tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post2969545983777925433..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: US and UK what's the differenceFr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-6487137650053765042009-03-25T12:59:00.000+00:002009-03-25T12:59:00.000+00:00Many US Bishops were very vocal about Obama in the...Many US Bishops were very vocal about Obama in the run up to the election. They continue to be vocal now, which is great. As to why ours can't do the same, its totally baffling.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-44231593361148227102009-03-25T10:05:00.000+00:002009-03-25T10:05:00.000+00:00What's the difference?Between OBama and Blair, not...What's the difference?<BR/>Between OBama and Blair, not much.<BR/><BR/>Between US and UK Bishops<BR/>US Bishops would never dream of inviting Obama to embrace Catholicism without repentance. US Bishops would not insult the Pope by supporting a Papal audience with Obama to "announce" a "conversion". US Bishops would not invite OBama as a guest speaker to a major Cathedral so that he can platform his "faith foundation (what a laugh)" delusions.<BR/><BR/>Bad as the US Bishops are, I think they still have a little respect for themselves and love of neighbour to call out an unrefutable evil. As regards many UK Bishops, they are far too sophisticated and nuanced for such crassness. I say many, because there are a few UK Bishops who are great and also I think very heroic given what they must endure.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-74530528172188450812009-03-25T08:50:00.000+00:002009-03-25T08:50:00.000+00:00I think the difference is that our Bishops are sur...I think the difference is that our Bishops are surrender monkeys. I just cannot imagine any of them taking a stand like this. Blair should definitely have been asked to make a public statement that he now deeply regretted his previous anti-life stance and through the light of the gospel he had been brought to repentence (or words to that effect). If he had really converted in his heart surely he should have needed no prompting either. It's a sad indictment of both both Blair and our Bishops that Blair didn't offer and our Bishops didn't ask (at least that's what it appears at the moment). It sends out a very bad message to other Catholics and to prospective converts and really is a scandal.<BR/><BR/>Anyone interested in following Tony and Cherie's latest exploits in things Catholic should look at John Smeaton's blog - he's like a dog with bone on it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-41618389910879691972009-03-25T00:11:00.000+00:002009-03-25T00:11:00.000+00:00"has brought the American government, for the firs..."has brought the American government, for the first time in history, into supporting direct destruction of innocent human life"<BR/><BR/>I thought that began with the genocide of the indigenous inhabitants of the US and has never really stopped since. To say nothing of US support for murderous regimes in Latin America.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-86352116489191194152009-03-24T23:27:00.000+00:002009-03-24T23:27:00.000+00:00I don't quite understand all this post, Father. Wa...I don't quite understand all this post, Father. Was there an analogous situation on your side of the pond, and bishops failed to speak out about it?carlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331034984608859225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-8786574748415626102009-03-24T23:16:00.000+00:002009-03-24T23:16:00.000+00:00I think we do know , Father!Probably the same reas...I think we do know , Father!<BR/><BR/>Probably the same reason as the Angelicum invited Mrs Blair to speak there, many of cafod's various Paul VI lecturers, those often asked by our bishops to 'facilitate' at diocesan gatherings, the authors they recommend in their 'ad clerum', the causes they espouse such as 'livesimply'.<BR/><BR/>I think we might diagnose a certain ambivalence towards the Magisterial teaching of Holy Mother Church, and a general abhorrence towards all things orthodox.<BR/><BR/>The Holy Father's choice for Westminster and future elevations to other sees will be vital for the Faith in this land.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17174294901666770652009-03-24T23:13:00.000+00:002009-03-24T23:13:00.000+00:00I think that at least part of the difference is th...I think that at least part of the difference is that the US is just so much bigger. They have more of everything - more of the best, and also more of the worst.Simon Platthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196039882299400327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17967237379816461892009-03-24T22:48:00.000+00:002009-03-24T22:48:00.000+00:00Fr - what do you mean the difference between Blair...Fr - what do you mean the difference between Blair and Obama?! There's no difference - they're both war-mongering promoters of the culture of death!epsilonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17785182500278281351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-6897083596006598582009-03-24T22:25:00.000+00:002009-03-24T22:25:00.000+00:00Thank you Bishop D'Arcy for standing up for life. ...Thank you Bishop D'Arcy for standing up for life. It seems that life is not a popular subject at present, least of all that of the unborn. We live in a culture of death. The Catholic Church is still the only bastion of truth. <BR/>Many times people might claim "Catholic" when asked of their religion, but their lives do nothing to model the faith - for some people "Catholic" is almost a cultural thing...for some people being Catholic doesn't change their life or the manner in which they live at all. This is reflected in the fact that President Obama (a great humanist and anti-catholic teachings) has been asked to speak at Notre Dame university.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06121562422631804938noreply@blogger.com