Cardinal Burke: Irish Catholics ‘did not receive support from Rome’ in abortion battle

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Cardinal Burke: Irish Catholics ‘did not receive support from Rome’ in abortion battle - LifeSite

Burke called what happened in Ireland evidence of an 'alarming' situation in the Church.

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**“Moral teaching tells us that certain behaviors are evil, always and everywhere, and that they cannot be called good under any circumstance,” Burke continued. “This applies to sexual activity with a person of the same sex, and also to extramarital sexual relations. Now consent to this kind of practice is appearing also in the Church.”

Cardinal Burke warned against allowing one’s Catholic faith to be removed from the public sphere, kept privately in homes and in church buildings.

“…People should understand that their life in Christ also means that they act in Christ also in the public sphere, and thus in politics, in education, in health care, and in business,” he said. “When our religiosity is only private, when it is connected only to what we do at home and in the church, it has no future. Such religiosity will not survive in the modern world.”

 

[Tis_Bearself]

As much as I respect Cardinal Burke, I don’t think the Vatican could have helped the situation in Ireland. The Irish Church dug its own grave for years through abuse and insensitivity. Many of the people who voted pro-abortion are likely not Catholic or fell away long ago and could not care less what the Pope thinks.

 

[KMG]

I think part of the problem here is that the current pope gives many remarks, sometimes at length, about all manner of issues…often attacking Catholics he considers “rigid, neo-Pelagian”…but on this Irish abortion issue, he was stunning in his silence.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

That’s a reasonable criticism. Then again we have people even on this forum who think any mention of abortion being bad is going to shame women who had them and drive them away from the Church. It must be hard for the Vatican to decide when to speak and when to leave it to the bishops.

 

[Imdaman]

It is good to see Burke speaking about this. I believe it would have been very appropriate for the Vatican to come out with something on this. Missed opportunity to teach the flock.

 

[ATraveller]

It’s hard to accept but Ireland is not Catholic anymore. Catholic Ireland is a distant memory not reality. The pope would have been ignored. Sometimes one has to accept defeat has occurred to realise what needs to be rebuilt. It’s uncomfortable and even distressing but as Christians we can and expected to persevere because God is on our side.