Obama would love nothing more than to throw the Vatican to the trial lawyer wolves, but his legal advisors are trying to avoid a precedent that might come back on Obama and company tenfold.
Maybe...
This is what gets me...Liberals are furious over this, but some conservatives wonder if Obama is trying to get Catholic votes.
Perhaps they might be trying to avoid a precedent...
Only problem is, have there been any bishops in the U.S. that have been personally expelled by the Vatican - either by Pope John Paul II or by Pope Benedict XVI?
If so, that might present some problems for the Vatican...
If the Vatican has the power to expel a bishop, then wouldn’t they have the power to keep a bishop from being installed?