“...No one who is doing this can be remorselessly involved in abortion in any way, ad that means voting...”
We’re on the same page.
I’m not professing to be the Catholic / Christian model of excellence either. I’m a work in progress, and fall miserably short every day. I have multiple conflicts of faith, belief, etc., with things.
But - willful termination of an infant’s life is, and always will be murder to me. And I have ZERO in common with anyone who sees that it’s somehow OK. Yeah - it IS a “choice”; a choice to murder or not to, and that’s the only agreement I have with them.
And it seems to me if folks are going to “talk the talk”, then they need to walk the walk as well.
My problem with the Church is that it’s not - and never has been - addressed from the Pulpit during election time.
Don’t want to hear about “tax exemption status” blah blah, either; you either believe it and lead, or you stand by and let it bleed.
If I remember my history correctly - and I do - the “Black Robe Brigades” were some of the LOUDEST proponents of Liberty and independence from the British Empire. They certainly didn’t worry about tax exemption status.
It’s a problem.
Especially with the USCCB advocating for Amnesty, with no such regard.
Priests are people and they need prayers.
I do have a couple of venues that are in obedience with the Church who do speak very openly about the disaster of abortion.
They are MORE in keeping with the true Church than anyone not speaking openly about it.
it is here, where people are sociologically aware.
Abortion IS the problem.
According to Pope Paul VI, and the Vatican and Pope John Paul II in his Theology of the Body, however, and this is very inconvenient to people, and is one reason pastors are reticent; Birth control is the root cause. So they find that talking about this causes people to march out.
I know that’s no reason to not speak the truth. I have to seek out churches where the priests tell how to vote and why, and who are honest about all of this.
Anyway, they need prayers