Let’s get right to the heart of the matter: Rep. Patrick Kennedy recently threw the Catholic Bishops under the bus for their opposition to abortion in the health care bill. Congressman Kennedy, sadly, has a lot of family members like this, and perhaps we need to call them out for what they are – heretics.
Heresy? heretics? What’s that? Too strong you say? Isn’t that just Middle Age mumbo jumbo? No it isn’t.
Here is how the Catechism defines heresy (this was written during John Paul II’s pontificate).
2089…”Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same…”
Let’s see…Rep. Patrick Kennedy is a baptized Catholic…who like many of the Kennedys (Don’t get me started on Kathleen Kennedy Townsend), continues to deny truths of the Catholic faith (the evil of abortion for example) in an obstinate and public way…Hummm.
Maybe it’s time for tough love with these Kennedys and their abortion support…They are part of our Catholic family, yet they continue to create scandal and lead others to doubt the truths of the Catholic faith…We need them to be called out as heretics and ex-communicated. Not because we want to “punish them,” but because they need a spiritual wake-up call, and there is still time to repent.
Let’s applaud Bishop Thomas Tobin of Rhode Island who called Kennedy out for his comments, and is demanding an apology…The time is ending when Catholics will put up with lies, deceit and heresy from our brothers and sisters n the Mystical Body of Christ…We will love them, but as Pope Benedict recently reminded us, love must always be tied to the truth.
Preach it! The Kennedy’s do have a history of heresy. It doesn’t take a Bishop or expert theologian to figure it out, either.
I wrote about ole’ Teddy and his last attempts and communion with the Church, without actually being in communion with the Church.
I am not a Catholic. I am of another domination. How dare your church attempt to foster its beliefs on me. You can be sure that if this attempt to interject catholic dogma into my life continues, I will not vote for anyone who professes to be Catholic.
Barbara, I must admit to being a little confused. This is an internal Catholic issue; a Catholic Bishop acting in a pastoral way toward a member of the Catholic Church. Nobody is pushing Catholic beliefs on you. Thank you.