Mary Robinson, former president of that once Catholic country, Ireland, and champion of abortion rights and climate change alarmism, is featured in an article in “Vatican Radio”. It’s interesting that Pope Francis, possibly following that non-Catholic principle, “The ends justify the means”, has held hands with many eminent folks who propose policies directly contrary to Catholic teaching. Besides Mary Robinson, there is Hans Schellnhuber, German academic who advocates we do all to promote “Gaia” (sp?)–population control? abortion? one-world control?, Sir Parth Dasgupta–a population control advocate, and who knows how many others. (See here.) Why does the Church become involved in political issues of dubious validity?
By their Friends Shall Ye Know them:
Mary Robinson, Friend of Francis, Champion of Abortion and Climate Change
Bob Kurland, Ph.D.
Retired, cranky, old physicist. Convert to Catholicism in 1995. Trying to show that there is no contradiction between what science tells us about the world and our Catholic faith. Intermittent blogs and adult education classes to achieve this end (see http://rationalcatholic.blogspot.com/ and http://home.ptd.net/~rkurland). Extraordinary Minister of Communion, volunteer to federal prison and hospital; lector, EOMC.
Sometime player of bass clarinet, alto clarinet, clarinet, bass, tenor bowed psaltery for parish instrumental group and local folk group.
Any possible enemy of the Church is welcomed now in the false church.
Because Francis is a shallow imbiber of international celebritics. Remember The Elders, that collection of jet setting bores assembled by Jimmy Carter? Mary Robinson was implicated in that. So was Desmond Tutu, quondam Archbishop of Cape Town, “Nighline” regular, New York Review of Books contributor, and anti-semitic grotesque.
So, when is this pretender to the Chair of Peter going to “canonize” Betty Friedan?
A confused thinker outwardly, is more than likely a confused thinker inwardly.
Maybe Pope Francis is trying to get our goat. He’s got mine.