Irish Cardinal Sean Brady calls for protests against new abortion law

Meanwhile at least here in America the church has been on a rampage against extending the statue of limitations re compensation to help all the children broken due to its sex starve priests . Made even worse thanks to the heirarchy who hid these vile crimes. Not just to protect the money flow but prob because the hierarchy did the same thing.

It's grand to be an atheist I can rise above all this religious bickering.

@michaelreddish - Cardinal Brady is personally responsible for broken bodies, broken minds, broken spirits and worst of all, broken souls. Is it just me that would find it difficult to associate speaking the "truth in love" with this man or indeed any man? And you are quite right in your assertion that you cannot hide from the truth; and that applies just as much to Cardinal Brady as it does to you and I!! My (our) Father in Heaven sees all and that is something I never forget.

Cardinal Brady speaks the truth in love on the issue of abortion. The radical left does not like this. Well, get used to it. You cannot hide from the truth to have your own narcissistic way.

@Smyrnian - merely re-emphasising the fact that a)I am against abortion and b)my reference to the absence of any moral authority on the part of Cardinal Brady on this or any other social matter is a valid observation. I believe you did reference my comments on the Cardinal's failings in relation to the activities and offences of pedophile priest offenders.

The man featured in this article should not be lecturing anyone on ethics at any time. He ddoesn't even have the basic ethical judgement to say he should have resigned when his part in the cover up of child abuse in Ireland by clerics was revealed. Only in Ireland could a hopeless clown like this present himself as some kind of an expert on ethics.

Barneyjo - I never mentioned a thing about Cardinal Brady one way or another. Eiriamach - WKnee is an angry soul. I tried to tell him recently what most of us know well, angry retorts and personal attacks destroy ones credibility. Completely discredits his position on each topic by doing this but he does not see it. Too bad, really.

WoundedKnee, The cardinal is not expressing an opinion as a citizen, he is expressing an opinion on behalf of the Catholic Church and many of us Catholics do not want him to do that because he is part of the problem in the church, not part of the solution. The church hierarchy should be concentrating all their efforts in ridding the Catholic Church of the pedophile priest criminals and their cohorts who covered up their crimes. Perhaps once that is accomplished, the church hierarchy can be empowered to voice church policies among the parishioners without being hypocrites. Although the churches have beliefs, those beliefs should be promoted within the church and if the message is effective, their parishioners will follow those beliefs. We don't want to go back to the past where a religion had a huge influence on the laws of the land to the detriment of other faiths. Most religions have the same basic beliefs as far as living a decent life without inflicting harm on others. It is the radicals within various religions that espouse hate against other religions. Just look at the origins and see how similar the beliefs are and compare that to what self serving ranking members of the religions have turned their particular religion into and the huge differences that exist today among the religions. How can one religion claim that their religion is the only true religion? Regardless, I believe it is better to maintain whatever beliefs one has within their religion and not try to interfere with others.

@smyrnian - I'll say it again; I am anti abortion. That said, Cardinal Brady is the last churchman I would look to for guidance on this emotive issue. I live in Ireland, I am a practicing Catholic and I can say with certainty that there few people, either laity or clergy who would not regard Sean Brady as anything other than a lame duck. He carries little moral authority as viewed by the laity, and a good many of his own priests have no respect for him. Sad, but there it is. The Irish church has fallen that far and the fault lies squarely with Sean Brady and his brother bishops all of whom have contributed to this fall!!

WoundedKnee can't seem to write 10 words without verbally bullying others. He calls one "a piece of fascist trash" and another "dumb" with "crazy 'logic'" and others "bigots and Know Nothings." Notice that this is the same WoundedKnee who had "no words" for bullies on Dec 13, 2012, 01:25 PM EST: "I have no words to express how sad this is--it is the most sorrowful thing I have seen in a long time. I pray that these two young innocents are now numbered among the angels. As to those who bullied--and their worthless parents... I have no words for them either." Oh he had fine words indeed, but no reflection on his own behavior came from his sadness about the suicides of bullying victims.

this guy should be removed from his eleveted post just for displaying the facial negativity captured in the accompanying photo...

From the look of him, Cardinal Brady does not seem to have the touchy-feely approach of, e.g., New York's Cardinal Dolan. Be that as it may, the issue is a thorny one that does not always lend itself to glib answers.

Everyone on this thread will agree, I am sure, that the abuse of children is horrendous. Why then do so many of these same people think it is fine to kill these same kids before that are born? Interesting.

browbeaten wee Willy hamilton on his usual bigoted anti Catholic rantings.

If Brady wants to operate a Political Action Committee his organization should pay taxes like any other PAC.