The Catholic Left wants in on the cancel culture
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Summary
Pro-abortion advocate Amanda Gorman delivers a poem at the Vice President's Inaugural, and the Catholic press and leftist media go gaga over her performance. But did you know that Gorman went to Catholic school? And that Planned Parenthood is using her poem to promote abortion?
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And thus the example of anti-Catholic so-called Catholicism is being mainstreamed.
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They followed him out of Sunday Mass yesterday, his big push for abortion on Friday, the anniversary
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of Roe v. Wade made headlines everywhere, and now we learn that the young poet, which
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created such a stir at the inauguration, went to Catholic school.
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With Biden and Speaker Pelosi given the world stage to parade around as faithful Catholics
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with what looks like full approval of Pope Francis, the one true faith is getting a black eye
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But all the buffeting is causing at least some faithful bishops to speak out in defense of
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And Catholics are also being shown we have much more in common with allies outside the
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fold than with those who tear down the faith while pretending to be on the inside of the
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Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross.
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In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
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Remember the young poet who made such a stir during the Biden inauguration with her rhymes
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and hand gestures and her bright yellow coat and red hairband?
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That we'll forever be tied together, victorious.
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Sure, she was talented in her recitation, but her words dripped with leftist propaganda.
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Predictably, the Catholic left went gaga over her performance.
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The Jesuit America magazine gushed over Amanda Gorman, making special mention that she is Catholic
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and a member of St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Los Angeles.
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American magazine said of Gorman's poem, and I quote,
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She delivered a performance that made us believe in the beauty of our future
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Her work speaks of God, even shines a light on God, simply because it is beautiful.
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I believed in the light and the goodness and the vision of holiness.
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Miss Gorman laid out because she offered it to me as music and image and breath.
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Not to be outdone, the National Catholic reporter, Michael Swan, opined this way about her poem.
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Amanda Gorman, a National Youth Poet Laureate, delivered a poem that was stunning in its energy
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Her words spoke of healing, and like a sacrament, they affected what they signified.
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Well, it was hardly any surprise to find out that Planned Parenthood was also touting the
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young Catholic poet, reminding us of another poem Gorman did, promoting, you guessed it,
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Eight reasons to stand up today against abortion bans in the United States.
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The main concern is that the Supreme Court will let states thwart a woman's path to abortion
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Yesterday marked the first Sunday of the Biden presidency, and news media were on hand outside
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the uber-liberal Catholic Church to catch Biden as he exited the mass.
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That church, by the way, loves homosexuality-promoting Fr. James Martin and gave him a standing ovation
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Well, here is Biden leaving that church yesterday.
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Now, under normal circumstances, having Catholicism on the world stage, with the leader of the
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most powerful nation being Catholic, would be an awesome witness.
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And in the church today, we seem unequipped to handle this nightmare.
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Remember in 2019, when Biden was denied Holy Communion in South Carolina, and when asked
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by the media about it, Biden said that it was the first time that it happened and that Pope
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And it's not a position that I've found anywhere else, including from the Holy Father who gives
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In fact, this situation is a horror story worse than the loss of the election itself.
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The horror of a false, even anti-Catholic Catholicism being promoted could not be more palpable
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than what happened Friday with the official statement from the Biden-Harris White House on
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the anniversary of the dreaded Roe v. Wade decision, which forced abortion on all 50 states.
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The self-proclaimed faithful Catholic Biden said in his statement, and I quote,
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In the past four years, reproductive health, including the right to choose, has been under
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The Biden-Harris administration is committed to codifying Roe v. Wade and appointing judges
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that respect foundational precedents like Roe, end quote.
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But Biden's remark did elicit some reaction from faithful bishops.
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Archbishop Joseph Neumann of Kansas City in Kansas and chairman of the U.S. Conference of
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Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities responded publicly saying, and I quote,
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It is deeply disturbing and tragic that any president would praise and commit to codifying
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a Supreme Court ruling that denies unborn children their most basic human and civil right,
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the right to life, under the euphemistic disguise of a health service.
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I take this opportunity to remind all Catholics that the Catechism says since the first century,
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the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion.
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This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.
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it in a homily at Mass in the Shrine of Our Lady he had built in Wisconsin.
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We live in times when it can seem that the evil one is succeeding in his program of lies and death.
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In our own nation, the federal government wants to codify as law the totally unjust decision
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of the Supreme Court which made legal abortion on demand and to impose upon schools the teaching of the iniquitous gender theory.
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At the same time, it threatens to deny the freedom of religion,
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the freedom of citizens to follow God's plan for the world and for man,
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inscribed in nature itself and written upon every human heart.
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Meanwhile, the Catholic left seems to be salivating at the example of cancel culture
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Case in point, check out this January 7, 2021 editorial from National Catholic Reporter.
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Among those with some culpability for yesterday's failed insurrection are more than a few leaders in our church.
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Catholic apologists for Trump have blood on their hands.
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The leftist publication, known among faithful Catholics as Fishwrap,
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and at one time told by the U.S. bishops that they may not use the name Catholic in their title,
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named various Catholic organizations and individuals as having blood on their hands,
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CatholicVote.org, Attorney General William Barr and other Catholics in the Trump administration,
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Amy Coney Barrett, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bill Donahue of the Catholic League,
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Everyday Catholics, some 50% of them who voted for Trump this year.
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Many of these folks have been shaped by right-wing Catholic media,
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whether rogue priests on Twitter, websites such as Church Militant or LifeSite News,
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or the Catholic media conglomerate, Eternal Word Television Network, EWTN.
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I must say I'm rather proud to be on that list with LifeSite News.
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But my personal favorite part, well, I shouldn't say favorite, but anyway,
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that made me laugh the most of the National Catholic Reporter diatribe was this,
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and a pro-life movement that embraces white nationalism is not a true pro-life movement, period.
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As a person of color and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of LifeSite News,
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let me speak to Bill Mitchell, the CEO and publisher of National Catholic Reporter.
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It is ironic that you, the epitome of the old white guy,
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Given I'm neither white nor American, but Canadian, it's rather comical.
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But what is serious, indeed, is that the vision of Catholicism that you proffer is not true.
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It's a false church with a false gospel that leads not to eternal salvation,
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All kidding aside, you should know that the main motivation of LifeSite is,
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and always has been, the salvation of souls, including yours.
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So there's no intent to harm you nor anyone else.
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There is only the hope, prayer, and witness that will, with the grace of God,
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lead you to the one true Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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One interesting thing in all of this fight over true and false Catholicism
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namely that faithful Catholics have much more in common with Christians of other denominations
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or pro-life, pro-family people from even other religions
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than we have in common with Catholics, or so-called Catholics, preaching another gospel.
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Take, for example, Derek Sloan, the contender for the Conservative Party of Canada,
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who is a Seventh-day Adventist, not a Catholic.
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He was the most outspoken defender of life, family, faith, and freedom
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in the whole leadership for the Conservative Party.
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He was not successful in his challenge for the leadership of the party.
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He lost out to Aaron O'Toole, another of these nominal Catholics
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who openly supported abortion and homosexuality during his leadership campaign.
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Well, that's why I was asking Mr. McKay tonight about the vote in 2013.
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I was the first of only 18 Conservatives in a free vote
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I viewed it as a right, in the very same way I view the Morgenthaler decision as a right.
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Well, Aaron O'Toole, another anti-Catholic Catholic in the mold of Biden,
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has just ousted Sloan from the Conservative Party
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with false charges of, well, you guessed it, of racism.
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During our caucus meeting, a lot of people were up in arms in terms of the reason.
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And they were saying, well, listen, I can't explain this to my constituents.
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Everyone sees through this, so there needs to be some other reason for this.
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And so that's why, even though they came out with a strong statement
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on how awful it was for me to accept this one of 13,000 donations
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then the very next day or two days later they said,
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It's not the donation, it's a pattern of disruptive behavior.
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And I know that several news organizations reached out to them
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for further specifics, and they didn't receive any.
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basically the leader took a risk in doing what he did,
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but he put the party in a position where it was either support Derek
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And obviously there were people who would have wanted to be out anyways,
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but a good chunk of them were thinking, listen, like, you know,
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this looks bad either way, but if we keep him in,
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then it's going to be weeks of news on, you know, the party,
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So people, obviously there were people that defended me,
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but, you know, everybody sort of in the middle there,
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I think decided, listen, unfortunately we have to put this story to bed.
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So it was, you know, an aggressive move by Aaron,
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but one that I think will bite him in the long term.
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And certainly there's egg on the leader's face over this.
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We have much more in common with our separated brethren,
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even non-Christians who support life, family, and freedom,
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who are out to remove us from the public square.
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And let me conclude by encouraging you once again
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to view that outstanding interview with LifeSite's Claire Chrétien,
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He told us that this is an incredible time to be a Catholic,
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that the halos are hanging from the lowest branches.
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I say that there are halos hanging from the lowest branches of the trees,
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and all you have to do is reach up and grab one.
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Just yesterday I spoke with a very holy priest friend of mine
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with the lack of example of faithful, fruitful Catholicism,
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with the lack of the truth coming even from the highest echelons of the Church,
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because we are not given the example from our parents and forefathers,
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the example of holiness, of openness to life, faith, family, and freedom.
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We are given a very poor example indeed, even from our prelates.
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And therefore, indeed, the halos are hanging from the lowest branches.
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So, the grace is there for all of us to reach up and grab one, as Austin says.
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For LifeSite News, this is John Henry Weston, and may God bless you.
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