[Bill,
May 12, 2009]
So it was immoral and soul-imperiling to vote for Obama after all
Archbishop Raymond Burke, prefect of the Apostolic Signatura (essentially "chief justice" of the Catholic Church's "Supreme Court") puts a stake through the heart of the idea that a Catholic (or anyone else) could vote for Obama — or any pro-choice politician — without imperiling his or her soul.
Therefore, "Catholics for Obama" was a lie.
Roma locuta est, causa finita est.
LOPEZ: You seemed to make very clear that Catholic voters collaborated with evil when they voted for Obama. If you’re Catholic and did, do you have to confess this now that Mexico City, embryo-destructive funding, among other things, have happened?
ARCHBISHOP BURKE: If a Catholic knowingly and deliberately votes for a person who is in favor of the most grievous violations of the natural moral law, then he has formally cooperated in a grave evil and must confess his serious sin. Since President Obama clearly announced, during the election campaign, his anti-life and anti-family agenda, a Catholic who knew his agenda regarding, for example, procured abortion, embryonic-stem-cell research, and same-sex marriage, could not have voted for him with a clear conscience.
Therefore, "Catholics for Obama" was a lie.
Roma locuta est, causa finita est.