News Item: : Another Dissenting Speaker...
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Thursday 04 December 2008 - 15:03:43

777701e4-b311-17b0-54db0950fe187f75.jpgIt seems that hardly a day goes by without yet another public figure, who dissents from the beautiful and salvific teachings of the Holy Catholic Church, being given special recognition and a platform to speak by those who represent the Church and therefore should know better. 

Only last month Clare Short was prevented from speaking at a Catholic Girl's School. This only occured however after many faithful people made balanced appeals to reason and truth.

After a day away from blogging we have now learned from John Smeaton's SPUC Blog that Mrs. Cherie Blair has been invited to speak at a forthcoming conference on 'women and rights' by the Pontifical University of St. Thomas, more commonly known as the Angelicum in Rome. That one of the leading Catholic universities in the world should pick Cherie Blair to speak beggers belief. Like her huband Tony, Mrs. Blair claims to be a Catholic whilst promoting abortion. 

Cherie endorses CEDAW and its claim for 'reproductive rights' for women; a euphemism for abortion on demand. She is also a public dissenter from the life giving Church teaching on contraception. She states this in her own life story; has been publicly photographed, gleefully waving a barrier method of contraception at a camera on a Family Planning Association stand; and hosted an event at 10 Downing Street for the radically anti-life and anti-family International Planned Parenthood Federation. 

Cherie also dissents from the teaching of the Church on the issue of women's ordination.

What can be done?

First -  PRAYER for her and Tony to be converted and for our bishops to truly care for the eternal souls of themselves, their flocks and politicians (who make future-changing decisions for our nations), by teaching them the fullness of the truth with compassion and courage, in season and out of season; no matter what the cost.

Second - Please e-mail the following ASAP!;

The organizing secretariat for the conference at
convegno@pust.urbe.it

The Dean of the Faculty of Social Services at
fass@pust.urbe.it

The secretariat of the university at
segreteria@pust.urbe.it

And please write to :-

His Eminence Zenon Cardinal Grocholewski,
Prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education
Palazzo della Congregazioni,
Piazza Pio XII 3
00193 Roma
Italy

It is very important that we make this stand together to bear witness to the truth of Jesus Christ and His Catholic Church.

Let us reiterate - One CANNOT be Catholic and pro-abortion!

As we said during the Clare Short debacle; why choose dissenting speakers when there are so many orthodox and articulate speakers to choose from? We can think of any number of sincere, interesting and thoughtful women who could give presentations to such a conference on the dignity of women and the rich teachings of the Church.

Why not Alice Von Hildebrand, Joanna Bogle, Dr. Josephine Treloar, Fiorella Nash (who has just started her own blog site), or someone like Mary Healy who has done a brilliant job of presenting Pope John Paul II's Theology of the Body to the masses?

We think we should be told!



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