Cardinal Stafford: President-elect Obama is "aggressive, disruptive..."

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Monday, November 17, 2008

Cardinal Stafford: President-elect Obama is "aggressive, disruptive..."

".... and apocalyptic." The Catholic University of America Tower newspaper reports:

His Eminence James Francis Cardinal Stafford criticized President-elect Barack Obama as “aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic,“ and said he campaigned on an “extremist anti-life platform,” Thursday night in Keane Auditorium during his lecture “Pope Paul VI and Pope John Paul II: Being True in Body and Soul.“

“Because man is a sacred element of secular life,” Stafford remarked, “man should not be held to a supreme power of state, and a person’s life cannot ultimately be controlled by government.”

“For the next few years, Gethsemane will not be marginal. We will know that garden,” Stafford said, comparing America’s future with Obama as president to Jesus’ agony in the garden. “On November 4, 2008, America suffered a cultural earthquake.”

Cardinal Stafford said Catholics must deal with the “hot, angry tears of betrayal” by beginning a new sentiment where one is “with Jesus, sick because of love.”

The lecture, hosted by the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, pertained to Humanae Vitae, a papal encyclical written by Pope Paul VI in 1968 and celebrating its 40 anniversary this year.

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UPDATE (Nov. 23): Here is the entire text of Cardinal Stafford's talk.

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Comments

Thank you Cardinal Stafford for expressing for many of us the emotions of this post election time. Those who walk in the Spirit of Christ grieve together that this hour has come to America. May we all find grace to keep our hearts fixed on the saving power of God and courage to bless and love those who though having worldly approval are none the less enemies of our faith.

Posted by: J.J. Hidwell | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 05:01 AM

Thank you for this information on the abortion business. Yes, Sen. Obama has problems. He seems to be a confused young man, but then he spent twenty years listening to Rev. Wright. You'd be confused too. Sen. Biden has no excuse other than, like all of us, he is a sinner. He is a Catholic and knows the rules. Why does he support a program that is so obviously racist and that results in the deaths of millions of children each year?

Posted by: Dan Deeny | Tuesday, November 18, 2008 at 10:46 AM