At this point it would be instructive to know which ordinaries' names are not on the list.

The Most Rev. Gerald Kicanas is NOT on the list - don't hold your breath. He has forbidden distribution of anything in the Diocese of Tucson except UN"Faithful Citizenship."

Bp. Morlino is listed twice: #34 and #60

WOW..oh..WOW...is all I can say! One third of the Bishops here in the United States have spoken out! Maybe when we hit the 50 million abortions mark.....maybe when most of the Catholic hospitals have shut down....maybe when every state has to euthanize it's sick and elderly....maybe when every state has to recognize same sex marriage....maybe then....we can get that number up to "forty" percent. These may be the most courageous and brave group of "teachers"....men ever assembled in the history of the world. lol.

If it weren't so very sickening and disgraceful....we could have a good laugh about it. What a joke....what a tragedy. Don't you just know how sick Our Lord is over all of this!

Thanks, Gigi. We've made the correction.

What this portends for the next USCCB meeting the week after the election is hard to tell. Only 1/3 have spoken out. That means 2/3 are either sleeping or pro-death. How do we get the sleeping ones to wake up?

You can add Bishop Thomas Tobin of Providence to your list: http://thericatholic.com/stories/1612.html

Under #73 - Bishop Timothy McDonnell of Springfield - maybe you should include MA - for Massachusetts - since there are dozens of cities named Springfield in the US.... Just a thought, for clarity's sake.

While praying Morning Prayer today, I began to meditate on the current State of the Church in the world. I began to think about what I anticipate will be an intense oppression of the Church in American society in the years to come. There are already signs of this in Catholic doctors having to be forced in their residency training to be instructed in the "medical" procedures of abortion, pharmacists being required to prescribe contraceptives of all kinds, and soon I expect doctors will be required to adminster fatal doses of drugs to end the life of someone who requests it because it, too, will be considered a "medical" right guaranteed by the "penumbra" of rights under the Constitution.

I then began to ponder the many areas of the world that the Church has been oppressed to the point that bishops, priests and the faithful were made to sacrifice their very lives to uphold the teachings and practices of our Catholic faith: England in the 16th century; France in the 18th; Mexico in the 19th; Germany, China & Latin America in the 20th; India, Viet Nam, Kenya in the 21st. In Canada today Church leaders are being threatened with imprisonment if they dare to speak out against government-approved policies and in Russia yesterday, two Jesuits were murdered in their apartment. These are just the places and times that most imemdiately came to mind during prayer. Most of you could recite a more complete list of times and places that the Church has been persecuted.

In most of these instances, it was bishops who were in the forefront of defending the Church against those who demanded capitulation at the risk of one's life. In our current political climate, there are many Catholic Americans who would say that this could never happen here.

And then I considered which of our bishops will we be able to look to to uphold the Faith when it could mean their imprisonment, or even the cost of their own very lives? Could readers name 10 bishops whom they would be assured would die for the Faith? (Please don't advance any names so as to save most from embarrassment). Yes, the same question could be asked of all of us, but in this case I am interested in the leaders of our Church here in America.

And then I realized that only 30% of bishops who lead dioceses in the U.S. had publicly dared even make a statement about the priority of protecting the life of the unborn when it comes to exercising the vote. Only 30% would make a public pronouncement; how many would be willing to give their lives for the cause of the unborn?

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October 30th, 2008 | 10:41am
What this portends for the next USCCB meeting the week after the election is hard to tell. Only 1/3 have spoken out. That means 2/3 are either sleeping or pro-death. How do we get the sleeping ones to wake up?

I think we are in...and have been in for a very long period of time, a very serious spiritual and moral decline and meltdown..... in our country and throughout the world....and it will be up to the "faithful" to come forth with a plan.... to hopefully "awaken...the sleeping giant"!

The majority of Bishops I am sad to say are like "Dead Men Walking". Whether or not they care....I don't know. Their silence...their inability or desire to lead...to teach....to shepherd their flock....almost seems "diabolical".

You should also add the Bishop of Fall River, MA - the Boston Globe reported on October 6th -

Fall River Bishop George W. Coleman said in an interview at the rally that he does not believe the bishops have intensified their comments about abortion, but that "a rapid response was very appropriate and very necessary" and that "it is necessary to make statements and to bring the evil of abortion to the people of our country, not only at election time, but as long as the law exists."

I think this election is getting to some folks. Lists of friends and enemies among the bishops. Deacon Ed’s morning prayers are going off the rails into wild visions of totalitarianism, religious warfare, and martyred bishops. Gigi S. thinks the Faithful Citizenship document, approved overwhelmingly by the bishops and presenting a full, authentic, and balanced view of Catholic Social Teaching in the political arena, is actually some kind of conspiracy meant to block the truth. And serreno, knowing what makes “Our Lord” sick or not, declares that those bishops who actually rely on their own statement as a framework for addressing these matters are “sleeping” or “pro-death.” I suppose next we will be denying communion to the majority of American bishops because they have not come out and stated that a vote for Obama will send you to hell?

Bishop Finn made this statement yesterday, DC. You might want to get in touch with him and let him know that you think he too is "off the rails." Here's what he wrote:

...Today I would like to share a few brief comments about what we have sometimes called the "Church militant," the Church here on earth.

We, the Church on earth, have a very special challenge as participants in the grace and life of Jesus Christ to "fight" against the enemies of Christ's justice and truth and light and life. We must be attentive to the demands of this daily "battle" in a peaceable but serious manner.

I am sometimes amazed at the casual manner with which Christians, Catholics included, take up our life within what Pope John Paul II rightly called the "culture of death." The Church, by comparison, reminds us that we are engaged - by reason of our Baptism and Confirmation - in a battle, "not with flesh and blood, but with the principalities and powers, with the rulers of this present darkness, with the evil spirits in heaven." (Eph 6:12) Jesus Christ has won the ultimate battle, but we, in the course of our human life must make our choice, determining on whose side we will live and die. Whose side will you choose?!

What is at stake in this battle is our immortal soul, our salvation. My responsibility as bishop is with the eternal destiny of those entrusted to my care. My total energies must be directed to the well being of those who otherwise may come under the spell of a radically flawed and fundamentally distorted moral sense, at odds with what our Mother the Church teaches. There are objective and transcendent truths. There is such a thing as right and wrong. There is a legitimate hierarchy of moral evils, and the direct willful destruction of human life can never be justified; it can never be supported. Do you believe this firm teaching of the Church?

Did you know that in Canada priests and Christian ministers have already been brought before tribunals for preaching and teaching in support of marriage? They are charged with "hate speech" against homosexuality. In light of the tyranny of choice growing each day in our own beloved country, we ought to be ready for similar attacks on religious freedom. We must not fail to preach the Gospel. We can not withhold the truth of our faith. That is why I will never be silent about human life. It is why I am proud of so many others - bishops, priests, deacons, religious and laity - who are not afraid to speak out about the values that matter most. What about you?!

Our Lord told His apostles that they would be hated by the world, just as He was. Nearly all of them died a martyr's death. As warriors in the Church militant, we must never resort to violence. But we must stand up fearlessly against the agents of death, the enemies of human life. Human beings are not Satan, but we know too well that they can come under his spell. They can become willing agents of death, numbed and poisoned in this culture of death. What about you?!

As we begin this month of November, the month of the Church, let us call upon the Saints to inspire us, befriend us, and pray for us. Let us offer many prayers and sacrifices for the poor souls who have gone before us. They need our meritorious suffrages to help them reach heaven.

And let us resolve to be warriors of the Church militant; warriors with our eyes fixed on heaven. Let us ask God's mercy and strength to persevere in our call - individual and collective - to holiness. Mary, Mother of the Church, Pray for us!

The new video put out by the diocese of Scranton?

Aloha:
I have posted the list of bishops by states and dioceses.
http://tinyurl.com/6ck5v3
Thanks for your help in making my work easier

Add Bp. Peter Christensen from the Diocese of Superior, WI,

(http://www.catholicherald.org

Click on "columns" then "Bishop" and somewhere you will find it. The url was too
long to post here.

Joint Statement by the bishops of Illinois (14 bishops)

http://www.dioceseofjoliet.org/

“OUR CONSCIENCE AND OUR VOTE”
A Message from the Catholic Bishops of Illinois

FYI: Bp. Murphy of Rockville Centre is listed twice.
Thanks for the list!

Please add to your list the name of Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit, Mi. He wrote a letter to Fr. Jenkins back in March to state his opposition to Obama being invited to Notre Dame and told him he stood in full solidarity with the statement of the USCCB. Unfortunately this information and statements he had made about it to the local press wasn't put on the Archdiocesan Website until late.

I know of at least one other Bishop that is very prolife who's name is not on the least and who I do not see as having spoken out. Although I contacted him personally I didn't receive an answer. I do not know why. That being said, I would like to admonish my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ to not be hasty in our judgements of those that didn't speak out. It is true that they may have kept silent out of fear, but it may equally have been true that they felt that Our Lord was asking them to be silent at this time for one reason or another that has not been revealed to us. We must remember that we will be judged in the same way that we judge. It is best to pray for them to be fearless for the Lord and to grow in their faith and trust of Him. Praise God that he reads our hearts and doesn't judge us as we often judge one another (I include myself as being among the guilty).

For those bishops and priests that may have turned away from our Lord; let's double our efforts in pray and fasting for their souls. Never let our human weaknesses cause us to wish any evil, especially eternal Hell, to be their lot.

All for the greater glory of God!
Mary