Fr. Rutler on the Obama Administration attack on religious groups and conscience: "The Pope told you so"

Fr. George Rutler, the noted author and pastor of the Church of Our Saviour in New York City. Hit the link for the entire not very long essay; excerpts below.

... on the cusp of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, the Department of Health and Human Services has issued an “interim final rule” which requires all private health plans, including those of Catholic hospitals and schools, to include coverage of prescription contraceptives, female sterilization procedures, and abortion counseling.

For a while, various Catholic leaders had hoped that they might reach an understanding with the Administration, and some even felt more at peace with the president’s assurances. But “peace for our time” only lasts until Poland is invaded. Cardinal Mahony, whom no one would fault for intransigence, now says, “I cannot imagine a more direct and frontal attack on the freedom of conscience than this ruling today. This decision must be fought against with all the energies the Catholic Community can muster.”

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When a writer for The National Catholic Reporter supports the Catholic Church against the Obama administration,  one wonders if it might be the effect of solar radiation, but it has happened now.  And The Washington Post joined the ranks with an editorial saying that “requiring a religiously affiliated employer to spend its own money in a way that violates its religious principles does not make an adequate accommodation for those deeply held views.”

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Since our Lord did not humiliate the frightened apostles by saying “I told you so” when he rose from the dead, I shall not say “I told you so” to any who, just three years ago,  underestimated the plottings of social engineers whose audacity is only an audacity of hopelessness.