Catholic Fire

I will express my comments on this CNA article below in red. While expressing support for some kind of health care reform, Cardinal Justin Rigali, the chair of the U.S. Bishops’ Secretariat on Pro-Life Activities, says the present reform proposal is “seriously deficient” because it bypasses restrictions on the federal funding of abortion and allows federal officials to make unlimited abortion a mandated benefit. Yes, I agree with this. Obama's health care reform plan forces taxpayers to pay for abortions, which violates their consciences and forces them to finance legislation, which is not only immoral, but is destructive to a human being's physical, psychological, and spiritual well-being. Abortion -- the murder of another human being and the maiming of that child's mother-- is an intrinsically evil act. Abortion is not health care -- it is death care! Writing in an August 11 letter to each member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Cardinal Rigali noted that the U....

On “Fox News Sunday” this past weekend, budget director Peter Orszag said he is “not prepared to rule ... out” taxpayer financing for abortions. This video accurately and concisely summarizes what Obama's disastrous health care reform legislation is trying to do -- force US citizens to pay for all abortions that will be financed by both public funds and private insurance. From the Philadelphia Bulletin: The nation’s largest provider of abortions laid siege to Capitol Hill Thursday lobbying lawmakers to include “women’s health” issues in the massive Obama health care plan. The health care push came on the same day Planned Parenthood, along with other foster care/adoption organizations, launched a new effort Thursday to reduce teen pregnancy among foster care youth. Read the entire article. Here's what Pro-lifers are doing to fight back: The largest pro-life webcast in history will take place tomorrow (7/23 @ 9 pm) to mobilize on fighting mandate of taxpayer funded abortion – ...

Catholics Against Obama Care is calling Catholics as well as those of other denominations to participate in a day of prayer and fasting on Friday, September 11, 2009, for the special intention that Obama health care reform be defeated. Catholics Against Obama Care acknowledges that the Catholic Church has always advocated health care reform; but Obamacare, as delineated in the HR-3200 Bill, is not health care -- it is death care. Mandated abortion, health care rationing, and euthanasia are not health care. Obamacare is government control over people's lives and, as Jon Voight points out the removal of a person's free will. Voight said in an interview on Fox News with Mike Huckabee, "They're taking away God's first gift to man -- our free will and no man no matter what his title, even if he's president of the United States, has the consent of God to decide he's God." Jean M. Heimann, the founder of Catholics Against Obama Care , is a Catholic free...

This video report by National Center for Policy Analysis President & CEO and Kellye Wright Fellow John C. Goodman in a Fox News story on the uninsured in America confirms what I thought about it. Most of the uninsured are illegal immigrants, those who have been laid off (as a result of the current economic crisis), and those who don't bother to get it because they feel they don't need it or don't bother to sign up for it (when they can get it for free!). Health insurance can be expensive for those on a fixed income -- I know this from my own experiences. My family has been without health insurance for long periods of time at different times in our lives when my husband was without work due to job cuts or layoffs in the manufacturing field, but we survived and God provided for us. Today, Cobra is now less expensive than it used to be and there are now more affordable health insurance programs available tailor-made to each family's needs. Continuing to provide bett...

We all need to oppose this horrible proposal that promotes the murder of our children. Abortion is not health care! Passing this legislation will only make matters in our country worse and lead to the demise of our nation. Please contact your congressmen today and let them know you oppose Obama's death care legislation. See below for more information on how to do this. Pro-life activists in Washington, DC, have reacted strongly against a new health-care reform proposal unveiled by President Barack Obama, noting that the legislation would provide government support for abortion. Congressman Bart Stupak of Michigan, the sponsor of a pro-life amendment that was included in the version of the legislation passed by the House of Representatives, called the Obama version "unacceptable" because it adopted the approach of the Senate version. Douglas Johnson, the legislative director of the National Right to Life Committee, went further: None of President Obama's pro...

CNA reported this today: All of the Catholic bishops in Texas released a statement on health care reform on Tuesday , warning that the legislation currently under consideration does not adequately ensure the protection of all human life. The statement issued by the Texas Catholic Conference , which represents all 15 dioceses in Texas , said that the bishops “ hope that our national leaders will work together to bring about genuine life-affirming reform to our nation’s health care system.”  “Our Catholic moral tradition teaches that every human being, from the moment of conception to natural death, has an innate dignity that entitles him or her to certain rights and protections, including the fundamental right to life and the right to affordable health care, which flows from the right to life, ” they stated. However, the bishops of Texas also said that they are concerned that t he current proposed reforms do not respect these human rights. They singled out the Capps Ame...

Washington, DC (09 September 2009) – As Obama prepares to address the nation Wednesday on his health care plan, American Life League challenged the nation's Catholic bishops to be prepared to shut down Catholic health care and make it clear that they prefer this action to compromising with the intrinsic evils currently contained in various Obama care proposals. "Obama speaks tonight. Christ speaks always. When it comes to health care reform which road will our Catholic bishops take?" the group asked in a Washington Times ad. The ad highlighted six principled positions Catholic-supported health care must include: opposition to abortion, contraception, sterilization, human embryonic stem cell therapy, euthanasia and assisted suicide. Judie Brown, president of American Life League, the country's largest grassroots Catholic pro-life organization, said the ad addressed a critical question from the nation's lay Catholic faithful: Why are the bishops largely remai...

Archbishop of New York Timothy Dolan says the use of federal money for abortion remains a “grave concern.” He has argued that abortion funding is a threat to universal health care because it excludes unborn children from its scope. Writing in a Monday post at his blog “The Gospel in the Digital Age,” Archbishop Dolan noted the “tough spot” of those who are enthusiastic about universal health care. “The bishops have been advocating universal health care for nearly a century. So, we sure want to see it work, and appreciate the efforts of the president and both parties in Congress to bring it home.” “On the other hand, we’re worried. Health care, we insist, has to be truly universal. That means everybody – the baby in the womb, his or her mother, the poor, the immigrant, and our elders until natural death.” While there is “much to cheer” about in the proposed health care bill, such as a provision for expectant mothers, the “grave concern” is that the public’s money will be used ...

People do not want government-controlled death care, but desire health care freedom. Kudos to Governor Brownback for supporting this and standing up for the liberty of Kansas citizens! Kansas is close to joining other states in enacting a law designed to block a key part of last year's federal overhaul of the health care system. A proposed "Health Care Freedom" law was on Gov. Sam Brownback's desk Tuesday, part of a larger package of changes in various regulations for health care providers. He's expected to act on it by Friday. Brownback is a strong supporter of language in the bill saying no Kansas resident can be forced to buy health insurance. That goes against a federal mandate that most Americans buy insurance, starting in 2014. Brownback spokeswoman Sherriene Jones-Sontag said the governor must review other provisions in the bill before deciding whether to sign it. Source:  KAKE News

 My comments in red . LifeSiteNews reports: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a self-professed devout Catholic , ( Catholic in Name Only who has excommunicated herself from the Catholic Church by her scandalous actions and promotion of abortion ) , will receive an award from abortion giant Planned Parenthood at a reception Thursday evening . (for cooperating with the culture of death, upholding evil, and committing mortal sins, as well as encouraging others to do so) The award will be given in recognition of her efforts in passing the federal health care legislation, and, in particular, for her help in ensuring that the Stupak abortion funding ban was not inserted in the bill. (ensuring that millions of babies will be slaughtered at taxpayer expense) A spokesperson for Planned Parenthood confirmed with LifeSiteNews.com that Pelosi would be receiving the Champion for Women's Health award, which recognizes "efforts to support women and their reproductive health....

Via CNA: In a statement released last Friday, the Catholic Health Association (CHA) clarified that it has not thrown its institutional support behind the current health care bill, while also reiterating its commitment to protect life from conception to natural death. The Catholic Health Association “has long been committed to a goal of health coverage for all people in the United States. CHA has not, however, endorsed any of the bills currently under consideration,” the statement said. Sr. Carol Keehan, DC, president and chief executive officer of CHA, said that “our message has always been clear: health care must respect and protect human dignity from conception to natural death. In that spirit, coverage for everyone is a moral imperative and a matter of social justice.” “To date, CHA has not endorsed any health care reform bill, but our message to lawmakers is unchanged: Health reform should not result in an expansion of abortion, and it must maintain conscience protections f...

Sarah Palin response via FaceBook to President Obama's speech last night: After all the rhetoric is put aside, one principle ran through President Obama’s speech tonight: that increased government involvement in health care can solve its problems. Many Americans fundamentally disagree with this idea. We know from long experience that the creation of a massive new bureaucracy will not provide us with “more stability and security,” but just the opposite. It's hard to believe the President when he says that this time he and his team of bureaucrats have finally figured out how to do things right if only we’ll take them at their word. Our objections to the Democrats’ health care proposals are not mere “bickering” or “games.” They are not an attempt to “score short term political points.” And it’s hard to listen to the President lecture us not to use “scare tactics” when in the next breath he says that “more will die” if his proposals do not pass. In his speech the Preside...

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What's really in Obama's health care reform bill? Almost no one knows, and here's why: It's 1,017 pages long and written in an alien form of bureaucratic English that can barely be decoded by earthlings. And yet, astonishingly, a U.S. Army translator has been found who speaks "Washington Doublespeak" and he was kind enough to decode the bill and post his plain-language findings over at FreeRepublic.com ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f... ). Snip From CMS at FreeRepublic.com: • Page 16: States that if you have insurance at the time of the bill becoming law and change, you will be required to take a similar plan. If that is not available, you will be required to take the government option! • Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure! • Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed! • Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and benefits you get (and, unlike an insurer, there will be no appeals process) • Page 4...

 The following statement is released by Dr. Alveda King: Every US president dreams of making a landmark contribution during his (or one day her) term of office. For President Obama, this contribution is "Health Care Reform." When the air clears, hopefully people will consider the ramifications of this decision. The Christian viewpoint: Queen Esther had her King Xerxes, Daniel faced King Nebuchadnezzar, Joseph faced Pharaoh, Moses faced another Pharaoh and Paul faced King Agrippa. Sometimes these kings feared God. Regardless, each Bible hero or heroine had a defining moment where the choice was to allow God to use them for His glory, or to judge the ungodly behavior of their respective rulers, and turn away from them in disgust. In most cases, these Bible legends were able to influence their rulers for the good of the people. Today the Prolife Movement faces President Obama. Do we allow offense to prevent us from praying for him and for America, or do we pr...

Suscipe Take, O Lord, and receive my entire liberty, my memory, my understanding and my whole will. All that I am and all that I possess, Thou hast given me: I surrender it all to Thee to be disposed of according to Thy will. Give me only Thy love and Thy grace; with these I will be rich enough and will desire nothing more. Amen. -- Suscipe (from the Latin word “receive”) is a short but powerful prayer attributed to St. Ignatius Loyola. Prayer of Abandonment Father, I abandon myself into your hands; do with me what you will. Whatever you may do, I thank you: I am ready for all, I accept all. Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures - I wish no more than this, O Lord. Into your hands I commend my soul: I offer it to you with all the love of my heart, for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself, to surrender myself into your hands without reserve, and with boundless confidence, for you are my Father. ~ Blessed Charles de Foucauld P...

January 8, 2013. (Romereports.com) The Pope released his message for the World Day for the Sick, observed on February 11, the feast day for Our Lady of Lourdes. Benedict XVI said everyone should be a Good Samaritan and see Christ within the faces of those suffering through sickness.   The Pope explained that Jesus taught others to care for the sick. He became a Good Samaritan when he tended to strangers in need and said, “do the same.” Benedict XVI invited those who are sick and their caretakers to learn about the lives of certain saints that also suffered from illnesses. Among the examples he cited are Saint Therese of Lisieux and Saint Anne Schaffer, and those that cared for the sick like Blessed Theresa of Calcutta and Venerable Luigi Novarese, who dedicated his life to tending to sick pilgrims on their way to Lourdes. FULL MESSAGE TEXT IN ENGLISH: "Go and do likewise" (Lk 10:37) Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. On 11 February 2013, the liturgical...

 I know Troy Newman, the Director of Operation Rescue, personally.  He is one of the nicest, most caring and considerate people you would ever want to know. He is very professional and extremely dedicated to the plight of the innocent unborn. It just breaks my heart that someone would be sending him and his staff these horrible messages, threatening their lives. Please join me in praying for their protection and also that the perpetrators of these crimes be caught and convicted.   Wichita, KS - Telephones at Operation Rescue's national headquarters were inundated with hateful messages in the wake of the weekend vote on health care in the House of Representatives . Operation Rescue has been outspoken in its opposition to the Obama health care takeover plan, especially provisions that would provide taxpayer funding for abortions.   The calls filled the mailboxes of several extensions and ranged from nonsensical messages, to sexually explicit "dirty phone calls," ...

Today started out like most Fridays for me -- filled with chores, appointments, shopping, and errands -- until I met a friend at Walmart, who shared the shocking news with me -- Barack Obama had won  the Nobel Peace Prize -- the same prize awarded to Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta in 1979. I could hardly believe my ears!  The Infanticide President -- the person who is one of the greatest champions and strongest supporters of the slaughter of innocent and defenseless infants in our country today is receiving an award for promoting peace? What kind of cruel joke was this? In her reception speech, Blessed Mother Teresa told us: "I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing - direct murder by the mother herself. ... Because if a mother can kill her own child - what is left for me to kill you and you kill me - there is nothing between." While Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta expressed the utmost respect for human l...

Glenn Beck reviews the history of Eugenics and its influence on health care policies today. Glenn becomes a bit emotional when talking about his daughter. Broadcast on August 11, 2009. In part II, he discusses Obama's bizarre czars and their influence on Obama's health care reform. He also shares Sarah Palin's opinion on Obama's death care program.