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I will believe it when I actually see it happen. Do not hold your breath. The majority of bishops within the USCCB are the biggest collection of cowards to ever hold the office. Here in Nebraska the bishops determined it was not the time to take a stand against pro-abortion politicos and their enablers in the electorate. Excerpt:

“…The bishops express the desire that “all Catholics in public life be fully committed to the common good,” and that communion in the church “may always be complete.”
That last point did not sit well with some of the most ardently pro-life voices in the conference, who favor denying communion to pro-choice Catholic legislators.

“At some point this conference will have to address its reticence to speak to Catholic politicians who are not just reluctant, but stridently anti-life,” said Bishop Joseph Martino of Scranton, Pennsylvania. Martino argued that in an earlier era, when some Catholic politicians supported racist laws, Catholic bishops of the time “spoke strongly and took canonical measures against them.”…

… “Not every bishop, however, appeared comfortable with a combative approach to the new administration.

“A prophecy of denunciation quickly wears thin,” said Bishop Blase Cupich of Rapid Coity, South Dakota. “We need a prophecy of solidarity with the communities we serve and the nation we live in, which needs healing. We must be, and be seen to be, caring pastors as well as faithful teachers.”

Archbishop Elden Curtiss of Omaha, Nebraska, struck a similar note.

“The atmosphere in the country right now is to bring about unity, to reach out to different points of view and different opinions,” Curtiss said. “It’s important for us not to be seen as being deliberately divisive now, or creating division by our actions.”

Curtiss suggested that perhaps one winning argument in opposition to FOCA is precisely that it would be “extremely divisive.” …
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