Posted on 09/08/2008 9:04:45 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Sarah Palin’s firm opposition to abortion and her status as a mother of five prompted a Vatican official to describe the Republican vice president nominee as a “dream candidate.”
“I couldn't be more happy,” a U.S. church official at the Vatican told Newsmax on the condition of anonymity. “She is, in many ways, a dream candidate, at least among Americans here.”
It is impossible to speak of a collective “Vatican view” about Palin, a member of the Assemblies of God, because not all Vatican officials have the same opinions or authority. And, although the Alaska governor’s pro-life position has earned praise in the Vatican hierarchy, the church officials also say they don’t know her stances on other issues.
Archbishop Raymond Burke, who was archbishop of St. Louis until Pope Benedict XVI recently appointed him to head the Vatican’s highest court, confessed to knowing little about Palin. But he said he would be “very interested to learn more about what she thinks.”
Church officials in Europe and other parts of the world laud the pro-life credentials of Palin and Sen. John McCain at the top of the GOP ticket. But they also express uncertainty about some of her other policy positions. They refuse to specify them on the grounds that the church does not participate in electioneering.
“The church certainly supports her pro-life position,” one European official said. “But, as ever, we avoid focussing on a single issue and have to look at the wider spectrum.”
Burke also stopped short of explicitly endorsing any candidate and agreed that abortion should not be the only issue to concern Catholic voters. But life issues are the critical ones, he said.
“We cannot accept for ourselves a political leadership which does not safeguard the inviolable dignity of human life,” he said. “Are there other
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For what it’s worth.
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A “dream candidate” and a divine gift...
I can’t read about the Vatican without thinking of this dialogue from Blazing Saddles:
[Bart, disguised as a Klansman, describes his qualifications as a villain]
Bart: Stampeding cattle.
Hedley Lamarr: That’s not much of a crime.
Bart: Through the Vatican?
Hedley Lamarr: [smiling] Kinkyyyy. Sign here.
Faith sharing bump.
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