The letter was’nt read in the church I attended in the Detroit diocese and from other web sites that I read,not in many other dioceses as well.The foxes are guarding the chicken coop.
We didn’t hear it either, (Sterling Heights parish) but I thought it might be just because we are a really orthodox parish. No Obama stickers in our parking lot. In fact, our pastor called out Obama about the “Born Alive” act before the election.
The mandate is up on the Website for the Archdiocese. Maybe it will be read next weekend.
I heard it in both my parish in the San Jose Diocese and in my wife’s parish in the Eparchy of Phoenix. I found the statement from my own bishop McGrath especially gratifying give the usual positions of the diocese.