[steadfastconservative]

I agree with you. During the 2006 election, the USCCB issued “guidelines” for Catholic voters, which listed abortion as just one of many issues that Catholics needed to consider. One could read these guidelines and conclude that it was okay to vote for a pro-abortion candidate as long as he was good on other issues, such as the minimum wage, immigration, welfare, education, and health care. I thought that the whole thing was ridiculously skewed in favor of Democrat causes while minimizing the importance of life issues.

[Ransomed]

You are 100% correct, sfc. The Vatican needs to promote correct, loud, and forceful teaching from bishops. I don’t know why this is so damn hard—there's only so many bishops and it’s not like communication takes months or years like it used to. The performance of the men who make up the Church hierarchy would get them s-canned from any other organization. The worst part about it is that it has been going on so long that we now have generations of badly taught laity who really don't know that abortion/murder isn't equal to "social justice".