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08.20.2008 12:16 pm

Burke’s proclamation was not universally accepted

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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Colleen Carroll Campbell’s column about Archbishop Raymond Burke was interesting, but when she referred to his proclamation that pro-choice Catholics should be denied the sacrament of Holy Communion, she conveniently forgot a few items of interest.

Archbishop Burke’s proclamation was not universally accepted by the other bishops in the United States. Also, a national Catholic newspaper (the Sunday Visitor) reported in July 2004 that “Italian politicians known for their abortion views regularly receive communion from the Holy Father himself, and no fuss is made. The author wrote, “The Pope and his representatives do not choose to deny Communion as  a proper means to combat abortion.”

Bill Bandle

Manchester

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Sto,

You have got to be either a member of St. Stanislaus Corporaton or St. Cronan’s or someone who has way too much time on their hands to grumble about Archbishop Burke.

Why do you continue to protect this soon-to-be former priest, Bozek?

Wake up and smell the coffee, Sto, Bozek came to St. Stanislaus for one reason and only one reason, to leave it in shambles and render it unrecognizable as a Catholic parish OR to just take it from the Poles and claim it as his own and make it into whatever might suit his grand design and allow him to wear that bishop ring he bought. St. Stanislaus is losing Catholic members, adherence to Catholic teaching is down and this guy Bozek is being paid a lot more than priests who actually support the teachings of the Church.

Lord have mercy on your misguided soul.

— SwizzleStick
5:17 pm August 21st, 2008

Swizzle,

Close to a perfect parody of Sto’s writing. Your only glitch is that you didn’t misspell anything….

— Steve
6:26 pm August 21st, 2008

Swizz.

Can you and Sister Steve spell:

MORON

— Sto Lat
12:41 pm August 25th, 2008

As always, I remain very impressed with your repartee, Sto.

— SSK
7:02 am August 26th, 2008

Thanks SSk,

When dealing with a nitwit sometimes you must act like a nitwit to get to their level.

Steve seems to think I miss spell thing’s…I don’t believe that to be true, punctuation on the other hand is not my high point.

Steve will do whatever it takes to deflect the truth and shield Burke …….Why I don’t know unless Steve is Burkes organist

— Sto Lat
1:47 pm August 28th, 2008

“As always, I remain very impressed with your repartee, Sto.”

Hey, Sto, I was being facetious when I posted that. It is mild sarcasm, since you have yet to display any ability to engage in actual repartee. I guess the sarcasm was so mild that you missed it entirely.

You continue to show your class and good grace, though, Sto. Your statement: “…Steve will do whatever it takes to deflect the truth and shield Burke …….Why I don’t know unless Steve is Burkes organist.” Yes, your picking up where QueenBee left off quite illuminated your charity, your style, your sense and your good grace. As usual, you are very good at letting your true self shine through. Anyone who has been reading the blogs here for any length of time knows that about you.

By the way, Steve is correct as regards your statement: “Steve seems to think I miss spell thing’s.” Misspell is not spelled “miss spell” (and “things” does not need an apostrophe, which supports your own statement about punctuation not being your strength either). So, the fact that you misspell words is not the ONLY thing that Steve (or Mike or any other poster who supports the Catholic Church) is correct about. Think on that awhile, you might figure it out.

— SSK
7:43 am August 29th, 2008

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