(PewSitter.Com) - An exec with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Department of Justice, Peace and Human Development, has deep ties with a national group that promotes abortion and homosexual rights according to a report released Monday.THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: Every second that goes by without a thorough house cleaning of the USCCB is a scandal to the U.S. Catholic Church. The news coming out of the USCCB these days is an abomination! How can this be? The nation's top Roman Catholic organization is found to fund ACORN? The same organization now has top executives with ties to militant pro-abortion and pro-homosexuality groups?
Top USCCB executive John Carr held simultaneous leadership roles, creating a conflict of interest, with the USCCB and the radical Center for Community Change.
"The closer we look at the Bishops Conference [staff and programs], the more we find a systemic pattern of cooperation with evil," said Michael Hichborn, American Life League’s lead researcher into the USCCB scandal. "The CCC has lodged itself into the highest places of power in the USCCB while working to promote abortion and homosexuality."
John Carr is the USCCB executive director of the Department of Justice Peace and Human Development which oversees the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD). He has been employed by the USCCB since 1987....
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It's time for the bishops of the USCCB to come to terms with a cold hard reality. The organization has been infiltrated. It's very Catholic (even Christian) identity has been compromised. It has become the home to radicals. As defenders of the gospel, it is time for the individual bishops, of each individual diocese, to do an inventory of the policies and positions of the USCCB. It is time for them to decide where they are in union with the USCCB and where they are not, then make this inventory public for any Catholic laymen to see. It is time for the individual bishops to stop waiting on the USCCB to tell them what to do. It is time for the individual bishops to start acting like bishops! and shepherding the flock entrusted to them by God and the Holy See.
As for the USCCB, it is time to downsize and clean house. A recognition of who and what they really are would be helpful too. They are NOT a "little vatican" in Washington DC. They're authority is extremely limited - virtually nonexistent without the consent of individual bishops. Then an inventory needs to be taken of their own staff and any associations they might have. Furthermore, the USCCB needs to do an inventory of its own policies and positions to eliminate those which are not in 100% agreement with the Holy See. Finally, the USCCB needs to apply the principle of subsidiarity to itself! It is categorically IMMORAL for the USCCB to engage in any governing action which the individual bishops are perfectly capable of doing for themselves.
Lastly, if the USCCB will not do these things, if it will not do what is necessary to reform itself, then the Holy See of Rome must step in to either regulate or dismantle the organization. The spiritual safety of Catholic Americans is in danger! and it is incumbent on the Holy See to rescue them if neither the USCCB, nor individual bishops, will do what is necessary to rescue themselves.
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the housecleaning is underway, Mr Knight. with all the episcopal openings, it wont be much longer until that bunch of liberal bureaucrats are shown the exits.
....where they will find new jobs waiting for them in The Episcopal Church.
what episcopal church???? HAHAHAH, Mr Knight, it crumbles as we speak, even Queenie is alarmed, she may not have a church to be head of pretty soon.
The USCCB needs cleaning not just in its employees but in many of the Bishops themselves. The magic number of 75 approaches for many of them, thank the Good God. The Holy Father is replacing men appointed during the 1970-1980's with solid men formed with a love for tradition and continuity rather than rupture. All too often this goes in line moral issues, a man closed to tradition and continuity in the liturgy is generally closed to it in the area of moral theology. The appointments to vacated Sees as of late have been wonderful. We must pray for the Holy Father daily. Surely he is aware of just how bad things are in the USSCB. I am 22 and I see it. God Bless Pope Benedict XVI!
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very good to know, Mr Knight. So first off, clean out those whose job it is to oversee how our money (yes it is ours) is spent or misspent on non-catholic, anti catholic "causes" Investigate and if needed terminate CCHD which is for the most part something even Barry can approve in its socialist/ marxist dealings. Those who get their jobs terminated should include the bishops directly responsible for these appointments. My bottom line is the ENTIRE USCCB needs to be terminated, and true authority returned to the individual bishops, especially those more favorable to orthodoxy. THey dont need a "committee" looking over their shoulders mindlessly spending money on worthless campaigns. Pete Frey
He urged the bishops: "Be sure to present this teaching in such a way that it is recognized for the message of hope that it is.
===== Pope B16 to the bishops of Scotland. Could be equally directed to our own bishops. Pete Frey
http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/100209
Column by Matt Abboott
The sheep have been without shepherds far too long. The faithful bishops need to STAND UP. Finding out about the USCCB has been heartbreaking for me, but it answers a lot of questions about what has happened to our beloved church over the past 40 years. I pray that the Light of Truth will continue to shine on the Bishop's Conference. I also pray for those who are working hard to expose those Bishops that are leading the faithful astray.
I just became Catholic 3 yrs ago to join my husband in his faith. We not only attend our Parish but our children also attend our Catholic school. I first started noticing that our teachers were VERY liberal ( in many ways) and now I have been following the USCCB and have become VERY frightened! I fell so in love with the Catholic Church but I will sadly have to pull myself and family away if I continue to see the USCCB provide money to groups such as ACORN and support "social justice" in the political sense. I hope that you will all pray for me as I reconsider my children's Catholic religion and schooling! My daughter is to recieve her 1st Holy Communion next month and I wish that I could be more excited about it! Most people in our parish do NOT support the new "Liberal" direction that the church has taken on. Any Church should stay out of the Government!! I am so sad....
Dear Anonymous Catholic Mom,
You will find that the problem is not the Catholic faith, or the worldwide Catholic Church. The problem is our liberal Western civilization and the way the USCCB, along with many Catholic clergy and lay people here in the West have bought into it. What we are seeing here is "Social Justice" without Subsidiarity, and that almost always leads to "Socialism." Both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI have condemned this as a heresy called "Liberation Theology" and people have been excommunicated for it. Right now, it would seem the USCCB is following the examples of many Central American bishops in subscribing to "Liberation Theology" and the end result will either be the eventual dismantling of the USCCB by the Vatican, or an outright schism in the U.S. Catholic Church. It's going to be one or the other, as we are now way past the point of a middle ground compromise. (Personally, I would prefer to see the Vatican dismantle the USCCB.)
Here's the good news though. You, your husband, and your children are not "members" of the USCCB. Your Church is not headquartered in the USCCB. The USCCB no more speaks for you than it does for me, or a growing number of priests and bishops for that matter. The USCCB is quickly becoming a rogue organization, that is alienating itself from the mainstream Catholic Church in the United States. Literally NOBODY is particularly impressed by it anymore. Thankfully, the USCCB has no real power in and of itself. It is not even a "governing" body in the Church.
The good news is that your bishop is your pastor, and your metropolitan archbishop (not the USCCB) is your immediate link to Rome. Rome is where your Church is headquartered, not the USCCB. The USCCB will eventually fall, one way or another, Rome will not.
Here is the best advice I can give you....
First, study the Principle of Subsidiarity taught in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. Then talk to your parish priest about that and express to him your concerns. Do the same by writing a letter to your bishop as well.
Second, if your local parish is just too "liberal" for your taste, MOVE to another one. It's likely you have more than one in your town, so try to find one that is more conservative.
Third, if none can be found that are conservative enough for your taste, you still have two options left that should solve the problem. One, find a local FSSP or SSPX parish. Both celebrate the Traditional Latin Mass. The FSSP has a canonical status in the Catholic Church, while the SSPX currently does not. However, both are Roman Catholic, and neither is in schism with the Church. Currently the SSPX is working out a canonical status with Rome. Two, if Latin is not to you liking, you can search for an Anglican Use parish, or even start one yourself with the permission of your local bishop. Anglican Use Catholics tend to be very conservative and traditional in their teachings and practices, and the nice part about that is, everything is done in English!
The point to remember here is you have options. The Catholic Church is much bigger than you think, and there is more than one way to be Catholic. Just because the USCCB (and it's followers) are heading off a cliff doesn't mean you have to follow them. This is just one small section of the Catholic Church, not the entire Catholic Church in total. If the USCCB (and it's followers) wants to commit spiritual suicide - let them! But you don't have to be part of that, and the pope has already made provisions for people just like you.
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