Obama thinks he knows the faith better than the bishops. Instructs bishops.

From here or http://www.lifenews.com/2012/03/06/cardinal-obama-admin-lectured-bishops-on-catholic-teaching/

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Cardinal Dolan said, “The White House seems to think we bishops simply do not know or understand Catholic teaching and so, taking a cue from its own definition of religious freedom, now has nominated its own handpicked official Catholic teachers

“We have made it clear in no uncertain terms to the government that we are not at peace with its invasive attempt to curtail the religious freedom we cherish as Catholics and Americans,” the archbishop of New York wrote in a public letter to the Catholic bishops last Friday. “We did not ask for this fight, but we will not run from it.”  

Comment:

What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object - like the Church's position on conscience?   For one, no one ever said that Obama is an unstoppable force. He can be stopped - even if he becomes a dictator. So, in the case of the HHS mandate, Obama will lose - plain and simple. The Church is a Rock; Obama is only Barrack.  

St. Thomas Aquinas was called the "dumb ox" because of his taciturn ways and huge build and until now his theology, the synthesis of Aristotelian philosophy and Catholic faith, is still solid even if it is ~500 years old.   Today, Barrack Obama has his theology too - about rubbers and killing infants. I wonder what would be a nice name for him? His theology is not worth diddly squat but it's good for a comic relief.

Card Dolan Update: WH TOLD him to LISTEN to PELOSI, KEEHAN et al.

Cardinal Dolan's article here:  http://blog.archny.org/?p=2291

So, we have to be realistic and prepare for tough times.  Some, like America magazine,  want us to cave-in and stop fighting, saying this is simply a policy issue; some want us to close everything down rather than comply (In an excellent article, Cardinal Francis George wrote that the administration apparently wants us to “give up for Lent” our schools, hospitals, and charitable ministries); some want us to engage in civil disobedience and be fined; some worry that we’ll have to face a decision between two ethically repugnant choices: subsidizing immoral services or no longer offering insurance coverage, a road none of us wants to travel.

Comment:
Audacity.  The word that describes the WH.  It has the presumptuousness to tell the Church what to do.  It has the nerve and mindlessness that it knows better than the Church.

Elocution skills does not a bishop make, neither does a degree in law.  So, Obama can stop thinking that he is as good as any bishop and perhaps go to a silent corner to pray.  Asking people to turn a deaf ear to their consciences is telling people to ignore God.  Perhaps Obama thinks everyone is like the Liberal around him who would sell out God for money or sex or power, many people have not been corrupted by the world and would rather pay fines and go to jail rather than betray their God.

And if Obama's idea of religion is Islam, then that is part of the problem.  So, audacious he is.  Presumptuous too.  Might I add - clueless, mindless, careless, imprudent and asinine.