Powerful Words from Cardinal George

Excerpt from the Plenary Session Address by Cardinal George at the 2008 Fall General Assembly:

"In working for the common good of our society, racial justice is one pillar of our social doctrine. Economic justice, especially for the poor both here and abroad, is another. But the Church comes also and always and everywhere with the memory, the conviction, that the Eternal Word of God became man, took flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mary, nine months before Jesus was born in Bethlehem. This truth is celebrated in our liturgy because it is branded into our spirit. The common good can never be adequately incarnated in any society when those waiting to be born can be legally killed at choice. If the Supreme Court’s Dred Scott decision that African Americans were other people’s property and somehow less than persons were still settled constitutional law, Mr. Obama would not be president of the United States. Today, as was the case a hundred and fifty years ago, common ground cannot be found by destroying the common good."

Read the entire address.

Comments

  1. Too bad that his Excellence can't control Father Pfleger...he is out of control again.

    54 percent of "Catholics" voted for the culture of death, infanticide and surrender in the War on Terror...

    Check out Father West on Guantanamo:

    http://frwest.blogspot.com/2008/11/why-guantanamo-bay-should-not-be-closed.html

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