I think we may already have our answer for how the Catholic Church will respond, by looking at how they responded to Mitt Romney doing the same thing Obama is doing now. I’ve asked the question several times in different threads and nobody will answer how the Church responded. They must not have responded.
And judging by what happened when a lesbian Buddhist was advised not to come up to the communion rail because she would not be given communion - and she did it anyway and the Church sided with her.... I don’t think the balls we’re looking for are anywhere to be found.
I hope I’m wrong. If they’ve not obeyed God rather than Romney’s demands, this would be a great time for them to repent of that and to commit to doing what is right instead. We all know it’s hard to make a stand like that, and being forgiven and starting over is not something any within the Christian faith are strangers to or would throw first stones over.
“I hope I’m wrong.”
You get your wish.
There is a battle going on within the Catholic Church that is similar to the culture war that rages in society at large.
There are theological leftists within the Catholic Church, yes, but because the Church’s foundations are solid, they have been unable to bring it down. It appears that evil within the Church has reached its high-water mark and is receding, laus Deo.