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Cardinal Wuerl defends lawsuits: ‘I don't want the president to define
me’

CWN - May 28, 2012

Appearing on Fox News Sunday, Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington
defended the lawsuits filed by the Archdiocese of Washington and 42
other Catholic institutions against the Obama administration’s HHS
mandate.

“This lawsuit isn't about contraception,” said Cardinal Wuerl. “It is
about religious freedom. Embedded in the mandate is a radically new
definition of what institutes a religious community, what constitutes
religious ministry--brand new and never fortified in the federal
level. That's what we are arguing about.”

“The lawsuit said we have every right to serve in this community as we
have served for decades and decades,” he continued. “The new
definition says you are not really religious if you serve people other
than your own and if you hire people other than your own. That wipes
out all of the things that we have been doing, all the things that we
contribute to the common good--our schools, our health care services,
our Catholic charity and even parish soup kitchens and pantries.”

Criticizing the Obama administration’s “accommodation,” Cardinal Wuerl
said that “so many of our institutions, certainly the archdiocese, is
self insured. We are the insurer. So, when you say, don't worry, we
changed this and only the insurer has to pay. And we are the insurer,
there is no accommodation.”

Asked whether the bishops are divided on the issue, Cardinal Wuerl--
referring to Bishop Stephen Blaire- replied:

I don't know where that is coming from. One bishop was quoted, issuing
a statement that he is totally supportive of all of this, including
the lawsuits. I don't know where the story is coming from. I know it's
out there … I have yet to see any split at all. And again, the bishop
who was quoted he was concerned issued a statement saying that what
was said about him was not his position …


When you say there's a division in the Church because not every
diocese that went to court, there are dioceses and institutions and
universities, hospitals all over the country who went to court. The
idea was to make this representative of the Church in the United
States. It would be physically impossible to get every diocese into
court at the same time.

Asked to comment on Mitt Romney’s proposal for school vouchers, the
cardinal said that “we are all paying taxes for education. Why doesn't
that money follow the parents of the kids? For example, here, if you
live in the District of Columbia, if you are very wealthy or have a
lot of support, you can send your child to a very exclusive private
school. But if you live in this inner city, if you live in some of the
poorest neighborhoods, you don't get an option.”

“That's why the Catholic Church is there, that's why we have our
schools in the inner city saying we'll give you a chance to get a
decent education and we'll pay for it,” he added. “But wouldn't it be
fair, wouldn't be just, wouldn't be really honest if every child a
chance at a real, true, academically excellent education. And one way
to do that is to let the parents have a choice.”

Asked whether “Mormons are true Christians,” Cardinal Wuerl replied
that “I never define other people. I define myself. That's why we are
in court. I define myself. I don't want the president to define me.”

Finally, asked to comment on the arrest of the Pope’s valet on charges
of possessing confidential documents, Cardinal Wuerl said that I
wouldn't worry about what I am reading in the newspapers about
something that media has reported in Italy about something that
someone said is going on. I'm not altogether certain that the butler's
access to some documents is really the major concern of the Church or
should be a major concern of the people United States of America
today. We have so many other issues. One of them, for example, is we
are going to be celebrating Memorial Day. We are going to be turning
our attention to those brave women and men who died in the defense of
this country, of its freedom, of its Constitution, and of the ability
of all of us to carry on our way of life. I think that's where our
focus should be this coming Memorial Day as we simply recognize who we
are.

By the way, that's one of the reasons we are in court. We are saying,
we're saying, we've been told the reason we buried in flags these
brave men and women, is because they were defending our freedom and
Constitution.

--
I place economy among the 1st and most important virtues, and public
debt as the greatest of dangers to be feared. To preserve our
independence we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt.
If we run into such debt we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in
our necessities and in our comforts, in our labor and amusements. If
we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people
under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy. Thomas
Jefferson, The Notes, page 109.

And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country. John F. Kennedy, January 20,
1961.

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