During his broadcast today, Rush Limbaugh commented on a dialog between Sally Quinn and Carl Bernstein regarding the Papal Conclave. Both Quinn and Bernstein opined that the Catholic Church will be "irrelevant" if they don't "include" various groups whom they feel are "minorities". Limbaugh picked them apart, of course. You'll hear that below.
Towards the end, you will hear Limbaugh utter his own criticism of the Church: that it "is on its way to irrelevancy if it doesn't start distancing itself from the Democratic Party and the ideal that liberalism equals charity". And keep on listening as he excoriates all major religions for equating governmental largess with charity.
Limbaugh is not Catholic so he may not realize that the bureaucracies that bear the name "Catholic" are not one and the same with the Mystical Body of Christ. If we think of the former as opposed to the latter while listening to Limbaugh, we can appreciate what he said.
How often on this blog have I called for the abolition of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (and the state conferences)? Why? Precisely because they do engage in the chicanery that Limbaugh just denounced. They will wax hysterical over one murderer being executed yet remain relatively silent over the thousands of babies murdered each day via abortion. Just a few days ago I posted that the Catholic Campaign for Human Development is throwing millions of dollars to help illegal immigrants skirt our laws; could not that money (Catholic donation dollars, by the way) have been put to better use with the purchase of baby-saving sonogram machines for the pregnancy centers or to have bought food for an over-stretched soup kitchen?
He probably doesn't realize it, but Limbaugh is articulating the principle of subsidiarty. It's time we stopped looking to the government for "charity" and started getting on with the true mission of the Church, to save souls and to put social outreach in proper perspective.
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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"Towards the end, you will hear Limbaugh utter his own criticism of the Church: that it "is on its way to irrelevancy if it doesn't start distancing itself from the Democratic Party and the ideal that liberalism equals charity". And keep on listening as he excoriates all major religions for equating governmental largess with charity." As much as I admire Rush, he is a fool to think the Church will become irrelevant because of anything they do with the democrats. What Rush should be aware of is Christ said the gates of hell would not prevail against the Church, he never mentioned democrats.
ReplyDeleteI'm willing to cut him some slack because he isn't Catholic. Those who are prominent and Catholic haven't been the greatest of examples. Let's face it; Cardinal Dolan did much harm in allowing Obama to have his photo-op at the Al Smith Dinner. We warned that this would set bad example and even scandal. And this is just one such example. There's the lavish funeral that Ted Kennedy was afforded, and Cardinal McCarrick's choice of buddies (Sister Carol Keehan, John Sweeney, etc) can lead one unversed in the Faith to believe that the Church is going off the deep end. Couple that with the lame-brain media and you have that as the "face of the Church" that most people see. For that the blame rests squarely on the shoulders of Dolan, McCarrick et al.
DeleteIt is the Church bureaucracy (as opposed to the true Church) that will render itself irrelevant as they smooch up to democrats as the latter have embraced positions that are straight from hell.
why should i possibly care what that racist old pill popper said about anything, especially something like our Catholic Faith that he doesn't comprehend much less share?
ReplyDeleteWhy do I smell "liberal" about you? Could it be your "racist" slur? The fact is that if you look at the shenanigans of the Church hierarchy such as the CCHD (documented copiously on this blog), one can see how a non-Catholic might be scandalized by their association with Democrats who have no regard for God nor His laws.
DeleteRush seems to know what Catholics need more than many do. God Bless Him. I wonder what he'll say about Pope Francis.
ReplyDeleteI love this new Holy Father. He is simple, love the poor, but is not full of liberation theology to help them. I think CCHD would be gone with him in charge. It's a middle man when none is needed. Thanks for your notice about Rush.