Archbishop Burke Cites ND Honor for Obama as 'Greatest Scandal'

Archbishop Raymond Burke, Prefect of the Vatican’s highest court, the Apostolic Signatura, called on Catholics to “give an uncompromising witness” to the dignity of life and sharply criticized the University of Notre Dame for its planned honor for pro-abortion President Barack Obama during an address this morning to the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, DC. (To read the complete address, go here.

The archbishop began his address by noting that he has “the deepest concern for our nation,” and later implored Catholics to be aware of the “godless secularism and relativism” that underlie the Culture of Death.

Commenting on the ongoing scandal of Notre Dame’s planned honor for President Obama, Archbishop Burke received a standing ovation from the crowd of more than 1,200 when he called it “rightly the source of the greatest scandal.”

He also said that “in a culture marked by widespread and ingrained confusion about the most fundamental teachings of the moral law, our Catholic schools and universities must be beacons of truth and right conduct.”Archbishop Burke added that if "we as individuals are not willing to accept the burdens” of the Catholic witness to life, “we are not worthy of the name Catholic.” To read more, go here.

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  1. I agree with Archbishop Burke!

    Everytime I hear someone say they are "catholic" but if others want an abortion..., puke! In the Bible, Jesus says "He wishes we were either hot or cold, if we are luke warm, He will spit us from his mouth", I can't help but feel about 50% who call them selves "catholic" fit into this category.

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