Press Release: Immediately  

March 8, 2009
Professor Leonard Swidler, S.T.L. Ph.D. LL.D., President,
Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church
dialogue@temple.edu   

The Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church says: Shame!

When is the last time Cardinal Re of the Vatican, or any Vatican official, or indeed, any bishop, excommunicated a Mafioso responsible for deliberate murders?

But Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho of Brazil did excommunicate the mother who permitted an abortion to save the life of her nine-year old daughter who was rape-impregnated by her stepfather!  

And this excommunication was defended by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, head of the Roman Catholic Church’s Congregation for Bishops, as he told La Stampa, an Italian daily newspaper. 

According to the report, the abortion was undertaken to save the life of the nine-year old mother. Why was Archbishop Sobrinho not at the side of the little raped child and her agonizing mother spiritually helping them - instead of publicly condemning them? 

Perhaps the archbishop and the Vatican wonder why so many tens of millions of intelligent, sensitive Catholics are fleeing the Church? Here is another stunning reason! 

Again, ARCC says to Archbishop Sobrinho and Cardinal Re: Shame!

Leonard Swidler, Ph.D., S.T.L., LL.D., LL.D.
Prof Catholic Thought & Interreligious Dialogue
215-204-7251 (Off.) 215-477-1080 (Home) 513-508-1935 (Mobile)
E-mail: dialogue@temple.edu ; Web: http://astro.temple.edu/~dialogue/Swidler/
Editor, Journal Ecumenical Studies; Pres Dialogue Institute http://jesdialogue.org
Religion Dept Temple Univ Philadelphia, PA 19122
http://www.temple.edu/religion
President, Association for the Rights of Catholics in the Church  arcc-catholic-rights.net