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Dear Vicomte13,

Yes, I believe that Archbishop Wuerl is deeply pro-life.

I understand that you'd like to vote for Mr. Giuliani, but I think that your comments with regard to Mr. Giuliani aren't especially relevant to Archbishop Wuerl.

There is a critical difference between Archbishop Wuerl and Mr. Giuliani: Archbishop Wuerl believes that abortion should be banned by law; Mr. Giuliani believes that the "right" to abortion is guaranteed by the United States Constitution.

If you'd like to argue that some of Archbishop Wuerl's actions (or lack of action, in this case) work against his belief and desire that abortion should be banned by law, well, gee whiz, that's what I said.

However, I don't think that Archbishop Wuerl would agree with me (or you). I think that he believes that his method is the best way to ultimately persuade pro-abort Catholics to come back to a pro-life position. I think he's wrong. But I think he thinks it, nonetheless.

I believe that he's deeply pro-life. But I think he's also wrong in what he's doing in this regard.

"He won't do what his duty requires of him."

I agree. I think I more or less implied that.

"And it leads others astray."

I agree. I think I actually said that pretty explicitly.

"I am not inclined to give him any fig leaf of respectability here."

I don't think I gave him much of a fig leaf, if any. I said that he and like-minded bishops are responsible for the "largest portion of blame for the defection of millions of Catholics in the United States on the issue of abortion."

"He is shirking his duty on the most important moral issue of our time, in the most important see in America."

I agree. I think that's what I said.

"He's a coward."

I don't know whether or not he's a coward. He may be. Or not. He may sincerely believe that his approach is the right one, on principled grounds. However, I wouldn't be surprised if his views aren't at least partially colored by the desire to be accepted by a certain sort.

And that would be at least tinged with a bit of cowardice.

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