Bishop, Rep. Kennedy postpone meeting
Kennedy, Bishop Postpone Meeting
The meeting between Sen.Patrick Kennedy and Bishop Tobin over the abortion issue has been postponed.Published: November 9, 2009
Updated: November 10, 2009
PROVIDENCE - The Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence said Monday that a meeting between Bishop Thomas Tobin and U.S. Rep. Patrick Kennedy scheduled for this week has been postponed.
The bishop and the congressman were expected to discuss their public dispute on abortion and national health care reform.
A statement from the diocese did not say why the meeting had been put on hold.
“Bishop Tobin remains hopeful the he can meet with Congressman Kennedy in a personal and pastoral setting in the very near future,“ the statement said.
Kennedy last month criticized church leaders who oppose universal health care plans unless the plans include more restrictions on abortions. Tobin called those remarks “irresponsible,“ though Kennedy said he didn’t mean to slight the Church.
Tobin said he wants to reaffirm to Kennedy the Church’s overall support for health care reform but will also stress its opposition to abortion. He said that Kennedy, as a Catholic, must accept the church’s abortion position.
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mariaeg are you reading your own words? “That is the nice thing about God; He allows us the freedom to make our own mistakes. We call it free will. “ You state it right there God allows us to make our own mistakes. Then you sit there and tell us we are not allowed to be a Catholic. Who are you nobody-you are not God. I was raised Catholic I call myself Catholic and no I do not believe or agree with many of the Catholic church ways. You do not have the right to tell me to change. To me I think I’m a better Catholic than many of the Phonies who go to church on Sunday then come out and live their lives anyway they want and not care about other people. I care about people, I will help whoever I can when I can, I would never hurt anyone, I allow people to live their life as long as it’s not hurting someone else (murder, rape, robbery) to me this is a good Catholic. Someone who cares about others. Not the phony bull that goes on. I asked this question earlier but not one “Good” Catholic has answered yet: My question to all who disagree with abortion is: are you going to raise the unwanted children in this world? Will you give up your time & money to raise this child or are you going to let it live in a living heck Mistreated, underfed, possibly beaten, left alone, maybe some sick SOB will shake it do death or rape this baby.
As a Catholic you cannot decide which doctrines you want to follow and which ones you feel don’t apply to you. If you disagree with the Catholic Church perhaps you need to find a different way to be connected with God. That is the nice thing about God; He allows us the freedom to make our own mistakes. We call it free will. Abortion is wrong but if you feel by believing it is right will get you to Heaven then that is the decision you will have to live with for the rest of your life.
As a Catholic you cannot decide which doctrines you want to follow and which ones you feel don’t apply to you. If you disagree with the Catholic Church perhaps you need to find a different way to be connected with God. That is the nice thing about God, He allows us the freedom to make our own mistakes. We call it free will. Abortion is wrong but if you feel by believing it is right will get you to Heaven then that is the decision you will have to live with for the rest of your life.
i do not believe ANYONE should tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her body. Helloooo its HER body. No religion, no groups no NOTHING! Everyone has there own circumstances for which they choose whether to have one or not. This subject sooo irritates me!! ugh!
NO Julie it’s not!!! How do you figure it is? Because your Catholic NOPE. I was raised Catholic. I can’t deal with people like you. PJ is right. The Pope, Bishop, Priest, & Nuns are human just like we are. No better. They are not God. As Scooby says they brainwash you. I know people who go to church every week some every day and as soon as they come out they talk about this one or that one and worse. You have your right to your belief I would not stop you. But I’ll be danged if you have the right to push your beliefs onto me or others. The Catholic church needs to take a step back & be quite otherwise start paying taxes. Do you know how much help it would be to the economy if they did? How can you justify the way the Pope lives & how much money the Vatican has when people are starving in this country? I do not need to be told how much of my income has to go into a basket every week. The Catholic church is the riches in the world. My question to all who disagree with abortion is: are you going to raise the unwanted children in this world? Will you give up your time & money to raise this child or are you going to let it live in a living heck Mistreated, underfed, possibly beaten, left alone, maybe some sick SOB will shake it do death or rape this baby. I don’t understand how God could let this happen to innocent children? You believe this is Gods way? I can’t accept that.
Just a thought….the babies heart is beating long before it’s born
I as a woman would not ever let a church tell me what I should or will do with my body or any child that is mine.I am so sick of the catholic church thinking they can run how people live they life.I am so sick of them thinking they are so much best than other faiths.a non catholic is not welcome to receive communion in a catholic church. But a catholic is more than welcome to receive it in the episcopal church.Why do they think they are so much better there not
Oh, it is most certainly my business. If I stand by silently while innocent people’s lives are taken from them, be they pre-born, elderly or ill, I am culpable and so are you.
NOT your business Julie or the church, the bishop, the pope or the priest. The churches should not be sticking their nose where it doesn’t belong. You are entitled to your faith & beliefs you don’t have the right to push them on others. Have you noticed through time how many people are turning from the catholic church?
When I woman has an abortion, she’s not killing her own body but her child’s. She’s killing an innocent human person. Your argument is not valid.
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