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"Invincible ignorance, culpable willfulness, or ingrained habits of sin might explain why a self-described 'practicing Catholic' might dissent from one or more of the definitive teachings of the Church."

Bears repeating.

Kudos to Bishop Wenski. Another voice of reason crying out in the wilderness. Of course, he will never net the same media attention as McCarrick and Mahony - the poster boys of the agenda driven media.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

At least we have some leaders of courage speaking out on this. Which is more than can be said for some of these bishops. The lines are being drawn. Let's hope and pray the tide turns. The challenge for the church is to defend innocent life and to defend the church.

Pro-abortion "Catholics" (i.e., liberals) hurt the church by obscuring and adding confusion to moral issues. The spineless bishops who give aid and comfort to the John Kerry types do a lot of damage to Catholicism. They have a lot to answer for. Interesting that some of the same ones who waffled on priest molestors can't bring themselves to speak out against pro-abortion Catholic politicians. One wonders what the real problem is lurking behind this studied moral ambiguity.... With John Kerry maybe this is not so hard to figure out. Men who can't bring themselves to defend the innocent lives of the unborn usually have deeper moral and spiritual problems. Bishops need to criticize, admonish, rebuke and condemn these types directly.