Posted by
Billy on Friday, September 25, 2009 1:12:11 PM
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a recent interview with CNSNews.com, Cardinal Roger Mahoney declined to answer a question about whether or not he agreed with Cardinal Justin Rigali that the Obama health care bill should include language explicitly excluding any public funding of abortion. "This is way beyond my field," the cardinal responded.
"My field is immigration," said Mahoney, who is the archbishop of Los Angeles. "I really haven't kept up on that, and I spend all my time on this other. You have to get somebody who spends time on that."
When asked whether he believed abortion should be funded under the health care bill, Cardinal Mahony said: "No, but that's what the president said, too, so."
Cardinal Rigali, the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' pro-life committee, has spoken out against Obama's healthcare plan as currently formulated, due to the fact that it would use taxpayer money to pay for abortions.
(How can a Catholic Leader not answer questions about the right to life.Also others from the left and the right have said abortion will be paid for under Obama- care. It is sad and a shame to see a spiritual leader who is from a pro life church not willing to defend children who may not be born. It is also an outrage, Watch the video I am posting here and read more on this story
Abortion in Health Care "Way Beyond my Field": Cardinal Mahoney.)