[bobjam]

The Bush Administration has had its differences with the Catholic Church over the last few years- particularly concerning Iraq and capital punishment. However, neither Bush, nor his staff, ever dreamed of casting such disrepect upon Catholic doctrine, its saints or its bishops and cardinals.

[thefrankbaum]

The Bush Administration wasn't arguing with infallible teachings of the Church, since the Church recognizes that war and capital punishment are sometimes necessary. They disagreed on whether the cases at issue met the test for legitimacy.

Besides, Bush isn't Catholic (yet?)