Apples and oranges. Catholic Charities of Boston is not being conscripted to kill people.
The degree may be very dissimilar, but the situation is the same. Either we defend the right of individuals and organizations to opt out of activities which they feel will be, or will be a participation in immoral acts, or we do not. If we are going to be inconsistant about who we laud for sticking to their ideals, at least we should be honest about it.
but is it not "compromising their Catholicism" to stop doing this work altogether?
No, and that is what the statement from those board members misses. Catholicism is not a relativistic faith, it does not accept the general notion in our society that not as bad as something else is justifiable as good. If this were the last corner of good that could be done, then it might be another matter. But as long as there is need that can be filled without the compromise of *any* Catholic principles, and they are working to fill it, then they are not compromising their Catholicism, rather are embracing the narrow path to which Jesus called them.
Actually, I think the real problem is that Catholic Charities in Boston has been accepting government money at all .. and the fact that almost half of its budget comes from that source speaks quite a bit. Their real fault is allowing themselves to become the servant of two masters, the ideologies of Catholicism and the ideologies enforced by the state.
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The degree may be very dissimilar, but the situation is the same. Either we defend the right of individuals and organizations to opt out of activities which they feel will be, or will be a participation in immoral acts, or we do not. If we are going to be inconsistant about who we laud for sticking to their ideals, at least we should be honest about it.
but is it not "compromising their Catholicism" to stop doing this work altogether?
No, and that is what the statement from those board members misses. Catholicism is not a relativistic faith, it does not accept the general notion in our society that not as bad as something else is justifiable as good. If this were the last corner of good that could be done, then it might be another matter. But as long as there is need that can be filled without the compromise of *any* Catholic principles, and they are working to fill it, then they are not compromising their Catholicism, rather are embracing the narrow path to which Jesus called them.
Actually, I think the real problem is that Catholic Charities in Boston has been accepting government money at all .. and the fact that almost half of its budget comes from that source speaks quite a bit. Their real fault is allowing themselves to become the servant of two masters, the ideologies of Catholicism and the ideologies enforced by the state.