Ganswein, Benedict’s personal secretary. The question is: did Seewald know Benedict well enough to make the claim that T.C. was a stab in Benedict’s heart? Absolutely. Did he divine the reason for the brutal smack down of Ganswein? From Ganswein himself I am sure. So was Seewald justified in not trusting P. Francis? More than justified; he would be foolish to trust him carte blanche. Now, does this mean Dan here in Pasadena cannot trust P. Francis? I do not have the firsthand knowledge Seewald has. But if I think he has made the case I should at the very least be wary of trusting the man who stabbed Benedict in the heart (metaphorically). Is this relying on gossip? Since we don’t have Benedict’s exact words (yet) about T. C., Seewald’s assertion could be considered gossip, but it is the conviction of a man who knew Benedict intimately. Make of that what you will.
I do not know about Seewald, but Pope Benedict wants you to trust and follow Pope Francis.
We do not need his exact words.
He was a loyal son of the Church and he obeyed the Church and the Pope.
He wants you to also.
I was reading the Pope’s writing Desiderio Desideravi which is on liturgical formation. It is beautiful. It gives much to meditate on. I always felt my worship at Mass was lacking and it is helping me.
This is honest, now. I’m telling you the truth, so you can know.
I began to doubt it because of your doubts.
I had to just go back to what I know which is “trust the Pope” not some gossip on the Internet.
Do not doubt the Pope. Do not gossip about the Pope.
You will lead people astray.
” Pope Benedict wants you to trust and follow Pope Francis.” It would most certainly help if we had his exact words to this effect. Would the man whose heart was stabbed by Francis give such advice? Perhaps he would; that could be considered heroic sanctity on his part. By so taking this position, Benedict would be voluntarily casting his legacy into the dustbin of history for the sake of such trust. That is a heavy price for Benedict to pay, but perhaps you’re right, and he paid it. If this is true, then your words “Do not doubt the Pope. Do not gossip about the Pope.You will lead people astray” are indeed spot on and listening to Seewald is then a huge mistake. I really do think it best, and I thank you for your words, to desist from writing ill of Pope Francis on these pages for the sake of people like yourself. I shall nevertheless suspend judgement on P. Francis (which I know is a form of doubt) and see how events unravel in the time left to his pontificate. I shall remember your words, and hope you are vindicated in the end.
thank you for taking people like me into consideration.
Pope Benedict was a mature man, a man of faith and hope and charity.
As beautiful and profound as the Latin Mass is, it is not his legacy.
Vatican II is his legacy. His work as prefect of CDC is his legacy.
Most importantly, the Catechism of the Catholic Church is his legacy.
His writings on love, hope and the Eucharist are his legacy.
Pope Francis is not a departure from Pope Benedict at all.
Pope Benedict was the “first green Pope.’
Oh there is so much more..Please read both Pope’s writings.
To Benedict’s legacy August 2, 2023 at 4:42 pm: As pope (and not considering any earlier roles he assumed) Benedict’s erudite scholarship, his writings (as you noted) , and most importantly Summorum Pontificum are a large part of his legacy. I hope we can agree on this.
In fairness to P. Francis, Catholic democrats were running amok, or playing in the muck, long before the start of his pontificate. Think Ted Kennedy or the reprehensible Robert Drinan S. J. as examples.
Francis!
Oral contraceptives are a health risk for women, too (aren’t liberals “pro-woman”??). According to Dr. Bill Williams:
“with hormonal contraception, you’re taking normal women and giving them potent steroid hormones… and so, their safety profile has to be as clean as a whistle… for it to even be ethical to prescribe them.” Instead, he said, hormonal contraceptive use leads to increased risk of “breast cancer, cervical cancer, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, systemic Lupus… and depression.” Further, “the progestin-only [contraceptives] cause osteoporosis risk and they admit that in the prescribing information. But the evidence is now clear that it’s not just softening the bone as in osteoporosis, but actual fractures increase.”
The labeling for hormonal contraceptives already acknowledges the increased risk for heart attacks and strokes. Still, the JAMA study downplayed even these known, widely acknowledged risks.
They deliberately chose a picture taken at an angle from which the microphone head is positioned so that it looks like the priest has a Hitler mustache.