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...Such comments didn't endear him to the parishioners who organized the forum or to his immediate superior, Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali. As head of the USCCB's Committee on Pro-Life Activities, Rigali is just as opposed to abortion as Martino. But he is a much more politic figure. Many think Martino finally went too far this spring, when he started training his sights on Bob Casey Jr., a Democratic Senator from Pennsylvania and a staunchly pro-life Catholic. Casey's late father, a former governor of Pennsylvania, is revered by Catholics for speaking out against the Democratic Party...
...Objecting to Casey's vote to confirm former Kansas governor Kathleen Sebelius (a Catholic who supports abortion rights) as Secretary for Health and Human Services, Martino said it was "sad and disappointing" that the college chose to honor a Democrat who could not "muster the courage" to oppose "the pro-abortion agenda...
...Catholic leader, who has gained national prominence for his outspoken pro-life advocacy and aggressive criticism of pro-choice Democratic politicians, is still more than a decade away from reaching the church's automatic retirement age of 75. Martino's abrupt resignation, along with the fact that he was not reassigned to another position within the church, has some church insiders suggesting that the highly unusual move was far from voluntary - and quite possibly the work of a Vatican that has been decidedly less openly critical of the Obama Administration. (See pictures of Obama with the Pope in July...
...Dallas, Pa., for inviting an openly gay writer and former Clinton Administration aide to speak. The university, declared Martino, was "seriously failing in maintaining its Catholic identity." Earlier this year, Martino threatened to shutter Scranton's cathedral on St. Patrick's Day if any local Irish-American organizations included pro-choice politicians in their celebrations...
...state - "I will be truly vigilant on this point," said Martino. And he warned his parishioners that there would be dire consequences for supporting Biden and the Democratic ticket. In October, Martino directed that a letter be read at all Sunday masses, charging that a vote for a pro-choice politician was the same as supporting "homicide." He also instructed priests to deny communion to anyone they believed publicly supported abortion rights...