On eve of Caritas hearing, peace and strife

This week I have been in general open to a very low level of material cooperation with Centene Corp. Now i have just seen their statement. The Catholic hospital will refer the person who wants an immoral procedure back to the health plan, Centene, who will then refer the patient to a hospital which will perform the evil operation.

I now believe that this is an unacceptably high level of material cooperation in the evil of another. This judgment was impossible without the detail of the 2 step
referral. This indeed could scandalize the faithful. I pray that the Cardinal will overrule this plan, and will contact him accordingly

It is so difficult to be as liberal as I believe I am on almost all social, educational, economic and political and ecclesiastical matters; and to be a wholehearted supporter of the current administration throughout the entire campaign, yet now find myself 100% opposed to abortion of a fetus from the moment of its conception and the permission of stem cell research. I believe it stems from the first words Mark's Gospel puts on Jesus' lips in his earliest of the four Gospels. Jesus said," Metanoiesete" ( a Greek word that means 'Change the way you think about reality') and he then proceeds to say, "...for the Kingdom of God is WITHIN you". It may be not visible, but it happens when the person comes into existence with an expected lifespan of eternity.
Charlie Mc

Further, what Centene does is immaterial.

What is material to the facts, is that the Archbishop of Boston is no longer an advocate for life. He is an advocate for moving the woman towards abortion. The worst part about that is, he doesn't have the spinal fortitude to do it himself. He is making Catholic healthcare workers do his dirty deed for money.

The Cardinal is a phony, a fraud and a menace to women and the sanctity of life.

We can always count on MCFL to cave in the eleventh hour and say other than that Mrs. Lincoln, the play was fantastic.

What is left of fidelity to Christ and His Church in this State is pathetic!

Poor Christ.

Gaudete,

Glad you're on board but the information that the Cardinal was using Centene to refer the woman out of Caritas for her abortion has been clear from the get go. It's been all over the internet and commenters here explained it numerous times.

I think you suffer the misfortune of thinking Cardinal O'Malley is an honest man, a man of his word, a man who cares about people, souls and salvation. Anyone who has been involved in ventures with him know otherwise. He is a coward and a liar and his interests are about money. He hasn't released the report of the Bioethecs Center in a timely manner because his current game is to wait until the ink is dry on a contract. There will be a long period of "study" as he implements FOCA in the United States. This isn't his doing of course, it's Bryan Hehir's. But his willingness to get on board FOCA, lie about it to the people to stall opposition, threaten, insult people who know what he's doing on his blog betrays his character. Nothing he says can be trusted, including the sexual safety of children in the diocese.

Rejecting the Centene deal would be greater material cooperation with abortion. In a likely scenario, the hospitals would be sold to a non-Catholic organization, which would perform abortions on site. Logic says that would mean more abortions. In addition, without Centene as insurer the Hospitals are denying care to the poorest and neediest, which should be the the primary client group of any Catholic endeavor. If you are poor and sick and you are told the Catholic hospital will not help you, that is the real scandal.

So then, not only did the Cardinal lie about the abortion referrals, he also added the quid pro quo of volunteering to get the poor woman a ride to the abortion clinic.

What a guy.

I would encourage readers to squeeze more excrement out of the Cardinal so he can spread these new moral ethics across the nation. Visit the Cardinal's blog and drop him a line.

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So then, Cardinal Sean,

You are clarifying that it is doctrinally faithful for Catholic physicians, nurses and healthcare workers in the United States to refer women to abortion hotlines and call her a taxi to get her there.

This is permissible Catholic credo, is that correct?

And, Fr. Tad and Dr. Haas at the National Catholic Bioethics Center agrees that these referrals and taxi rides is morally ethical and consistent with the Gospel of Life?

We all want to be sure that you are responsible for spreading what you say is the truth across the nation.