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Bishop Lennon Issues Clarification on "Faithful Citizenship" Teaching

 
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Special Diocesan Update
Newsletter #6 - Oct. 31 
Human RIGHTS  Begin When Human LIFE Begins!
Cleveland Right to Life Newsletter
The Bishop Speaks!
 
Bishop Lennon Issues Clarification on "Faithful Citizenship" Teaching:
". . . without Respect for Life, what is there left to respect?"
 
 
Cleveland Catholic Bishop Richard Lennon issued a statement today aimed at clarifying the USCCB document Faithful Citizenship and dispelling the errant thinking that has resulted in some from its faulty presentation: 
 
"I am concerned about many things that are being said about the teaching of the bishops. From listening to many good and sincere people who are preparing to fulfill their duty to vote as Catholics and citizens, I realize they are confused in light of what is being said by certain people. For example, we hear from some that the issues and concerns raised in Faithful Citizenship are all equally important as they all impact human life. This is not at all what Faithful Citizenship taught" (emphasis added).
 
Bishop Lennon goes on to differentiate between issues which involve intrinsically evil actions, which "must always be rejected and opposed and must never be supported or condoned," and what he terms "life-enhancing issues" which "only matter if human life itself is a value of fundamental priority and is always protected. If human life is expendable, then these other issues really lose much of their significance."
 
"Certainly, abortion and euthanasia, direct attacks on human life, stand out as intrinsically evil actions," states the bishop. "(The Church's) teaching on intrinsically evil actions admits of no exception or compromise."
 
"(The) teaching of the bishops on immigration  (and) other life-enhancing issues . . .  fundamentally differs from that on abortion and euthanasia. The teaching on abortion and euthanasia are based on "God's truth" regarding the dignity and sacredness of all human life," he emphasizes. As such, these issues are "essential and foundational and can never be compromised."

The statement concludes with a directive for all Catholics who are preparing for Election Day to be guided by this teaching, "for without Respect for Life, what is there left to respect?"
 
Cleveland Right to Life is sincerely grateful to Bishop Lennon for the pastoral concern he has shown his flock in issuing this statement. With this definitive guidance from the bishop, who alone has the authority to teach the mind of the Church within his diocese, all conflicting theories regarding Faithful Citizenship can be thrown away. Where a candidate stands on the fundamental Life issues of abortion and euthanasia cannot be glossed over by his relative position on other, lesser points. Every Catholic is called to place these Life issues in their proper place as the most essential of all voting considerations -- and not to compromise.
 

 
 Take Action!
  • CRTL encourages the Catholic faithful to express their gratitude and admiration to Bishop Lennon for his courage in addressing this issue at such a pivotal time: evonalt@dioceseofcleveland.org; Phone: 216-696-6525 ext. 2030; Fax: 216-696-6547; or Chancery Building - 1027 Superior Ave. - Cleveland, OH  44114-2503.
  • Forward this newletter to everyone you know, particularly those who may have been led astray or confused by conflicting teaching on Faithful Citizenship.
 
Bishop Lennon to speak on political responsibility of Catholics at Cathedral on Sunday, November 2nd at 6:30 p.m.

The Most Reverend Richard G. Lennon, Bishop of Cleveland will discuss Forming Conscience for Faithful Citizenship at a free and open to the public lecture on Sunday, November 2, 2008, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Cathedral of Saint John the Evangelist, E. 9th & Superior Avenue, Cleveland. See flier.



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