ALL on Sr. McBride: Abortion, Dissension, and Excommunication
In late 2009, Sr. Margaret McBride, an administrator at St. Joseph’s Hospital authorized the killing of a preborn child in the Diocese of Phoenix thereby incurring automatic excommunication from the Catholic Church by virtue of Canon Law 1398.
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, in responding to this grave situation and obeying the Canon Law to which every Catholic is bound, publicly affirmed the excommunication — unleashing unabated anti-Catholic sentiment and the vitriol of the secular news media and dissident Catholic groups. [Excerpt from: http://www.supportolmsted.com/]
Bishop Olmsted has been doing his job as a bishop by protecting his flock and sticking to Catholic moral truths; nevertheless, there continues to be a dissident catholic voice striking out against him and defaming his name. Despite this shameless outcry it must be noted that Bishop Olmsted has made the right decision in this matter and has even received the backing and support of the Catholic Physicians Guild of Phoenix whose Presidsent, William H. Brophy, M.D., stated:
Even if you do not sign, please do pray for the good Bishop and all our bishops, clergy and religious as there is truly a war taking place and they need our prayers more than ever.
Pax tecum.
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN DIRECT ABORTION AND LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PROCEDURES (USCCB)
Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted, in responding to this grave situation and obeying the Canon Law to which every Catholic is bound, publicly affirmed the excommunication — unleashing unabated anti-Catholic sentiment and the vitriol of the secular news media and dissident Catholic groups. [Excerpt from: http://www.supportolmsted.com/]
Bishop Olmsted has been doing his job as a bishop by protecting his flock and sticking to Catholic moral truths; nevertheless, there continues to be a dissident catholic voice striking out against him and defaming his name. Despite this shameless outcry it must be noted that Bishop Olmsted has made the right decision in this matter and has even received the backing and support of the Catholic Physicians Guild of Phoenix whose Presidsent, William H. Brophy, M.D., stated:
The Catholic Physicians Guild of Phoenix fully supports the Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted with respect to matters of life of a mother pregnant with a child in her womb ("Nun rebuked over abortion to save woman," Saturday). The Guild stands by the church's teaching that is guided by the Holy Spirit in ordering life toward truth and love.Still, the voice cannot be ignored that speaks against the good Bishop. Do show for your support for him and the culture of life. You can join American Life League in supporting Bishop Olmsted by clicking on this link, or you can go to the Defend Bishop Olmsted gadget on the right hand side of my blog.
An action which is in and of itself wrong, in that it lacks goodness as discerned by the light of human reason, is never justified by circumstances or intended end. Such is the case of abortion. A medical procedure, where the direct intention is the termination of pregnancy, is an abortion.
Medical treatments are appropriate for the direct purpose of curing a proportionately pathological condition of a pregnant woman, when they cannot be safely postponed until the unborn child is viable. When an unborn child attains viability, labor may be induced. - William H. Brophy, M.D.,Phoenix (The Arizona Republic)
Even if you do not sign, please do pray for the good Bishop and all our bishops, clergy and religious as there is truly a war taking place and they need our prayers more than ever.
Pax tecum.
THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN DIRECT ABORTION AND LEGITIMATE MEDICAL PROCEDURES (USCCB)
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