Lombardi is the Barney Fife of priests, but without the affection.
Absolutely, Lombardi is a loose cannon on occasion. The frustration is that his mutterings confuse everyone. The media jumps at any opportunity to divide Catholics and to please her critics. Lombardi guarantees opportunity, and needs to be replaced.
"Before he was a devoted husband and father, or a U.S. Senator, or a presidential candidate of historic accomplishments, Barack Obama took a job working as a community organizer for a group of eight Catholic parishes in one of the nation’s largest cities. With funding from the U.S. Bishops and working for three years out of an office in a Catholic church rectory, he embarked on a campaign to empower the lives of thousands of people who were suffering through economic circumstances not unlike what has befallen our country today. "
http://www.catholicdemocrats.org/cfo/the_catholic_case_for_obama.php
54% of all Catholics voted for Obama in 2008 (45% for McCain)
50% of all Catholics voted for Obama in 2012 (48% for Romney)
62% of all Catholics are for gun control according to a recent poll
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There is a lot of division.
The Pope's on Twitter and there's a new app out today. Ask him to also clean up this mess on aisle schism.
Note on that "app" article that Carol Glatz is a VAMP for all things Catholic.
I was surprised that he wasn’t replaced a couple of years ago when he made it sound as if the Pope was in favor of population control in Africa. I think it almost happened (the Pope was very upset) but Lombardi must have a lot of powerful friends who protected him.
His aficionados may actually not be at the upper levels but at the lower levels, because like any good Dem (in our terms) he has bought himself support by hiring all the people who are now working under him. Life at the Vatican would continue if they all left to support him, but it would be difficult and I don’t think anybody really wants to go through this.