Pro-Life Archbishop Elected As Head of US Conference of Catholic Bishops

I'm glad he's pro-life if only he didn't buy into the 'seamless garment of life' heresy. The problem is that the Church has NEVER 'affirmed "the dignity of every human person from conception to natural death"'. To do so would be to call God, the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, and every Pope up until Francis liars. Even John Paul II & Benedict, who were personally strongly opposed to the death penalty, never pretended to try to change Church teaching on it. God COMMANDS the death penalty in the OT. The Fathers & Doctors of the Church all accepted its morality. the Roman Catechism (1566) and the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992) accepted it as moral, tho' the latter did say it should only be used as a last resort. The Vatican City State itself had capital punishment until 1969, not that it had been carried out since the conquest of the Papal States in 1870/1. 

It is perfectly acceptable for Catholics to come to the prudential decision that the death penalty is no longer needed, as did John Paul II & Benedict, but to say that 'Consequently, the Church teaches, in the light of the Gospel, that “the death penalty is inadmissible because it is an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person”,^[1] and she works with determination for its abolition worldwide', as Francis has altered the CCC to read, is to deny millennia of Church teaching. (The footnote is to a quote from, SURPRISE!, Francis, since there is absolutely nothing else for him to quote.)

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This so-called 'change to doctrine' is only one of many attempts by Francis to introduce heresy into the Church and conform to the world in contradiction to St Paul's admonition in Romans 12:2: And be not conformed to this world; but be reformed in the newness of your mind, that you may prove what is the good, and the acceptable, and the perfect will of God.

How long, O Lord, how long?

From PM

By Joshua Young

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, a notable pro-life voice in the Catholic faith and a board member of the pro-life biomedical research organization National Catholic Bioethics Center, was elected as the new president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops on Tuesday.

According to Yahoo News, 70-year-old Broglio, from the Archdiocese for the Military Services, "was elected to a three-year term from a field of 10 candidates. He will succeed Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, who assumed the post in 2019."

The Catholic News Agency reports that Broglio, who grew up in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, was elected by a 138-99 vote.

Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori, the chair of the bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, was also elected in a 143-96 vote.

According to Life News, both men are strong pro-life voices in the Catholic faith and Lori has openly criticized self-identified Catholic Joe Biden for his "tragic" and "gravely wrong" pro-abortion positions.

Broglio affirmed "the dignity of every human person from conception to natural death" at the annual Vigil for Life at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in 2021. At the event, held in Washington, DC on the former anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Broglio said Roe was a grievous "error" that "cost 65 million lives."

Broglio and Lori assume leadership "at a time when pro-abortion activists and lawmakers, including those who claim to be Catholic, are pushing a radical pro-abortion agenda to legalize abortions up to birth nation-wide and force taxpayers to pay for them."

While serving as Archbishop for the Military Services, Broglio defended those in the military who refused the Covid vaccine on religious grounds. He said in October 2021, "No one should be forced to receive a COVID-19 vaccine if it would violate the sanctity of his or her conscience."

Broglio noted that stem cells culled from aborted babies are often used in the expedited development of experimental vaccines.

Broglio also took the Obama administration to task for its Obamacare mandate that forced religious employers "to pay for coverage for employees that includes birth control and drugs that may cause abortions."

"The Administration has cast aside the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States," Broglio said in 2012, noting the mandate denied "Catholics our Nation’s first and most fundamental freedom, that of religious liberty."

"We cannot—and will not—comply with this unjust law," Broglio added.