CNS News has a video and story up in which Harry Knox, who serves on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, reasserts his comments made back in March that Pope Benedict is “hurting people in the name of Jesus.” 
Read and see it here.
Seems to not quite fit with the warm and fuzzy name of the Council on which Mr. Knox sits, and suggests the Obama Administration’s utter disdain for the Holy Father and Catholics.
Please circulate this to all of your Catholic family, friends and colleagues. Expose the outrage and sign our petition.
We the undersigned, call for the immediate resignation of Harry Knox, who serves on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Recently, Mr. Knox once again expressed his prejudice against the Pope and by extension all Catholics when he reaffirmed his view that the Pope "is hurting people in the name of Jesus."
These comments expose that Mr. Knox is openly hostile towards Catholics and their religious leader and should disqualify him from public service in an organization that "will work on behalf of Americans committed to improving their communities, no matter their religious or political beliefs."
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Praying for you Mr. Knox, but you need to step down.
This petition is outrageous. Are we to censure and call for the removal from office and position everyone who disagrees with our views? If Knox had said this about Scientology or Islam, would this petition be here? This petition is cowardly.
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I signed your petition even though I’m not Catholic. I am LDS, which means I don’t have the same belief in the Pope as Catholics have. But I don’t believe in attackiing people of other faiths or that the world is going to hang on my opinion of other faiths… which is clearly what Harry Knox believes. He is fostering intolerance and wanting to control religion in a Gestapo fashion, and that is exactly opposite of what his position is supposed to be doing. He is wrong for this country and he is wrong for the position, and Obama needs to remove him in favor of a less devisive and hateful candidate. I’m with you in spirit even if I’m not with you in faith. Harry Knox has to go.
When will the Catholic clergy finally wake up, get some spine and realize that staying defanged in an effort to keep tax exempt status is a recipe for empty churches and a public that simply doesn’t care about being Christian. The government and the media for the last 40 years have been in permanent attack mode on the Church AND its beliefs – its time to stop turning the other cheek for Christ’s sake! Abject weakness, bureaucratic inertia – welcome to modern Catholicism. This isn’t what Christians are about, what Catholics should be about – show some vigor, and get loud about it. A petition? Speak out in a direct manner – endorse candidates – let them try to change your tax status – get public or disappear. Another generation and the Catholic church in America is finished. Don’t you people have your eyes open to what is going on? What has been done to you by the mainstream media and by Democrat politicians?
Once again, I am ashamed of the man in the oval office; how far we have fallen!
We need to step up the Protest
All the radicals within Obama’s administration reflect his true character. The thing is Obama is the most radical of them all! An Obama nation is certainly an abomination!!!!!!
Pharoahs heart has been hardened and the scales have been put over the eyes of the blind man…all Christians need to pray for President Obama for Our Lord to lift the veil covering his heart and his eyes.
Wow, seating a Catholic hater on a faith based panel,,what a big shocker!! Nothing less expected from this administration.
It seems that there is something unethical about all of the people that our president has around him. I am not Catholic but I am a Christian and believe what the Bible says. To have a man like this advisor overseeing Faith based intiatives is really sad. This administration has disgraced the office of the President of the United States of America.
Are we surprised? At the prayer breakfast Hilary Clinton managed, I am sure on purpose, to denigrate and insult 85% of the American people who belong to an organized religion. I realize these elite marxist/progressives don’t believe in anything but gaining control and power over the “little people” who do believe and do practice their faith. I say good luck with those future elections.
Barack Obama said during his campaign, “Judge me by my associates”. So it make’s it very difficult to form anything but a negative opinion of this man when he sat in Jeremiah Wrights Church for twenty years, when he launched his political career in the home of Willaim Ayres and Bernardine Dohrn,the leaders of the Weather Underground who bombed the World Trade Center. When his mentor was Frank Marshal Davis, a member of the Communist Party USA.
There is a saying, Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are. So lets not set our expectations too high for Barack Obama. His goals, his expectations, and his actions differs from ours and our Catholic Church.
Mr. Ahlquist,
I agree that we don’t and shouldn’t call for the censure and removal of anyone who hapens to disagree with our relgious views, but obviously one who holds his bekief is the wrong man to be in charge of faith based initiatives. If Knox were the Treasury Secretary it would not make a difference what his view of the Pope or the Ccatholic Church was. But name me one other faith based organization who has contributed more to charity and to elimating humnan suffering of people all around the world, regardles of their faith, than the Catholic Church. And that’s what we are talking about. Knox’s view/predjudice against the Church obviously does not allow him to recognize the value of the Catholic Church in its charitable role, and thats why he shoud be removed.
May God help us impeach the Obama administration for the cruel punishment they have done to the this country. Let freedom and liberty stand strong in our country. May our Catholic faith not be ridiculed any longer. Please, in the name of Jesus hear our prayer! Amen.
How dare Knox speak of the pope in such terms and then have the audacity to deny science! Not only disrespectful, but intolerant and arrogant. Knock Knox out of office.
This is amazing, Obama comes in as a uniter not a divider yet he brings in the most divisive extremists ever to the Presidential Office/staff.
This idiot is the the director of a presidential faith based advisory panel yet the man has the audacity to outwardly degrade the largest Christian group in the nation…and the world and its spritiual leader. What is he thinking?
Well I think it is time for Catholics (as well as other Christians and people of faith) to stand up to this anti-FAITH bigotry ironically coming from an individual heading a presidential advisory panel established to coordinate respect and unity among faith based organizations.
He is so arrogant he simultaneously insults scientific research as he completely disregards the statements of the director of of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at Harvard (as if he or someone else was more qualified) simply because it backs the Pope:
The Pope May Be Right by Prof. Edward C. Green (Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/27/AR2009032702825.html
Harvard AIDS expert says Pope ‘correct’ on condoms and spread of HIV (Times – UK) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5987155.ece
THIS GUY HAS GOT TO GO!
This knox appointee is just like the other people who are close to teleprompter czar obama goes to say a bird of feather flock together this is just one of the many faces of obama.
I am Catholic and am very appalled at the comments made by Harry Knox.Everyone does have a right to free speech, however it certainly sounds like his opinion is against the catholic faith and the pope. Most of the Obama administration are progressives and lean toward socialism. I don’t understand why they single out the catholics and christians who stand up for their faith and beliefs. I question Obama’s own faith when he stated “America is no longer a Christian nation.” His own true colors are starting to come out. Maybe that is why he chose this man to head the Faith Based Advisory Council. To speak for what he wants to say. To John: If indeed Martin Grossman is innocent save him. However the Bible does mention a man shall be put to death if he intentionally kills another. This can be found in Exodus 21:12-25. Chrisitan or not, we need to stand up and call for this man’s resignation.
I hope President Obama is in denial of Mr Knoxes comments of hatred and denegration of the Pope and the Catholic faith.We must pray for the President and his administration.They are out of touch with the will of the people and the spiritual laws that govern us. What an example of faith based people like Knox who is insane and probably doesn’t know it.
I am so disappointed in the direction this country is taking. I pray that once again we the people can bring this country back to all it’s glory and once again show favor in our Lord’s eyes.
Although I am not a Catholic I am truly concerned about the path our administration is going down.
There seems to be a combined effort in Washington to make those of us who are considered “People of Faith” to be non Americans. I for one believe in what the Founding Fathers wanted for this nation, and I am sure it was not what our current President and his so called advisors are doing.
As for the comments on the Pope I believe that we can trust the Lord to vindicate him and expose the truth of his statemants.
God Bless America
Why is disagreement bigotry? I thought America had freedom of speech. Pointing out that the Pope’s discouragement of condom use is destructive to Africa is not anti-Catholic or anti-Christian nor is it anti-faith.
As a matter of fact it is the truth. When you spread the lie that condom use actually spreads HIV/AIDS you are intentionally destroying lives. How dare you try to silence him with ad hominem attacks by calling him a bigot.
He is actually a good example of how politicians should be using their public office. If pissing off some Catholics is required to get the message out then so be it. I have more respect for politicians who are willing to risk their positions to do what they believe in than those just trying to gain political favour.
If those of you calling him intolerant were any bit tolerant of him then you would be attacking his position on the issue which is condom use in Africa rather than making baseless personal attacks.
And I’m sorry, but the fact that the Catholic Church has done a lot of charitable work does not excuse them from such a grave mistake.
This isn’t a matter of religion, its about ethics and civility.
A comment was made in regard to Islam and how this action wouldn’t be taken if Islam was being attacked by the US leadership. Apparently that person has been living under a rock. Islam attacks anyone for the slightest negative comment or cartoon. Its politically incorrect to attack Islam but its correct to unjustly attack Catholism or Christianity as a whole.
This petition is an attempt to get politicians to leave religion out of their business and obey the will of their constituents.
The politicians only lean on separation of Church and State when it suites them, but otherwise set forth attempts to destroy Christianity and create their own progressive religion based on humanism, socialism, and communism.
To the politician, its not a matter of no religion its about which religion. The current administration has created their own religion which is at odds with Christianity. Islam is their friend for now because they share a common enemy, Christianity. So you will not hear them slam Islam in an unjust manner, or in a just manner for that matter.
Christians are not seeking the dismissal of government officials because of their insults, we are accustomed to that and born again with strength to handle that, rather, we are attempting to get our elected officials, and their appointees, to do their jobs and stop attacking their citizenry for their beliefs which differ from the their own.
Whether the politicians like it or not the majority of the people in the US are Christians and think in terms of Christian values. Therefore, it is incumbent on them to not make comments or laws that offend the majority of the citizens.
This is supposedly a democracy where we do have freedom of speech, but with freedom comes resposibility. Yes they can say all they want to, but does that mean that we have to agree and have no freedom to speak out and state our offenses and change our elected leadership? Is freedom of speech a one way street? If you can’t take it don’t dish it out. If you don’t want to be deposed or offended then don’t offend.
Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.
May God have mercy on us all!
I personaly think Mr.Harry Knox ,should resign from his position . Seems to me everytime I read the paper or watch someone on the news ,Pres.Obama’s administration, says distubing comments on Christianity. I don’t like it & I want it stopped. This great country was founed on Christianity. May God bless America !!
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I do not think Obama will replace Knox. I think his appointment of Knox is revenge because the Pope refused to accept Obama’s selections for Vatican representative. Like the Pope would ever accept a representative from a country’s party who is Pro-Choice or Pro-Death. I believe he had three of his representatives turned down. Hmmm I wonder why? Duh! It’s what I would expect from him.
With all due respect to Christians, Mr. Knox is absolutely correct. As part of the Catholic faith, it is a sin to use a condom or a contraceptive, as it potentially prevents the woman from having a child (this fits in with their view on abortion). As such, they forbid the use of condoms or other contraceptives among their faithful. Over the years, they have gone to Africa and developed a faith base there. As of now, Africa is in the middle of an AIDS epidemic. If a man has AIDS and his wife doesn’t, he is NOT ALLOWED to use a condom if he wishes to have sex with her. If he wishes to have sex with her, it must be without a condom. Naturally, she’s going to get AIDS if he doesn’t use the condom. But, they love each other, so they do it anyway. It is this very Catholic stance on the issue that is spreading AIDS like wildfire and killing so many Africans. They won’t even allow condoms if it means preventing disease. That’s sickening.
i, devoted catholic signing for removal of knox in his office….
i, from philippines, a pure catholic is petitioning for removal of harry knox from his office….
The President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships should not exist, period.
Even if the head of it were saying nice things about the pope.
Since God controls everything that happens, is it not God’s will that Obama is president? Maybe you should be praying to find out how you can support God’s choice, instead of trying to fight against God.
The pope teaches as he does regarding homosexuality to prevent people from getting hurt – to be honest, more likely maimed or mutilated. The homosexual relationships are neither happy nor healthful – as their elevated rates of mortality and violence indicate. Preventing such harm also means refusing to be co-dependant liar for those caught up in the homosexual culture. What about you, Mr. Knox? Of course, it is not just the Catholic Church, but the Bible that proscribes homosexual practice. I suppose it is not yet time for the Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships to take on all biblical religions.
Mark Dillon
I was born and grew up in Hong Kong in the early 50s. I have seen how Catholics have done wonderful things there. The POPE is one the most important factor of keeping us to be a loving and kind person, not to mention about keeping our moral standard with human decency.
I can hardly wait to vote in November. I was once a loyal democrat but no more. I’m sick and tired of Obama and his socialist agenda. VOTE EM ALL OUT!
I’m a former Catholic and I have to say I agree with Mr. Knox. Just because he disapproves of some of the pope’s actions, doesn’t mean he is intending to disparage Catholics personally. Pope’s of the past have been misguided on certain issues and this one may be too. It is the right and duty of every good Catholic to speak truth to power in the Catholic church just like Christ did to his fellow Jews.
Be well,
Paul
This administration never ceases to amaze! A man who decides on faith-based initiatives feels he has the moral standing to pass judgements on whose faith is correct and whose faith is not. Where does President Obama dig these people up?
Obama may go down in history as the leader of the anti-Christ movement.
You poor, poor, man. May you find it in your heart to realize how much you contribute to the destruction of whatever is left that is good, uplifting and healthy in human society.
This does not surprise me,our President did not even participate in the national day of prayer here at a time of economic, moral strife
It is so sad that we are in a day where In the Name Of Jesus is a questionable & offensive thing to some. In a day where we are to be tolerable, it seems that its the very opposite in who is really being “tolerable”. the bible says in the last days the “love of most will grow cold” Who are you?
Please ask the US Government to expand the Food commodity program: Many homeless/low income Vets are too ashamed to ask for food from food pantries, so making shelf stable “Senior MRES” ( low fat, high fiber meals)available at VA clinics would answer a terrible need.
The Catholic Church has a lot to answer for.
Good for you, Mr Cox.
I’m 21, I went to Catholic school for 11 years and I know Church doctrine.
And that doesn’t mean I can’t disagree with it vehemently!
I’d say would say many Catholics (like me) agree with Harry Knox. Contraception prevents abortions and diseases and therefore SAVES lives!!
Condoms are pro-life. The Pope is all-wrong on this issue.
Steve Ahlquist writing previuosly, condones bigotry when it is directed at the church. Andrew.,…..you repeat the mis information recently rebuked again that condones cure promiscuity. With a 3% failed rate(FDA) when scientific applied(as if children in heat apply science better than the FDA) how do you support such a claim? Illegitimacy, abortion, sexual disease, dropout rate & suicide all are substantially higher for those engaged in the sexualization of our children (ie the public school agenda). Those who are taught chastity as a virtue display those for mentioned traits a lot less. The promotion of your lifestyle at the expense of humankind is indefensible. Keep talking this through. We will be praying for you both.
When the Pope tells a poor, HIV ravaged and overpopulated African nation not to use condoms he DOES hurt people in the name of Jesus.
Mr. Ahlquist,
If Knox had said this about Islam, he wouldn’t be here.
MR. KNOX PATHETIC IGNORANCE MAY BE INCULPABLE. THE ONE WHO PUT HIM IN A POSITION OF POWER AND INFLUENCE HAS THE GREATER SIN. PRAY FOR BOTH.
We should not be surprised that the Obama Admininstration harbors anti-Catholic bigots like Harry Knox. After all, POTUS himself spent more than twenty years in the congregation of Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who teaches that Jesus was not a Jew but an angry black revolutionary and that the white race is demonic. I totally disagree with those who try to claim that Obama is a closet Muslim. But I do think he is an “Afro-centric Christian,” which is to say, a heretic. In any case, Mr. Knox must go, and the sooner the better.
Hey Steve haven’t you noticed you and your ilk can bash the pope and all christians? How dare you. You have to be in bho’s camp, and it that I don’t even know why I would respond to your stupidity. God forbid we should say something about muslim extremist but you think you can bash the vicar of Christ on earth and we won’t respond? You drones are more hateful then we christians WILL EVER BE.
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I don’t see how any Christian, including the Pope, could find Knox’s statements objectionable. All Christians (including the Pope) knows that the Pope is capable of sin. All Christians (including the Pope) knows that sin hurts our fellow-humans. All Christians (including the Pope) know that the sins we commit, as well as the charitable deeds we do, reflect on the name of our Lord. Anyone signing this petition needs to take a refresher course in Christianity, logic, or both.
Harry Knox’s comment is inappropriate.
condoms are for the ignorant and easily duped.
the Holy Father was right when he said condom use would only exacerbate the AIDS problem in Africa.
we must always be careful when we are receiving information from people who believe the number of people in the world is the problem. just by their espousing such a viewpoint they lose credibility on any policy area concerned with protecting the weak, the vulnerable and the innocent.
I’d be surprised if your petition is really looked at. If this is given to someone actually able to affect change in the administration. A quick look at the comments section will quickly persuade that person that pushing for the resignation of Harry will not gain them any voters as most posters and likely most signers of this petition have already firmly decided not to support the administration. If anything, following up on this petition will loose the administration supporters.
Supporters who would likely feel that the administration was catering to special interest groups (in this case Catholics) and vote differently next election.
This is why people rarely change their position in politics. Change from what a politician is already doing could kill their next campaign, in fact, politicians who do are usually referred to a flip-floppers in a derogatory manner.
A better tactic might be to try and convince moderates that this administration is not acting in their best interests and persuade them to vote differently next election. Espousing the evils (merely perceived, or in fact) may not be enough though, you must also convince them that the alternative is better. Yay! Two-party system!
Two final notes: 1) When I start reading emotional comments on the internet, I rarely finish as there is rarely any substance there (Obama is Evil! Bush is Evil!) 2) If you’re going to try and persuade anyone to change their political views you had best be ready to listen if you intend on speaking.
This is all opinion and I have regrettably never taken a politics class.
this pope is probably the most corrupt of our time. evil, hateful, vindictive, anti-gay, anti-women, part of a malignant male celibate disfunctional hierarchy that will destroy the Cathloic Church. We can only rely on voices of reason on the margins, the Jusuits and the Franciscans to pick up the pieces and clean out the moral rot this pope will leave behind. All this resulting from the murder of John Paul I by Opus Dei.
I am a practicing Catholic and a member of the Knights of Columbus. The magisterium has never taught that the Death Penalty is wrong of itself. Neither is it stated in the Bible at any time. Some believe one way and some another. That is not what this petition is about and the last posting before mine should be removed for that reason (along with this one once that is done).
Harry Knox is 100% correct and should go further… This guy Benedict is an dangerous, ignorant man.
While I am sympathetic to the thrust of this petition, I believe it misses the larger point: there should never be such a thing as an “Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships” in our Federal gov’t to begin with, regardless of who the president is!
This is why the faithful should have been highly critical of the creation of governemental faith-based initiatives under Bush. Besides being Constitutionally questionable, one had to know that this same concept would, at some point in the future, be guided by a president whom you do not agree with.
For this reason, we should petition, not for Knox to be removed, but for the entire office itself to be disbanded.
Peace be with you.
The God of Jacob and Israel said it best in his HolyWord.(Paraphrase: Any country that blesses Israel ,I will bless. Any country that turns their back on Israel, I will turn my face away from!) We’re all going to pay for what this very foolish man that got into the WhiteHouse through lies and fraud has done to Israel along with the Treason he.ls committed against our Constitution!
The God of Jacob and Israel said it best in his HolyWord.(Paraphrase: Any country that blesses Israel ,I will bless. Any country that turns their back on Israel, I will turn my face away from!) We’re all going to pay for what this very foolish man that got into the WhiteHouse through lies and fraud has done to Israel along with the Treason he’s committed against our Constitution!
Oh my lord. If I see ONE MORE PERSON say how horrible socialism is and how our president is such a bloody socialist, i’m gonna blow. Here is some news, all presidents are socialists! have you ever heard of the public school sistem? The Army, Navy, Airforce, Or Marine Corps? ALL SOCIALIST INSTITUTIONS! In the words of Inigo Montoya, “You keep yousing that word” “I do not the it means, what you think it means”. People like this discredit a valid cause. Aceofspades285@yahoo.com for those who agree with me and want to blow off some steam
I hope that all those people who voted for Obama sees him for what he is now. And that Obama is a liar. If Obama is really a christian like he said he was, Obama would’ve immediately fire this man for such an outrageous comment.
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