Pro-lifers from Operation Rescue: Boston and the Catholic Action League of Massachusetts lined the sidewalk outside of the entrance to The Conte Forum at Boston College. Our protest was directed primarily at Boston College, for honoring Victoria Kennedy, and at Cardinal O'Malley for not exercising his authority in this matter; only secondarily at Victoria Kennedy herself.
Catholic Action
League Executive Director C.J. Doyle offered an
incisive assessment of the matter: "BC Law's choice
of Mrs. Kennedy as a commencement speaker and
honorary degree recipient [BC Law stated that they
no longer confer honorary degrees; as if that
excuses them] clearly contravenes the 2004 statement
by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops,
which prohibits Catholic institutions from providing
awards, platforms or honors to those who repudiate
fundamental Catholic moral teaching. The message BC
Law is sending to future attorneys, legislators, and
judges is one of indifference and infidelity to
Catholic teaching about the sanctity of innocent
human life from conception to natural death.
"No rational person can reasonably be expected to
take Catholic opposition to abortion seriously when
a prominent Catholic institution honors a
pro-abortion celebrity in an archdiocese presided
over by the Chairman of the USCCB's Committee on
Pro-Life Activities. Sadly, that archbishop,
unlike his suffragan in Worcester, has remained
silent on this issue. Faithful, pro-life Catholics
should not be constantly forced to fight a two front
war, against a culture of death in secular society,
and against a culture of betrayal in their own
church."
We got some press
coverage
from the AP and
The Boston Globe. The Globe reporter
said another article is in the pipeline for
tomorrow.
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RIGHT: C.J. Doyle,
Executive Director of the Catholic Action League of
Massachusetts
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Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Boston College, Cardinal O'Malley, & Victoria Kennedy Protest Sends a Message
From Operation Rescue: Boston, h/t to Carol at The Tenth Crusade:
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