The John-Henry Westen Show - January 26, 2021


The Catholic Left wants in on the cancel culture


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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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00:00:00.000 Thank you.
00:00:30.000 And thus the example of anti-Catholic so-called Catholicism is being mainstreamed.
00:00:36.140 They followed him out of Sunday Mass yesterday, his big push for abortion on Friday, the anniversary
00:00:41.880 of Roe v. Wade made headlines everywhere, and now we learn that the young poet, which
00:00:47.180 created such a stir at the inauguration, went to Catholic school.
00:00:51.640 With Biden and Speaker Pelosi given the world stage to parade around as faithful Catholics
00:00:57.480 with what looks like full approval of Pope Francis, the one true faith is getting a black eye 1.00
00:01:03.560 like it never has before.
00:01:05.760 But all the buffeting is causing at least some faithful bishops to speak out in defense of
00:01:11.020 the truth.
00:01:11.740 And Catholics are also being shown we have much more in common with allies outside the
00:01:17.720 fold than with those who tear down the faith while pretending to be on the inside of the 0.97
00:01:23.520 Church.
00:01:23.780 This is the John Henry Weston Show.
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00:02:19.940 Let's begin, as we always do, with the sign of the cross.
00:02:23.280 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.
00:02:26.660 Amen.
00:02:28.840 Remember the young poet who made such a stir during the Biden inauguration with her rhymes
00:02:34.280 and hand gestures and her bright yellow coat and red hairband?
00:02:38.600 Well, have a look if you don't.
00:02:40.100 That even as we grieved, we grew.
00:02:43.760 That even as we hurt, we hoped.
00:02:45.880 That even as we tired, we tried.
00:02:48.180 That we'll forever be tied together, victorious.
00:02:51.440 Not because we will never again know defeat.
00:02:55.440 But because we will never again sow division.
00:03:00.320 Sure, she was talented in her recitation, but her words dripped with leftist propaganda. 0.99
00:03:08.160 Predictably, the Catholic left went gaga over her performance.
00:03:13.100 The Jesuit America magazine gushed over Amanda Gorman, making special mention that she is Catholic
00:03:19.820 and a member of St. Bridget's Catholic Church in Los Angeles.
00:03:23.540 American magazine said of Gorman's poem, and I quote,
00:03:26.920 She delivered a performance that made us believe in the beauty of our future
00:03:31.800 precisely because of the poem's own beauty.
00:03:35.500 Her work speaks of God, even shines a light on God, simply because it is beautiful.
00:03:42.200 American magazine continued,
00:03:44.380 Amanda Gorman transported me.
00:03:47.280 I believed in the light and the goodness and the vision of holiness.
00:03:52.040 Miss Gorman laid out because she offered it to me as music and image and breath.
00:03:59.840 End quote.
00:04:00.840 Not to be outdone, the National Catholic reporter, Michael Swan, opined this way about her poem.
00:04:08.340 Quote,
00:04:09.060 Amanda Gorman, a National Youth Poet Laureate, delivered a poem that was stunning in its energy
00:04:14.660 and beauty.
00:04:15.200 He added,
00:04:16.560 Her words spoke of healing, and like a sacrament, they affected what they signified.
00:04:23.480 End quote.
00:04:24.860 Well, it was hardly any surprise to find out that Planned Parenthood was also touting the
00:04:31.020 young Catholic poet, reminding us of another poem Gorman did, promoting, you guessed it,
00:04:37.780 abortion.
00:04:38.700 Have a look.
00:04:39.520 Eight reasons to stand up today against abortion bans in the United States.
00:04:44.520 Fight to keep Roe v. Wade alive.
00:04:46.920 By the term, overturn Roe v. Wade.
00:04:49.740 The main concern is that the Supreme Court will let states thwart a woman's path to abortion 0.83
00:04:55.460 with undue burdens.
00:04:57.940 Yesterday marked the first Sunday of the Biden presidency, and news media were on hand outside
00:05:04.760 the uber-liberal Catholic Church to catch Biden as he exited the mass. 0.71
00:05:09.280 That church, by the way, loves homosexuality-promoting Fr. James Martin and gave him a standing ovation 0.98
00:05:16.860 when he was invited there to speak.
00:05:19.480 Well, here is Biden leaving that church yesterday.
00:05:22.640 Now, under normal circumstances, having Catholicism on the world stage, with the leader of the 1.00
00:05:39.600 most powerful nation being Catholic, would be an awesome witness.
00:05:44.200 But given what this is, it is a horror.
00:05:47.460 And in the church today, we seem unequipped to handle this nightmare.
00:05:53.800 Remember in 2019, when Biden was denied Holy Communion in South Carolina, and when asked
00:05:59.640 by the media about it, Biden said that it was the first time that it happened and that Pope
00:06:05.000 Francis gives him Holy Communion?
00:06:07.680 Have a look.
00:06:08.200 And it's not a position that I've found anywhere else, including from the Holy Father who gives
00:06:13.360 me communion.
00:06:14.540 In fact, this situation is a horror story worse than the loss of the election itself.
00:06:21.560 The horror of a false, even anti-Catholic Catholicism being promoted could not be more palpable
00:06:28.480 than what happened Friday with the official statement from the Biden-Harris White House on
00:06:34.080 the anniversary of the dreaded Roe v. Wade decision, which forced abortion on all 50 states.
00:06:39.920 The self-proclaimed faithful Catholic Biden said in his statement, and I quote,
00:06:45.960 In the past four years, reproductive health, including the right to choose, has been under
00:06:50.640 relentless and extreme attack.
00:06:53.900 He added, and I quote,
00:06:55.180 The Biden-Harris administration is committed to codifying Roe v. Wade and appointing judges
00:07:02.260 that respect foundational precedents like Roe, end quote.
00:07:08.040 But Biden's remark did elicit some reaction from faithful bishops.
00:07:12.960 Archbishop Joseph Neumann of Kansas City in Kansas and chairman of the U.S. Conference of
00:07:18.240 Catholic Bishops Committee on Pro-Life Activities responded publicly saying, and I quote,
00:07:22.180 It is deeply disturbing and tragic that any president would praise and commit to codifying
00:07:28.780 a Supreme Court ruling that denies unborn children their most basic human and civil right,
00:07:34.240 the right to life, under the euphemistic disguise of a health service.
00:07:40.880 He added,
00:07:41.560 I take this opportunity to remind all Catholics that the Catechism says since the first century,
00:07:48.000 the Church has affirmed the moral evil of every procured abortion. 0.58
00:07:53.680 This teaching has not changed and remains unchangeable.
00:07:58.740 Bishop Neumann added,
00:07:59.760 Also, Cardinal Raymond Burke spoke out against
00:08:29.740 it in a homily at Mass in the Shrine of Our Lady he had built in Wisconsin.
00:08:34.640 Have a look.
00:08:35.340 We live in times when it can seem that the evil one is succeeding in his program of lies and death.
00:08:45.920 In our own nation, the federal government wants to codify as law the totally unjust decision
00:08:53.440 of the Supreme Court which made legal abortion on demand and to impose upon schools the teaching of the iniquitous gender theory.
00:09:08.820 At the same time, it threatens to deny the freedom of religion,
00:09:13.200 the freedom of citizens to follow God's plan for the world and for man,
00:09:17.760 inscribed in nature itself and written upon every human heart.
00:09:21.740 Meanwhile, the Catholic left seems to be salivating at the example of cancel culture 0.94
00:09:29.260 being driven by big tech and the Democrats.
00:09:32.200 They want in on the game.
00:09:34.580 Case in point, check out this January 7, 2021 editorial from National Catholic Reporter.
00:09:40.500 They say, and I quote,
00:09:42.740 Among those with some culpability for yesterday's failed insurrection are more than a few leaders in our church.
00:09:51.660 Catholic apologists for Trump have blood on their hands.
00:09:56.160 End quote.
00:09:56.520 The leftist publication, known among faithful Catholics as Fishwrap,
00:10:01.580 and at one time told by the U.S. bishops that they may not use the name Catholic in their title,
00:10:07.320 named various Catholic organizations and individuals as having blood on their hands,
00:10:12.060 including, and I quote,
00:10:13.540 CatholicVote.org, Attorney General William Barr and other Catholics in the Trump administration,
00:10:19.940 Amy Coney Barrett, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bill Donahue of the Catholic League,
00:10:25.100 rogue pro-lifer Abby Johnson.
00:10:27.580 End quote.
00:10:28.580 And they added even, quote,
00:10:30.020 Everyday Catholics, some 50% of them who voted for Trump this year.
00:10:35.460 End quote.
00:10:36.960 They also said, and I quote again,
00:10:39.620 Many of these folks have been shaped by right-wing Catholic media,
00:10:44.300 whether rogue priests on Twitter, websites such as Church Militant or LifeSite News,
00:10:49.540 or the Catholic media conglomerate, Eternal Word Television Network, EWTN.
00:10:55.000 End quote.
00:10:55.760 I must say I'm rather proud to be on that list with LifeSite News.
00:10:58.660 But my personal favorite part, well, I shouldn't say favorite, but anyway,
00:11:03.840 that made me laugh the most of the National Catholic Reporter diatribe was this,
00:11:10.340 and I quote,
00:11:11.760 There must be no white Catholic nationalism, 0.65
00:11:16.380 and a pro-life movement that embraces white nationalism is not a true pro-life movement, period.
00:11:23.780 End quote.
00:11:24.980 Well, let me just say,
00:11:26.100 As a person of color and the co-founder and editor-in-chief of LifeSite News,
00:11:30.400 let me speak to Bill Mitchell, the CEO and publisher of National Catholic Reporter. 0.87
00:11:36.640 It is ironic that you, the epitome of the old white guy,
00:11:41.340 is calling me out for white nationalism. 0.85
00:11:44.200 Given I'm neither white nor American, but Canadian, it's rather comical. 0.99
00:11:48.980 But what is serious, indeed, is that the vision of Catholicism that you proffer is not true.
00:11:57.080 It's a false church with a false gospel that leads not to eternal salvation, 0.71
00:12:01.620 but to the loss of eternal life.
00:12:04.740 All kidding aside, you should know that the main motivation of LifeSite is,
00:12:09.420 and always has been, the salvation of souls, including yours.
00:12:12.300 So there's no intent to harm you nor anyone else.
00:12:16.500 There is only the hope, prayer, and witness that will, with the grace of God,
00:12:23.540 lead you to the one true Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, today, and forever.
00:12:28.580 One interesting thing in all of this fight over true and false Catholicism
00:12:35.560 has demonstrated a truth rarely mentioned,
00:12:39.100 namely that faithful Catholics have much more in common with Christians of other denominations
00:12:45.020 or pro-life, pro-family people from even other religions
00:12:49.180 than we have in common with Catholics, or so-called Catholics, preaching another gospel.
00:12:54.520 Take, for example, Derek Sloan, the contender for the Conservative Party of Canada,
00:13:01.400 who is a Seventh-day Adventist, not a Catholic.
00:13:05.340 He was the most outspoken defender of life, family, faith, and freedom
00:13:09.180 in the whole leadership for the Conservative Party.
00:13:12.900 He was not successful in his challenge for the leadership of the party.
00:13:16.100 He lost out to Aaron O'Toole, another of these nominal Catholics 1.00
00:13:20.620 who openly supported abortion and homosexuality during his leadership campaign.
00:13:24.940 Have a look at this.
00:13:26.620 Well, that's why I was asking Mr. McKay tonight about the vote in 2013.
00:13:30.380 I was the first of only 18 Conservatives in a free vote
00:13:33.960 to vote for an LGBT bill on gender identity.
00:13:38.340 I viewed it as a right, in the very same way I view the Morgenthaler decision as a right.
00:13:43.260 Well, Aaron O'Toole, another anti-Catholic Catholic in the mold of Biden,
00:13:49.420 but pretending to be a Conservative,
00:13:51.620 has just ousted Sloan from the Conservative Party
00:13:54.800 with false charges of, well, you guessed it, of racism.
00:14:01.100 I spoke with Sloan about this on Friday.
00:14:04.540 Here's what he had to say.
00:14:06.220 During our caucus meeting, a lot of people were up in arms in terms of the reason.
00:14:12.020 And they were saying, well, listen, I can't explain this to my constituents.
00:14:16.980 Everyone sees through this, so there needs to be some other reason for this.
00:14:20.860 And so that's why, even though they came out with a strong statement
00:14:24.180 on how awful it was for me to accept this one of 13,000 donations
00:14:30.360 from an obscure person,
00:14:32.880 then the very next day or two days later they said,
00:14:36.500 well, it's not really the donation,
00:14:37.800 even though they had a huge strong statement.
00:14:40.000 It's not the donation, it's a pattern of disruptive behavior.
00:14:43.680 And I know that several news organizations reached out to them
00:14:47.120 for further specifics, and they didn't receive any.
00:14:50.500 So really what this was is the leader had put,
00:14:58.000 basically the leader took a risk in doing what he did,
00:15:01.300 but he put the party in a position where it was either support Derek
00:15:05.480 or support him.
00:15:07.620 And obviously there were people who would have wanted to be out anyways,
00:15:10.900 but a good chunk of them were thinking, listen, like, you know,
00:15:14.860 this looks bad either way, but if we keep him in,
00:15:17.200 then it's going to be weeks of news on, you know, the party,
00:15:20.740 you know, Aaron's lost control of the caucus.
00:15:23.240 The caucus doesn't support Aaron.
00:15:25.220 They support Derek instead.
00:15:26.720 So people, obviously there were people that defended me,
00:15:29.740 but, you know, everybody sort of in the middle there,
00:15:33.140 I think decided, listen, unfortunately we have to put this story to bed.
00:15:37.000 So it was, you know, an aggressive move by Aaron,
00:15:40.120 and one that worked in the short term,
00:15:41.960 but one that I think will bite him in the long term.
00:15:44.860 And, you know, I haven't met a single,
00:15:48.560 there are so many conservatives,
00:15:49.940 maybe those that before didn't even like me,
00:15:52.020 who are calling this for what it is.
00:15:53.620 And certainly there's egg on the leader's face over this.
00:15:57.780 And there you have it.
00:15:59.200 We have much more in common with our separated brethren,
00:16:02.340 even non-Christians who support life, family, and freedom,
00:16:05.420 than we do with those wolves in sheep clothing
00:16:07.860 who are out to remove us from the public square.
00:16:12.420 And let me conclude by encouraging you once again
00:16:14.740 to view that outstanding interview with LifeSite's Claire Chrétien,
00:16:18.260 she did with pro-life leader Austin Ruse.
00:16:20.720 He told us to be heroic Catholics.
00:16:23.760 He told us that this is an incredible time to be a Catholic,
00:16:28.060 that the halos are hanging from the lowest branches.
00:16:31.780 I say that there are halos hanging from the lowest branches of the trees, 1.00
00:16:35.640 and all you have to do is reach up and grab one.
00:16:38.500 Just yesterday I spoke with a very holy priest friend of mine
00:16:42.040 whom many of you know.
00:16:43.480 His name is Father Linus Clovis.
00:16:45.280 He explained that, you know, really today,
00:16:48.480 with the lack of example of faithful, fruitful Catholicism,
00:16:54.620 with the lack of the truth coming even from the highest echelons of the Church,
00:17:00.200 faithfully and constantly.
00:17:02.400 Really, our Lord looks at us with great pity.
00:17:05.140 He has pity on us and great mercy on us,
00:17:07.300 because we are not given the example from our parents and forefathers,
00:17:11.380 the example of holiness, of openness to life, faith, family, and freedom.
00:17:14.960 We are given a very poor example indeed, even from our prelates.
00:17:19.600 And therefore, indeed, the halos are hanging from the lowest branches. 0.94
00:17:25.400 So, the grace is there for all of us to reach up and grab one, as Austin says.
00:17:32.000 Do so, my friends, with great joy.
00:17:34.940 For LifeSite News, this is John Henry Weston, and may God bless you.
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