Archbishop Chaput: Democrats have ‘gotten worse’ on abortion because Catholics haven’t left
Adam Cassandra
October 24, 2012 (HLIWorldWatch.org) – In a recent video interview with Catholic News Service, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia said that the position of the Democrat Party on abortion has “gotten worse” over time because Catholics within the party haven’t taken a strong moral stand and shown a willingness to abandon the Democrat Party.
“I think many of the Democrats have [taken] Democrat Catholic votes for granted because they’ll go with them no matter what the party position might be on abortion,” Archbishop Chaput said. “That’s why the position of the Democrat Party has gotten worse, and worse, and worse as time goes on because Catholics haven’t abandoned them as they’ve moved in that direction.”
Chaput said that in the earliest days of the abortion debate in the United States, most people probably thought that the Republican Party would’ve “easily embraced abortion,” and that Democrats would have been the political party standing for the defense of life because of the large number of Catholics within the party.
“Catholics have been historically part of the Democrat Party in great numbers, and I think really could’ve stopped that great development movement if they tried, but they didn’t in order to accommodate people from the other side of the issue,” he said.
The Archbishop also said that you can’t always trust the Republican Party to stand for the defense of life either.
“You know you can’t trust the Republicans to be pro-life 20 years from now. You can’t let any party take your vote for granted,” said Chaput.
Archbishop Chaput called on Catholics in the United States to put their Catholic identity ahead of their political party, and even their American citizenship, to stand united with the Church’s moral teaching opposing abortion.
“We’re Catholics before we’re Democrats. We’re Catholics before we’re Republicans. We’re even Catholics before we’re Americans because we know that God has a demand on us prior to any government demand on us,” he said. “And this has been the story of the martyrs through the centuries.”
“[Abortion] is a very serious issue that requires absolute adherence on the part of Catholics,” the Archbishop said, “and if we don’t stand united on this issue we’re bound to failure—not only in the area of protecting unborn human life but in maintaining our religious freedom.”
And because too many modernist bishops have not excommunicated pro-abortion fake Catholics like Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and John Kerry.
We are Catholics first, but we can only be Catholics if we’re taught the Catholic Faith not wimpy protestantized versions of it.
Coming from a long line of blue collar Catholic Democrats, we didn’t put any thought into voting—until eight years ago when my parents found the SSPX. Since then, we’ve been conscious of trying to vote Catholic and convince the rest of the family to also. So far, only me my children and my parents are traditional Catholics with many members off in lalaland they are so far off track. Thank you to our shepherds who haven’t done their jobs.
Why should they leave when Bishops wink at pro-abortion politicians. It’s OK Joe, “I’ve been a practicing Catholic all my life” and Nancy. I’ve never been denied communion.
“Archbishop Chaput: Democrats have ‘gotten worse’ on abortion because Catholics haven’t left.”
Make that, “Catholics have “gotten worse” because the Modernists haven’t left”.