Pope's efforts just not enough...

Well, it seems as though the deplorable comments made, by Richard Williamson whose excommunication was lifted last week, about there being no gas chambers were not made only 20 years ago. Apparently Mr. Williamson told the Swedish press ONE WEEK AGO that instead of 6 million Jewish people losing their lives, it was more like 300,000. Oh, and there was really no gas chamber either. Now, knowing that this was completely moronic, dare I say? Our Holy Father addressed the situation when he spoke to his audience on Wednesday. Recalling his visit to the Auschwitz death camp in 2006, Benedict condemned the "pitiless killing of millions of Jews, innocent victims of blind racial and religious hatred". (reuters) Benedict expressed whole heartily his "solidarity and affection" with his Jewish brothers and tried to remind them of the power of hate can do to man's heart: "I hope the memory of the Shoah will induce humanity to reflect on the unpredictable power of hate when it conquers the heart of man." Shoah is the Hebrew word for the Holocaust.Despite trying to heal the rend, the Jewish leaders did not think it was enough, and our church officials said that we addressed it quite nicely thank you very much.
"We still want to be reassured that the views that Williamson expressed have no place in the Church," said Rabbi David Rosen, head of inter-religious dialogue for the American Jewish Committee.
um...What part of "I hope the memory of the Shoah will induce humanity to reflect on the unpredictable power of hate when it conquers the heart of man." did you not understand?
They want the Vatican to have Williamson renounce his statements.

I wonder how many Jewish people know someone Catholic that voted for our president? Is there not a holocaust, a "shoah" if you will, happening right here in our own back yard? Now granted, but unfortunately, all of those people that voted for that president, well, they deny the holocaust. Kind of makes you wonder doesn't it?

Forgive, and you will be forgiven....except you over there in the anti-Semitic shirt

The Holy Father is being slammed from all sides today. The guy goes from no attention, to Brittney Spears over night. It is insane. (I actually like Brittney still, so I meant no disrespect, just comparing the media blitz surrounding him!). It seems that after 20 years Bishop Richard Williamson will have full communion with the church again after being excommunicated by Pope JPII in 1988 for denying that the Jews were gassed in the holocaust. Now Williamson, along with 3 others will be welcomed back into the church, and this has Jews and Catholics alike, spitting mad. Well, why shouldn't it? The sacrament of reconciliation surely couldn't be for everyone, is it? I mean, it can't really be for the anti-Semitics who, may, after 20 years, see the errors of their ways, can it? Or perhaps for those who are getting older, (68), and missing the sacraments terribly, or for those realizing that, the USA has just voted a man into office that will continue the longest running Holocaust in history... no, reconciliation could not be for these men! I went to confession yesterday, and I didn't think twice about it. I never thought someone might say I didn't have a right to be forgiven. There are a whole lot of people speaking loudly right now, and judging people for no reason. I can think of one thing...
Luke 6:37 - "Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned.
At this point can we seriously deny that anything less than despicable happened to the Jews? Absolutely not! The Pope went to Auschwitz and visited for crying out loud. It is about bringing us back together as a Church. It is needed at this time. The devil is going to do everything he can to stir things up right now for us as a Church because of the events that have taken place in the last week. Take the "heat" off of him so to speak. Don't let him win.

hol-e-kôst,
NOUN:
1. Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life

remind you of anything?

Vatican Speaks Out

Our president's attempt to quietly repeal the Abortion Gag Order did not slip past the Vatican officials or most importantly Our Holy Father on Friday afternoon. A situation that was addressed immediately, seemingly uncommon for the Vatican on most political affairs. However, on Friday Archbishop Rino Fisichella, head of the Pontifical Academy for Life, told the newspaper that the repeal of the abortion-funding ban was done with "the arrogance of those who, having power, think they can decide between life and death."(TIME MAGAZINE) The infamous words of Pope John Paul II will forever ring throughout history...

"A nation that kills its own children is a nation without hope!"

SURVIVOR 73

SINCE 1973 ONE THIRD OF MY GENERATION WAS DISPOSED OF, ONE THIRD OF MY CLASSMATES, MY NEIGHBORS, MY FRIENDS, THAT SOCIETY DECIDED I NEVER NEEDED TO MEET. PERHAPS THE DOCTOR THAT COULD HAVE CURED CANCER, THE GENIUS TO SOLVE THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS, OR EVEN THE NEXT POPE WAS IN THIS GROUP. I AM A SURVIVOR OF ABORTION, AND I WILL NOT BE SILENT ANY LONGER MORE.