The May 2010 Euthanasia Prevention Coalition Newsletter can now be found at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/Newsletters/Newsletter108(May2010)(RGB).pdf Bill C-384 was soundly defeated by a vote of 228 to 59. Check how the Members of Parliament voted at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/HowTheyVoted.pdf On June 5, 2010, we are co-hosting the US/Canda Push-Back Seminar at the Radisson Gateway Hotel at the Seattle/Tacoma Airport. The overwhelming defeat of Bill C-384 proved that we can Push-Back the euthanasia lobby in the US and Canada and convince people that euthanasia and assisted suicide are a dangerous public policy. Register for the Seminar at: http://www.euthanasiaprevention.on.ca/2010SeminarFlyer(RGB)(LetterFormat).pdf The Schindler family are being attacked by a Florida television station and Michael Schiavo. The Euthanasia Prevention Coalition is standing in solidarity with the Schindler family. My blog comments: http://alexschadenberg.blogspot.com/2010/05/att
Reflections from the pastoral ministry of an Evangelical Catholic Priest.
Position and rank don't always signify that much in he church. Pell is the Pope's main guy in Australia. Just like Chaput is the main guy in US. Dolan is higher but Chaput is the go to guy. Mahoney was very senior in Us for a long time and ran the very important LA chapter. Was always virtually ignored. Not a boy that JP or Benny ever warmed up to.
ReplyDeleteIn the early history of Australia the church was both powerful and patronizing to a populace largely disenfranchised, uneducated and searching to find a way and a coherent identity. I don't think the people of Australia are too enthused about the "teaching authority" of the church. They will always have a soft spot for the nuns and missionary fathers that helped them when things were hard and they were in bondage.
ReplyDeleteI don't think they mistake Pell and Pope Benny for the nuns and missionary fathers of the past. The people of Towoomba were very happy with their "Bishop Bill", who had led them for a generation. Look what the chirch did to poor Bill. Tsk Tsk.