{"id":4110,"date":"2015-07-14T17:03:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-14T21:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=4110"},"modified":"2015-07-16T10:05:10","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T14:05:10","slug":"when-the-epa-creates-catholic-doctrine-all-must-obey-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=4110","title":{"rendered":"When the EPA Creates Catholic Doctrine, All Must Obey"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4122\" style=\"width: 589px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hackett-mccarthy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4122\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hackett-mccarthy.jpg?resize=579%2C330\" alt=\"FrancisChurch 'catholics' will obey the new morality for you.\" width=\"579\" height=\"330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stumblingblock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hackett-mccarthy.jpg?w=579&amp;ssl=1 579w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/stumblingblock.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/hackett-mccarthy.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4122\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FrancisChurch &#8216;catholics&#8217; obey the new morality for you.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to remember that when we talk about the new FrancisGospel &#8211; so beloved by anti-Catholic technocrats and communists, and it&#8217;s dream of FrancisTopia, it would be a gross mistake to think its new moral code will be in any way voluntary.\u00a0 I know, right and wrong, as they have been revealed to us by God and his saints, should be something we can generally choose, but <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/247701-obama-officials-climate-rule-part-of-a-moral-obligation\" target=\"_blank\">that doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>World leaders have a \u201cmoral obligation\u201d to fight climate change, and top Obama aides are making good on that obligation with its climate rule for power plants, two administration officials write in a new blog post.<\/p>\n<p>Environmental Protection Agency head Gina McCarthy and Ambassador to the Vatican Ken Hackett wrote Monday that the EPA\u2019s carbon rule fits with Pope Francis\u2019s moral <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/245384-pope-blames-climate-change-on-human-activity-in-183-page-call-for\" target=\"_blank\">call<\/a> to action on climate change released last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe makes clear our moral obligation to prevent climate impacts that threaten God&#8217;s creation, especially for those most vulnerable,\u201d McCarthy and Hackett <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.epa.gov\/blog\/2015\/07\/pope-francis\/\" target=\"_blank\">wrote<\/a> in the post on the EPA\u2019s blog and The Huffington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The officials lay out various harms of climate change, such as the effects of higher sea levels on the island nation of Tuvalu and increased extreme weather throughout the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor all these reasons, the U.S. government, through the EPA, is taking steps to make good on our moral obligation,\u201d they wrote. \u201cLater this summer, the agency will finalize a rule to curb the carbon pollution fueling climate change from our nation&#8217;s largest source \u2014 power plants.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See?\u00a0 It&#8217;s just morality.\u00a0 The EPA chief even helped Pope Francis write an encyclical to make it actual Church teaching.\u00a0 No big deal.\u00a0 Now an EPA rule is a Catholic Church rule for all time, yes?<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t like the sound of all this?\u00a0 Don&#8217;t worry.\u00a0 McCarthy and Ambassador Hackett are both &#8216;Catholic&#8217; so it&#8217;s all internal and within the fold, so to speak.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>McCarthy, a Catholic, has highlighted Francis\u2019s encyclical in recent weeks to promote the carbon rules, which will seek a 30-percent cut in the power sector\u2019s carbon by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>She also <a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/energy-environment\/231297-epa-chief-talks-climate-with-pope-francis\" target=\"_blank\">traveled<\/a> to Vatican City in January to meet with top church officials and discuss Francis\u2019s encyclical and administration officials\u2019 work on climate, including the power plant rules.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Get used to this.\u00a0 Before it&#8217;s all over the only people left who don&#8217;t hate our new FrancisChurch will be mid-level government bureaucrats scrambling for position, Hollywood stars, Jesuits, and a few gay people.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s important to remember that when we talk about the new FrancisGospel &#8211; so beloved by anti-Catholic technocrats and communists, and it&#8217;s dream of FrancisTopia, it would be a gross mistake to think its new moral code will be in any way voluntary.\u00a0 I know, right and wrong, as they have been revealed to us <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=4110\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[550,530,551,552,548,549],"class_list":["post-4110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-epa","tag-francis","tag-gina-mccarthy","tag-morals","tag-power-plants","tag-vatican-ambassador"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4110"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4254,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4110\/revisions\/4254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4110"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}