Friday, February 13, 2009

Catholic priest asserts abortion is not infallible

Fr. Paul Rennick, President of Catholic Assumption University of LifeSiteNews that abortion "is not an infallible teaching." He made this statement in defense of the decision to invite pro-abortion Catholic and journalist, Cokie Roberts to come and speak at the University. Ms. Roberts has also been quite vociferous in support of homosexuality and contraception.

Apparently, Fr. Rennick's theology does not come from Scripture, Tradition and the teachings of the Magisterium, but rather, popular opinion. He states in the article, "If you look at the Catholic [sic] population, you'll find a whole variety of positions on all of those topics. It seems to me that disagreement on a particular position doesn't disqualify one from being a Catholic. Unless, of course, that position is whether Jesus is the Christ." Read the article in its entirety here.

Fr. John Hardon (God rest his soul) gives a succinct explanation as to not only why contraception is fatal to the faith, but also why it is an infallible teaching.

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