{"id":3933,"date":"2007-04-25T22:17:27","date_gmt":"2007-04-26T03:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2007\/04\/25\/god-bless-archbishop-burke\/"},"modified":"2007-04-25T22:17:27","modified_gmt":"2007-04-26T03:17:27","slug":"god-bless-archbishop-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2007\/04\/god-bless-archbishop-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"God Bless Archbishop Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"

ST. LOUIS: St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke denounced a Catholic charity Wednesday for scheduling singer Sheryl Crow to perform at a benefit concert because of the singer’s support for abortion rights.<\/span><\/p>\n

Burke submitted his resignation as chairman of the board for the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation, saying the decision to let Crow sing on Saturday left him no other choice.<\/p>\n

"It’s very painful for me," Burke said during a news conference Wednesday. "But I have to answer to God for the responsibility I have as archbishop.<\/p>\n

"A Catholic institution featuring a performer who promotes moral evil gives the impression that the church is somehow inconsistent in its teaching," Burke said.<\/p>\n

Burke said it was a "scandal" to let Crow sing at the event and amounted to an act that could lead others to evil. He cited Crow’s support for stem cell research and "procured abortion."<\/p>\n

…Burke said he became aware of Crow’s participation in the cancer benefit in February and asked other board members to cancel her appearance.<\/p>\n

"They didn’t accept my concerns," Burke said.<\/p>\n

…Crow appeared in television ads throughout Missouri last year asking voters to approve an initiative that enshrined the right to conduct stem cell research in the state constitution.<\/p>\n

Of course the event organizer said ‘"We do not apply an ideological litmus test" in choosing performers.’ I’m surprised he didn’t say "we are doing it for the children." It seems in many Catholic Charity fund raiser it is the prospect of the amount of money a specific celebrity can raise and not the amount of scandal their appearance causes. If only Catholic Charities would raise money for the moral cancer that seems to have infected many of their organizations across the county.<\/p>\n

Though you do have to wonder if their is linkage between this and Crow’s call last week for the use of one sheet of toilet paper for the cause of climate change. I suggest we save the earth and the liturgy in one act. Lets start using one sheet from Gather hymnals instead.<\/p>\n

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