Do They Really Believe the Baby in the Womb's Life is Worth as Much as a Bishop's?

A friend of mine sent me the statement below which he said was posted yesterday as a comment on The Vortex. This, my friends, explains it all. How many bishops stand on the podium at the March for Life like politicians? One of the reasons we still have abortion is because our shepherds have never acted like they believe the baby is the same as the rest of us. If they did, they would have been leading the sit-ins to save the babies. And if they all ended up in jail; there would have been signs on the churches saying, "No Mass today, our priests are all in jail." How long do you think abortion would have lasted if every bishop had acted that way?

A friend and I spent months back in the 70s trying to get priests and ministers to lead sit ins at the abortion mills. Only one taker, Rennie Scott of Truro Episcopal Church, who agreed to be one among others. Unfortunately, there were no others. We spoke to the priests council in D.C. and met dead silence. We met with Bishop Thomas Welsh who, to his credit, organized a large rally at a local abortion mill. 

Despite dozens of visits, that was the end result, the extent of support for the babies in imminent danger. Let them die; we can't do anything about it. And that, friends, is why the killing continues. The only ones who would put their freedom on the line were laity. Most of the shepherds wouldn't even preach about it. And, let's face it, many of them continued to vote for pro-abortion Democrats who enshrined the killing in their platform. And so, this comment describing Cardinal Dolan's silence is no surprise. If his life were on the line it might be different, but he can laugh it up with Obama and others of his ilk, because he is not their target (yet). 

Pray for our bishops!

Comment on The Vortex by Anthony

I attended the Mass at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception last night. The Mass, held on the eve of the march, is part of a longer pro-life vigil which continues through the night and until just before the start of the march. The celebrant and homilist was Cardinal Dolan. During his homily: he did not condemn abortion, he did not explain to the young men and women in attendance there why abortion is wrong, he did not explain that a majority of our political leaders support abortion and that is why we must march, and, astonishingly (but sadly and not surprisingly), he did not utter the word "abortion" even once. Instead, he vaguely asserted that we failed to promote a pro-life culture (which, of course, he did not explain or define) when the Church acted in a way that inhospitable to the poor or ethnic minorities, (in particular, Hispanics). Of course, we should be hospitable and charitable to the poor and people of all ethnic backgrounds. But, is that really a point of disagreement among pro-lifers? Of course, not. And is lack of charity the cause of abortion in the US? Nope. Just the mere fact that the demand by would-be adoptive parents far outstrips the supply of adoptable children in the US shows this assertion to false. The homily was a hodgepodge of non-sequiter, evasion and red herring. It was a calculated, and in my mind diabolical, attempt to defang the march of its potency to effect political change and to avoid causing discomfort to Cardinal Dolan's pro-abortion friends and power brokers whose approval and company he so desperately seeks (largely because of the celebrity it gives him). If I had not been chaperoning a group of kids, I would have walked out. I hate to admit this, but for a moment I allowed myself to be demoralized. I wondered how can we win and what is the point in fighting when the great weight and moral authority of the Church is being turned around and wielded against us. Thanks be to God, that moment of weakness passed. St. Athanasius, St. Thomas More, St. Hilary, ora pro nobis.