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1. Hope is born again;
   Barack Obama has so much on his shoulder, it is a time to heal and reconcile. May God be with him.

   Posted By: TJ Lawson

2. This is simply flabbergasting. American Catholics have delivered us the most anti-Catholic president of the United States. God help us all.

   Posted By: Kiran

3. I cannot believe that the Vatican and the Pope said this about Obama:
   
   "Despite differences particularly on the abortion issue, the Vatican said on Wednesday it hoped Barack Obama will work to promote peace and justice in the world. "
   
   In other words they endorse the socialism promoted by the Democratic party in USA. Are you surprised know why the Catholic Church is losing believers?

   Posted By: Mircea

4. Obama is the most virulently anti-life candidate in U.S. presidential history. We can only pray he is a hypocrite, in that he won't attempt to fulfill his express promises to pro-abortionists.
   
   Think about it: the very types who point the finger at Pius XII are at the moment drinking champagne to this man.
   
   Mircea: I'm with you: The Vatican statement is unacceptably wimpy ... but an expressed "hope" that BO will work for peace and justice does not logically entail an endorsement of his disastrous worldview.
   
   Working hard here...

   Posted By: Hugh

5. Kiran, I am Catholic and I believe that Barack Obama's policies are more Catholic (in all its sense, both religious and universal) than George Bush's murderous war, abhorrent 'christian' politics;
   I just need to state this as you do not speak for me, nor for my entire Catholic family, both those who are here in Australia and members who are Americans.
   
   Mircea, the role of successor of Peter (the bishop of Rome) is supposed to be a brother/father to all, even for Catholic religious zealots like yourself or atheists like Richard Dawkins; the Church is neither Republican nor Democrat, unlike your narrow agenda suggests... thank God.

   Posted By: TJ Lawson

6. Mircea, what the Holy See said is not an endorsement of Obama nor any of his policies, least of all his totally unacceptable and evil abortion policy. And his party does not promote socialism.
   
   But as he will become the ruler of the world's most powerful country, the Church has no option but to work with him and try to direct him towards promoting peace and justice, rather than promoting the violence and injustice of abortion. Simply boycotting him would serve no useful purpose.

   Posted By: Ronk

7. Obama couold not be more pro abortion. He is going to pass the Freedom Of Choice Act which will (1)remove any need for informed consent to abortion, (2) not require parents of minors to be informed that their daughter is seeking an abortion etc. Obama voted against the Born Alive Infant protection Bill which was seeking medical care for infants born alive after a n abortion./ OBama is terrible

   Posted By: catherine

8. Obama has a shocking record on abortion and one can imagine what line he will take on issues like recognising 'same sex unions', euthanasia, and the destruction of embryos for 'research'.
   
   The world seems to slip daily closer to a new dark age.

   Posted By: Peter

9. Late term abortions are on the agenda now. SO why are people congratulating Obama? Also the sub-prime lending to poor people who had little chance of repaying the home loans began under the Clinton administration and continued under the Bush administration also. Both sides are to blame.
   As for abortion, John McCain made exceptions to the rule and thus was not pro life totally, however Obama supported late term abortions in the Illinois legislature.
   The 'socialism' charge is bogus. It is Americanism of the worse kind and the very reason people turned to the Democrats. Many Americans have seen that the 'American dream' is a con job of big business and their culture of big business is making them sick; hence the thrashing in the polls.
   Time for a DLP type comprehensiveness or European old style Christian Democratic Party type change for Obama and the Democrats. Australia needs to dump our own neo liberal economics privatisation and globalism also.
   Faults within the Church lie at the feet of bishops who, especially in the USA, haven't been teachig the importance of workers joining the Democrats to change the personnel and to elect pro lifers and pro workers via a renewed series of pro union and pro home industry measures. This is the problem throughout the western world.
   Not even the highest proportion of bible bashers as the USA has, could help rejct Obama. This means that the Santamarian and old style 'join the party of your choice' teching of social doctrine form the 1950s era, once taught by bishops, was correct all along.

   Posted By: Michael Webb

10. He seems to be the popular choice in the US and around the world, but it's his policies that worry me.
    
    His support on the abortion issue should have been enough to hold back the catholic vote, but perhaps they got too tied up in the race issue and put their beliefs aside.
    
    Yes it was a great day for race relations. I doubt whether we could call it a great day for the church.
    
    
    Tony
    
    
    
    
    

    Posted By: tony

11. Obama taking 54% of the Catholic vote says more about the increasing irrelevancy of the political teachings of the hierarchy. Add to that the large percentage of Catholics who contracept and who procure abortions at about the same percentage as the general population. It seems that the hierarchy's sexual teachings are not recieved by a majority of Catholics. If the Spirit guides the People of God, as we claim, maybe the teachers should be searching for a better way to express the truth about human relationships based on love instead of on rules.

    Posted By: John O'Donnell

12. "Despite differences particularly on the abortion issue, the Vatican said on Wednesday it hoped Barack Obama will work to promote peace and justice in the world. "
    
    Mircea, They're just being pragmatic. Would you want them to rail against the democratic process? There'd be an few less believers if they tried that, I think.
    
    I am disgusted with the so-called Catholics who have effectively signed a death sentence for hundreds of thousands of unborn children though. May God have mercy on their souls.

    Posted By: soothsayer

13. Mircea, did you really expect the Vatican to come out and say "Barack Obama is an abomination?" Who would it serve? The statement is just a pleasantry (though it is a fair enough thing to hope for peace and justice). To read anything more into it is sheer mischief-making.

    Posted By: Kiran

14. Too many Catholics have put dogma and rhetoric and arguments about Vatican Councils, above the actual teachings of Jesus the Christ; I'm proud of the Pope and of everyone who voted for social justice instead of more foldemarol. Whatever we do for these, the least of our brothers . .. .[and sisters]

    Posted By: mary coleman

15. Poor deluded Catholics - voting for someone who is anti-life. They don't even know their own religion or its moral principles. It may be wonderful for a black African American to win the presidency, but what good does this do, if he supports abortion, embryonic stem cell research and infanticide?
    
    Some call his 'American' claim into question
    
    http://pmcms.rmcpac.com/video-page/obama-citizenship/
    
    The FBI said they would not clear him, if he wanted to be his own bodyguard, because of his past associations with the radical [violent] left.
    
    But let the Catholics cheer - they will learn sooner or later. How can people be so blind?

    Posted By: Skye

16. "...the most anti-Catholic president of the United States."
    
    Anti-Catholic? I take it you mean he's pro-choice and supports gay marriage, not that he attacks Catholics.
    
    
    "...the socialism promoted by the Democratic party in USA."
    
    McCain's campaign is over. You can put away that big bag of socialist labels he left you holding.

    Posted By: AJ

17. John O'Donnell,
    
    You suggested that "If the Spirit guides the People of God, as we claim, maybe the teachers should be searching for a better way to express the truth about human relationships based on love instead of on rules."
    
    There is a spirit guiding people, but it surely ain't the Holy Spirit. I think you can guess who I'm talking about.
    
    In regards to searching for a better way of expressing the truth of human relationships based on love,the teachers don't need to. All those 'rules' you refer to are based on the commandments "love the Lord your God" and "Love your neighbour as yourself." It's a lack of love of this kind that allows kids to be aborted in their millions, and it's that love that Obama and his supporters also lack, apparently.

    Posted By: soothsayer

18. TJLawson, I haven't, strange as you may find it, the slightest desire to speak for you. I am neither into ventriloquism nor into your peculiar version of pcness. And being myself coloured, neither do I share your cultural cringe. Obama is bad because Obama threatens most of the things I consider valuable, western civilization, such as it is.
    
    Also, moving beyond America, third-world countries will see, with the funding of birth control (and funding being made conditional upon birth-control), the worst war against them in human history probably since the demise of the Phoeniceans.
    
    And if you really believe that Obama will give us fewer wars than Bush (which, note, both parties approved and funded), you are quite naive. Most of the wars of the twentieth century, and the worst decisions as to the conduct of those wars (Hiroshima anyone? How about Sudan?) were taken by Democrats. The Republicans cleaned up afterwards.
    
    Anti-Catholic, AJ, in the simple straightforward sense of secular. Now, even you, even if you see it as a good thing, should be able to recognize that in Mr. Obama.

    Posted By: Kiran

19. Thank God Catholics finally remembered that Social Works are the cornerstone of our faith, and what all Catholics are called to do.
    A true Catholic would never vote Republican - the anti-social works, anti-poor, anti-education party.
    Sure saying pro-catholic fools that gullible, but if you truly are against abortion then you know that Democrat is the way to vote. Education and social works are the only way to stop abortions.

    Posted By: Trisha

20. We the Catholics in the pews for the most part are not aware of the internal movement of the conference of bishops. Follow the money. Obama wants national health, so do the bishops. The are currently selling out the unborn to get their national health agenda.
    The smoke of Satan has reached the highest places of the Catholic Church. Stand stong against those who now claim the end justifies the means, when it comes to so called social justice. Our church is under attack from within.

    Posted By: tom

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