Showing posts with label response. Show all posts
Showing posts with label response. Show all posts

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Illinois Catholic Bishops Response To Gov. Pat Quinn's Formal Cooperation in Advancing Culture of Death

The Illinois Bishops statement is good. But did it go far enough?  Dr. Ed Peters is impatient like many other Catholics that the bishops didn't take more action in accord with Canon 915 - which prohibits the reception of Communion by the publicly unworthy - but doesn't see it as a failure that the bishops didn't go as far in their response as they could have.  This could be a good first step but I still think the governor should have been forbidden from taking part in the reception of Communion.  What do you think?

Here is Dr. Ed Peters article:
http://canonlawblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/gov-pat-quinn-and-illinois-catholic.html

Monday, September 27, 2010

Pope Benedict's Wise Impromptu Response: Church Does Not Work for Power and Numbers

Pope Benedict gives a very insightful impromptu response filled with great wisdom.  The Church does not work for power and numbers.  The Church spreads the Word of God. The Church and its people evangelizes and presents Jesus Christ to the world.  We must all be good stewards of Jesus.