I am aware that Cherie Blair is a practising Catholic and that Tony may have a lot of good will towards the Catholic Church. My purpose in posting this information is not to destroy the reputation of Cherie Blair - the information I am posting is already in the public domain. I believe that it is important for the good of the Church that those who are seen as authoritative figures in the public square should not be appointed to represent the Church if their personal beliefs are at odds with those of the Church.
This photograph, shows Mrs Blair at the Family Planning Association stalll at the Labour Party Conference cheefully showing a condom to the camera. We must wonder what this gesture indicates. There is no lack of public comment.For example, we find in the Telegraph that a source connected with the Lust for Life campaign said "I think that even they were a little surprised to get a devout Catholic promoting condoms so enthusiastically,"
An article in Hello Magazine said:
Cherie also revealed that, despite being a practising Catholic, she was at odds with the Catholic church’s stance on birth control. In response to the question: “For the sake of the fight against world poverty, should the church change its teaching on birth control,” the premier’s wife answered with an unequivocal, “Yes”.Another article in the Telegraph Get rid of sexism, Cherie tells Pope indicates her dissatisfaction with the Roman Curia:
Saying her beliefs rested on “faith, hope and love” she added: “As a Catholic I am proud of the social mission of the church and its concerns for the poor and dispossessed, but I still personally would support women priests.”
Cherie Blair last night called for half the posts in the Vatican to be filled by women and criticised the Roman Catholic Church's record on human rights.It would seem strange for Cherie Blair to be appointed as an advisor in a Vatican dicastery while she has a fundamental disagreement with the Vatican itself and disagrees publicly with the Church's teaching on contraception. It could be argued that the press coverage of Cherie's position on these questions amounts to nothing more than "rumour" in the press. In which case, could we not legitimately expect a clear statement from Cherie accepting the Church's teaching before she is appointed to such a high profile post?
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I have heard from a journalist who has spoken to Downing Street who said there was no truth to the story that Cherie Blair was to be appointed to a post in the Vatican.
Thank you, Father, for the info on Cherie
Blair. There is much more in the public domain as well. But the fact that she is married to a man who is co-responsible for
the most bloody carnage in modern history in Iraq, alone should prohibit her from any public association with the Catholic Church. To what address in Rome should we write about this?
You are right to point out Cherie Blair's unsuitable credentials for sitting on a Papal Commission. But even if hundreds emailed the Vatican in protest would they be listened to? Let's pray that this is only a rumour and will never happen. On the other hand, I am sure the Holy Father's informants in Britain will already have warned him of the consequences of making such an appointment.
CT Lamb, thank you for that information. I am very happy if Downing Street are denying that this appointment was being considered. I had heard other information but it will be well if my information was incorrect and the appointment was not considered after all.
I believe Joanna Bogle was also on to this issue.
How can we be sure that, just because Downing Street purportedly denies this, it is not being considered in Rome - presumably in ignorance of the facts about the woman. As the first anonymnous wrote, to whom do we write about this.
Yes, Joanna was first in - I followed her lead.
I hope that a rumoured Downing Street denial signals the end of this matter. The dicastery to write to is the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith who would be asked whether there would be any objection to someone being appointed.
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