[Coleus]

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[Tacis]

I think the good Bishop can expect an invitation to a session in the woodshed by a group of Kennedys. The Bishop's position is OK for your basic paddie but certainly doesn't apply to the wealthy elitists on whom the Bishop and his colleagues must depend for personal gifts and support.

The Bishop almost ceratinly knows, however, that no matter what these elitists might say in public, they actually believe what the church requires. So, Kennedy and Kerry don't actually believe in abortion, they just say they do because, well, they are lying dem politicians. I'm sure the Bishop understand the nuances.

[Diago]

I wonder what a good bishop can do about a crazy Jesuit college in his diocese?

[Mr. Silverback]

ProLife Ping!

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[grania]

I wish church leaders would just shut up until every pedophile was behind bars and the keys were thrown away. This would include everyone who knew about the situation and didn't do enough (or anything) to stop it.

Until that, what part of "no remaining moral authority" do these bufoons not understand?

PS I'm strongly pro-life. We're better off if the church leaders would just stay out of it until every Catholic child is safe from the perverts.

[Arthur McGowan]

Bishop Robert J. McManus, who will become fifth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Worcester on May 14, said the Vatican has issued no criteria that would exclude Catholic politicians from receiving Communion based on their public positions on so-called "life issues."

The bishop would admit that "the Vatican" issued the Code of Canon Law, wouldn't he? And doesn't Canon 915 say that those who obstinately persist in manifest grave sin "are not to be admitted" to Holy Communion? I could be wrong, but that sure seems like a "criterion issued by the Vatican" to me!

[Coleus]

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[Aquinasfan]

"Any public dissent from (Catholic) teaching is completely unacceptable," he said.

So far, so good.

Watchful waiting.