Catholic Bishops Criticize Pro-Abortion Politicians: You Are Outside Church Teachings

By Micaiah Bilger
Life News

The Catholic bishops’ outcry against politicians who support abortion and assisted suicide is growing louder.

A group of New Mexico bishops recently issued a strong statement urging Catholic lawmakers to stop using their faith to justify their support of abortion and assisted suicide, The Catholic Herald reports.

“This misrepresents church teaching and creates a public scandal for the faithful. Furthermore, this action publicly separates a person from communion with the Catholic faith,” the bishops said in the statement.

They said they “are concerned by public statements by some legislators that seem to say that a faithful Catholic can support abortion or doctor-assisted suicide.”

Abortion, assisted suicide and euthanasia are “the direct taking of human life, and are always wrong,” they continued.

“Proclaiming and living the Gospel of Jesus Christ is the most effective way to change hearts and minds so that one day the scourge of abortion will be eliminated,” the bishops said. “Our message is consistent: All human life is sacred, from the moment of conception to natural death, and must be protected.”

New Mexico Archbishop John C. Wester, retired Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe, Bishop Oscar Cantu, retired Bishop Ricardo Ramirez of Las Cruces, and Bishop James S. Wall of Gallup signed the statement, according to the report.

The Catholic news outlet speculated that the statement could be in response to two state lawmakers, Rep. Patricia Roybal Caballero and Sen. Ortiz Pino, who describe themselves as Catholic but vote against life-protecting legislation.

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Please Stop Calling Pro-Abortion Politicians ‘Christians.’ They are Heretics.

They betray Christ with a kiss and a few sly talking points about the importance of “reproductive choice.”

Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine 

speaks with Moderator Elaine Quijano of CBS News

listens during the vice-presidential debate 

By Matt Walsh
The Blaze

A lot of Christians think that taking the Lord’s name in vain means nothing more than uttering a swear word or yelling, “Oh my God” in horror as the opposing team intercepts a pass and takes it 65 yards the other way. But the Lord did not issue this commandment simply to prohibit slips of the tongue and overly emotional exclamations during football games. 

If you want to know what taking the Lord’s name in vain really sounds like — and why it’s considered such a grave moral violation — all you have to do is watch the end of last night’s vice presidential debate.

In fact all you really need to do is listen anytime a pro-abortion “Christian,” particularly a Democrat politician, speaks up to defend their position. After all, when a Christian who endorses the slaughter of innocent children is called to justify this detestable and heretical view, there are only two ways he can respond: 

1) he may break down in tears, fall to the floor, repent of his wickedness, and beg God to forgive him for allying himself with Satan, or 

2) he may further defile the holy name of the Lord by publicly claiming that faith in Him could rationally lead one to a belief in systematic baby murder.

I have yet to see a Democrat select the first option.

Instead, every time, they do what Tim Kaine did at the debate. They betray Christ with a kiss and a few sly talking points about the importance of “reproductive choice.” 

Last night, when Mike Pence smartly introduced the subject of abortion, Kaine — a rabid pro-choicer who believes that abortion at all stages should be legal, including partial birth abortion, and who has been rewarded with perfect grades from Planned Parenthood and NARAL for his slavish devotion to their agenda — lied and pretended that his faith and his abortion views are not in conflict. He even quoted Scripture in his own defense, practically daring God to strike him down with a lightning bolt right there on stage. That is taking the Lord’s name in vain.

And it’s more than that, of course. Christians who support abortion are guilty of creating scandal, leading others away from God and into evil. I should note that Jesus said it would be better to jump into the sea with a stone tied around your neck than to cause someone else to sin. Not that I’m urging Tim Kaine to drown himself. I’m simply telling you what Christ had to say on the subject.

These Christians are also guilty of denying countless passages in Scripture and rejecting some of the most fundamental and foundational doctrines of our faith. In other words, they’re guilty of renouncing their faith completely. They’re guilty of being religious hypocrites who confess the faith from their mouths but deny it with their deeds and in their hearts. 

Read more of Matt Walsh's opinion on "Christian" pro-abortion politicians 

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