Putting Out the Eye of History
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Note This:
Vatican Shaping US Policy For Decades
Pittsburglive.com
“It
has caused Catholic pulpits nationwide
to urge open borders for legal and
illegal aliens alike, she notes,’
The Catholic Campaign for Human
Development uses money from generous
Catholics to train illegals to agitate
and lobby for ‘rights’ for
illegals,’ says Anderson.
“This
is far from new business for this powerful
Vatican-directed agency. Despite the
new pope’s encyclical disclaimer
about trying to influence public policy, Rome
and these bishops have been hard at work
trying to shape U.S. public policy for
decades. In addition, to a large degree,
they have succeeded. Let me illustrate.
“We
now have five male Catholic justices
on the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Most
Catholics, particularly women with whom I
talk are highly displeased with this
concentration of power and the likely
rightward course of women’s rights
under the new alignment…
“Those
who occupy chairs in the citadels of
religiosity are naturally covetous
of the ‘true faith’ they
embrace-not because it represents the
truth but because it represents
temporal power of the most useful kind.
“That,
for instance, the world’s richest
institution, the combined resources and
property of the Catholic Church, exposes
the obvious basis for its biases on
contraception, abortion and male-only
priests as a means of flock
control-particularly over women but also
in a much broader sense over the American
body politic…
Note
This: American Bishops Have Superbly
Detailed Strategic Blueprint For
Infiltrating and Manipulating the
American Democratic Process Through a
National Political Machine Controlled by
the Bishops
“On
November 20, 1975, the American
Catholic bishops issued their Pastoral
Plan for Pro-Life Activities. This
plan is a superbly detailed
blueprint of the bishops’ strategy
for infiltrating and manipulating the
American democratic process at
national, state and local
levels. It called for a
creation of a national
political machine controlled
by the bishops. In large
measure, this machine has been dragging
along its unwitting evangelical
brethren, taken over the Republican Party.
“Colgate
University political science professor
Timothy Byrnes calls it the most
‘focused and aggressive political
leadership’ ever exerted by the
American Catholic hierarchy. So
much for respect for the American
constitutional principal of separation of
church and state…
--Tribune-Review
Publishing Co. Pittsburglive
Immigrant Boycott
May, 2006
Reuters.
Los Angeles. Dan Whitcomb:
“Pro-immigration
activists say a nationwide boycott and
marches planned for May 1 will flood
America’s streets with millions of
Latinos to demand amnesty for illegal
immigrants and shake the ground under
Congress as it tackles reform.
“However,
while such a massive turnout could make
for the largest protests since the civil
rights era of the 1960s, not all Latinos,
nor their leaders, were comfortable with
such militancy-fearing a backlash in
Middle America.
“’There
will be 2 to 3 million people hitting the
streets in Los Angeles alone. We’re
going to close down Los Angeles, Chicago,
New York, Tucson, Phoenix, Fresno,’ said
Jorge Rodriquez, a union official who
helped organize earlier rallies credited
with rattling Congress as it debates the
issue.
“Immigration
has split Congress, the Republican Party
and public opinion. Conservatives want
the estimated 12 million illegal
immigrants to be classified as felons and
a fence built along the Mexican border.
“Others,
including President George W. Bush, want
a guest worker program and a path to
citizenship. Most agree reform is needed
to stem the flow of poor to the
world’s biggest economy.
“’We
want full amnesty, full legalization for
anyone who is here (illegally),’
Rodriquez said. ‘That is the message
that is going to be played out across the
country on May 1,’
“Organizers
of the May Day marches, which have strong
support from big labor and the Roman
Catholic Church, vow that America’s
major cities will grind to a halt and its
economy will stagger as Latinos walk
off their jobs and skip school.
Teachers’ unions in major cities
have said children should not be punished
for walking out of class.
“A
spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Unified
School District said school principles
had been told that they should not try to
keep students in class but instead should
walk with the children to help keep
order.
“In
Chicago, Catholic priests have helped
organize protests, sending information to
all 375 parishes in the archdiocese.
“CRITICS
CHARGE INTIMIDATION”
“Chicago
activists predict that the demonstrations
will draw 300,000 people-compared to the
100,000 who turned out on March 10 to
clog downtown streets.
“Minneapolis-based
agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc., said it
will close seven meatpacking plants so
workers can participate.
“In
New York, leaders of the May 1 Coalition
said a growing number of businesses had
pledged to close to allow their workers
to attend a rally in Manhattan’s
Union Square.
“However,
some Latinos have expressed ambivalence
about the boycott and marches, saying
they could stir up anti-immigrant
sentiment amid an incendiary atmosphere
surrounding the issue.
“Cardinal
Roger Mahony of the Los Angeles
archdiocese, who has emerged as an
outspoken champion of immigrant
rights-even calling on priests to defy
laws aimed at those who would help
illegals-has lobbied against a walkout.
‘Personal I believe we can make May
1st a “win-win” day
here in Southern California,’ Mahony
said in a statement. ‘Go to work, go
to school, and then join thousands of us
at a major rally afterward.’
“Los
Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the
son of a Mexican immigrant who has long
fought for immigration rights has taken a
low profile on the issue. A Villaraigosa
spokeswoman said the mayor expects
protesters to be ‘lawful and
respectful’ and wants children to
stay in school.
“Critics
have accused pro-immigrant leaders of
stirring up uninformed young Latinos by
telling them that their parents were in
danger of being deported and accuse them
of trying to bully Congress.
‘It’s intimidation,’ Jim
Gilchrist, founder of the Minutemen
volunteer border patrol group, said of
the May 1 events. It’s
intimidation when a million people march
down main streets in our major cities
under the Mexican flag.’ ‘It
angers the people you are trying to
impress,’ he said. ‘This
backfire just like the Mexican flag
parades backfired.’ (Additional
reporting by Aarti Sivaraman in Los
Angeles, Dan Trotta in New York and
Michael Conlon in Chicago)
CNS/Vida
Nueva
“One
Mexican bishop whose diocese is on
the border near El Paso, Texas, encouraged
Mexicans to boycott U.S. companies and
products May 1.
“Bishop
Renato Ascencio Leon of Ciudad Juarez,
who heads the Mexican bishops’
migration committee, in a Good Friday
homily called on Mexicans to joint the
boycott of U.S. products and companies,
both in the United States and in Mexico.
“’Mexicans
who live on this side should show
solidarity with the immigrants, the
way Guatemalans, Nicaraguans and other
Central Americans are doing,’ he
said according to Mexican newspapers.
“Cardinal
Mahony’s statement included
lists of activities for various groups as
alternatives to the boycott. For example,
he suggested that employers set aside an
hour during the day when employees can
gather in small groups to discuss what
they know about immigration, or provide
materials employees can use to write
to members of Congress about their
concerns.
‘Schools
might use a course syllabus on
immigration to help students
understand the issues, he said, Students
and families could participate in a Day
of the Worker celebration being held that
day on the grounds of the La Brea Tar
Pits.
“Our
collective efforts to help enact
immigration reform that is just, humane
and workable demands that we channel our
energies in ways that educate the people
of our communities and help finance in
positive ways our representatives and
senators in Congress,’ Cardinal
Mahony’s statement said.”
–Catholic News Service/U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops, 2006.
[CC
note: As far as we know, Cardinal Mahony,
who has been perhaps the most outspoken
RC cleric defending the illegal
immigration, is the only RC cleric
advising illegals to go to work and
school and then come out and protest.]
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