On October 6, the University of Saint Mary of the Lake in Chicago announced via its Facebook page (see photo) that Cardinal Blase Cupich is scheduled to honor pro-abortion billionaire Michael Sacks at the annual Rerum Novarum Awards Dinner.
Just days prior (Sept. 29), Sacks had given $600,000 to the Prairie State Access Fund in support of abortion access in Illinois. (As reported by Fox News.)
Weeks later, on Oct. 22, LifeSite News published an article on the event. A few days later, so too did Life News. Yesterday, CatholicVote jumped into the fray sharing the following excerpt taken from the Fox News article on its X page:
Kelsey Reinhardt, president and CEO of CatholicVote, said, “The U.S. bishops have taught that Catholic institutions should not give ‘awards, honors or platforms’ to those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles. A little over a year ago, Catholics made clear their disappointment that the Archdiocese of Chicago attempted to honor a public supporter of abortion.”
Reinhardt added, “We urge Cardinal Cupich to reconsider this honor. The pre-born babies and the faithful who support them cry out once again.”
What do the responses of all three of these Catholic pro-life organizations have in common?
Before answering that question, let’s consider the nature of the award.
According to the Seminary Salutes: Rerum Novarum Award website:
The event honors lay men and women who are examples of Catholic Social Teaching in action, especially in the areas of labor, business and government.
The fundamentals of this award are: respect for the dignity of the human being and human labor, the right to organize, and the right to a living wage. The evening provides the seminary with an opportunity to identify Catholic men and women in their fields, who by their example and work have promoted the social teachings of the Church. Those honored receive the prestigious Rerum Novarum Award from the Archbishop of Chicago at the Seminary Salutes dinner and award ceremony.
One may note that Sacks is set to be honored with the so-called “Nostra Aetate Award,” a new feature added to the event making its debut this year. Bear well in mind, however, it’s not a stand-alone honor, rather, it remains a part of the Rerum Novarum Award, the criteria of which is outlined above.
With all of this made clear, let’s return to the question at hand:
What do the responses of all three of the above-mentioned Catholic pro-life organizations have in common?
ANSWER: Not one of them had the integrity to express outrage over the fact that Michael Sacks is a Jew, which makes him eminently unqualified for even passing consideration as an example of Catholic Social Teaching in action.
Why the silence on this crucial part of the controversy?
As mentioned numerous times in this space, rabbinic Jews (better understood as Talmudists) occupy control over a veritable Board of Directors for the Novus Ordo church-of-man. As every conciliar pro-life leader knows, criticism of Jews and Jewish skullduggery simply isn’t allowed in those confines, i.e., say the obvious out loud and you’ll soon be on the outside looking in.
This raises yet another question: What exactly is a Jew?
Ask ten people who call themselves Jewish and you’ll get more than a dozen answers. That said, the one thing that all of them have in common is their rejection of Jesus Christ and opposition to His Social Kingship. Sure, the degree to which that opposition is made manifest among individual Jews varies, but rest assured, it’s an inextricable part of Jewish identity.
This being so, even if Michael Sacks was a generous and outspoken critic of abortion, the simple fact that he identifies as a Jew makes him unqualified for the Rerum Novarum Award.
The Rerum Novarum Award was established in 1991. Even without researching its history, one can be certain that it was never given to an individual whose contribution to the common good was founded upon his or her outspoken recognition and defense of the Sovereign Rights of Christ the King.
The reason for this is simple and obvious: It’s a conciliar award, and the Christ the King dog won’t hunt in those circles.
So, where’s the story here? I mean, is it really news that a guy like Michael Sacks – who in addition to being pro-abortion is also a vocal proponent of the LGBT cause – is being honored by a conciliar church diocese?
No, of course not.
The noteworthy thing here is that the disordered priorities of many leading Catholic pro-life organizations have once again been put on display for all to see. Specifically, their reaction to news that Michael Sacks is slated to receive a Catholic award demonstrates, once again, that the primary object of their worship is not Jesus Christ, but rather the human embryo.
