[rhema]

Hugh Hewitt's comments:

The Archbishop of Denver, the Most Reverend Charles J. Chaput, has written on the nomination of William Pryor to the federal bench. In so doing, the Archbishop has reiterated the teaching of the Catholic Church on the sanctity of the life of the unborn and on the responsibility of Catholics in the public square to represent accurately the teachings of the Church. . . .

Archbishop Chaput's column is the most significant defense of a Catholic in public life in many years. Chaput deserves the support of every Catholic in the U.S., his fellow Bishops, and defenders of religious freedom in America. The key lines of his column are these:

"At a minimum, Catholic members of Congress like Senator Durbin should actually read and pray over the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the encyclical Evangelium Vitae before they explain the Catholic faith to anyone."

"They might even try doing something about their 'personal opposition' to abortion by supporting competent prolife judicial appointments. Otherwise, they simply prove what many people already believe -- that a new kind of religious discrimination is very welcome at the Capitol, even among elected officials who claim to be Catholic."

[TheGeezer]

One cannot be Catholic and espouse freedom of choice regarding termination of any human life.

[Corporate Law]

Hopefully this will spark more Catholics to speak out in defense of the church's teachings and will also result in a focusing on true Catholic leaders, not the so-called leaders such as Sens. Kennedy and Leahy. No wonder there is a crisis of leadership when the ones that Catholics are supposed to be proud of (at least according to their own propaganda) are heretical sociopaths such as the Swimmer and Leaky.

[St.Chuck]

Good post. It's nice to see a bishop doing his job. Teaching that personal opposition to abortion is not good enough is exactly what liberal Catholics need to be told. God bless Archbishop Chaput.

[Ann Archy]

Way to GO, Archbishop!!!! Brighter days are on their way.

[Verax]

Way to go Bishop!

Pro-Abort Catholics..., Ugh!

The hottest parts of hell are reserved for those who, in times of moral crisis, maintained their neutrality. - Dante

[Rodney King]

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[Polycarp]

They might even try doing something about their "personal opposition" to abortion by supporting competent pro-life judicial appointments. Otherwise, they simply prove what many people already believe -- that a new kind of religious discrimination is very welcome at the Capitol, even among elected officials who claim to be Catholic.

Some things change, and some things don't. The bias against "papism" is alive and well in America. It just has a different address. But at least some people in Alabama now know where the local Catholic church is -- and where she stands -- even if some people in Washington apparently don't.

Ping!

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[Antoninus]

As a result, Americans were treated to the bizarre spectacle of non-Catholic Senators Orrin Hatch and Jeff Sessions defending Mr. Pryor's constitutionally protected religious rights to Mr. Pryor's critics, including Senator Richard Durbin, an "abortion-rights" Catholic.

Dick Dirtbin should be excommunicated.

Three cheers for Bishop Chaput.

[victim soul]

God Bless Archbishop Chaput, Bill Pryor and Senator Sessions!!!!

May God give enough time so that Durbin, Kennedy, Leahy et al to repent.

Hell is forever.