It’s hard to imagine a self-titled “Catholic” organization advocating for a political regime that has illegally targeted Catholics, imprisoned Americans who dare to champion Catholic principles, and done everything in its power — legal or not — to slaughter unborn babies. But that’s exactly what the group “Catholics for Harris” is doing. At the latest virtual meeting of the inane organization, emcee Alex Nason hailed pro-abortion Vice President Kamala Harris as a leader “with a moral purpose, and as president she will lead with that same moral purpose,” according to CatholicVote.
Nason also claimed that Harris, throughout her tenure in various political offices, “advocated for, protected, and saw justice for the oppressed, and least among us, lending a voice to the voiceless.” Former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See Joe Donnelly, another pro-abortion fanatic, touted Harris as someone who “speaks for those who cannot speak for themselves.” Except, of course, for the voiceless unborn children, who cannot speak for themselves, who have been disemboweled, eviscerated, chopped up, boiled alive in saline, and left to die on operating tables and in plastic bags — all on Harris’s watch.
Since becoming involved in law and politics in 1990, when she was hired as a deputy district attorney in California’s Alameda County, Harris has proven that she is openly and violently hostile to the pro-life principles championed by the Catholic Church since the first century. The Vice President’s record on abortion is an atrocity: she has relentlessly persecuted pro-life Americans, pushed the most extreme pro-abortion legislation and agenda ever seen outside of Communist China, and worked hard to reverse and repeal pro-life laws duly put into place by various states. (READ MORE from S.A. McCarthy: Immigration Control Is Smart, Not Un-Christian)
How could anyone with even the most elementary understanding of Catholic moral teaching — which incontrovertibly declares abortion to be a “grave moral evil” and imposes the severe penalty of excommunication upon those who commit, procure, or openly advocate for abortions — claim that such a candidate as Harris can be called a friend of Catholic principles? If you’re dissident Sister Simone Campbell of the Sisters of Social Service, another speaker at the “Catholics for Harris” farce, the answer is simple: don’t think about abortion.
“The fact is, our faith does not require the outlawing of abortions,” Campbell said. “Our faith teaches us that protecting life is what we’re about, and we also trust each individual to have a well-formed conscience for making decisions. In this case, for her wellbeing.”
Again, this is absolutely and unequivocally false. The Catholic Church has consistently clarified that abortion is murder — and, exacerbating the evil of simple murder, it is both the murder of an innocent and the murder of a child. Even Pope Francis, whom Campbell proudly quoted from, compared the inhuman practice of abortion to hiring a hitman, reiterating that abortion is never acceptable or to be approved or condoned in any way.
Furthermore, the Church does not “trust each individual to have a well-formed conscience for making decisions.” Instead, the Church provides centuries upon centuries of moral teachings, in order to form consciences aright. It has been acknowledged by countless Saints and mystics, from John Bosco and Faustina Kowalska to Our Lady of Fatima and the three children blessed with visions of her, that Hell is far from empty.
Responsibilities of Catholics
One of the chief purposes of the Catholic Church here on earth is to prepare souls for Heaven and equip them with the knowledge and grace to escape the clutches of Hell. If Catholics really do believe that abortion is the murder of an innocent, unborn child — and it’s clear from her statements that Campbell does not — then we have a solemn obligation to work diligently to outlaw abortion. Rest assured, we will be judged on our failure or unwillingness to do so.
In his Dante-inspired novel My Visit to Hell, Catholic apologist Dr. Paul Thigpen imagined that those who unrepentantly abort their children will be accused by those very children before being damned to Hell. It is difficult to imagine that those same slaughtered unborn will not point their fingers at us for failing or refusing to save their lives, no matter the reason.
One cannot help but wonder the number of unborn souls awaiting Harris’s arrival at the gates of Perdition, or the arrival of those who call themselves “Catholic” but look on with glazed-over eyes — or, worse still, gleefully cheer for — the barbaric butchering of unborn babies. (READ MORE: What Attacks on Catholic Churches Reveal About Society)
Despite the dizzying display of mental gymnastics and moral contortionism evinced by the “Catholics for Harris” debacle, American Catholics have a solemn moral responsibility to protect the lives of the unborn, protect their national sovereignty and identity, protect their families, and protect truth. If God cares about a sparrow falling from the sky, how much more must He care about how we shape our society and tend to the souls He entrusted to our care?