"But if Sean Hannity's patriotism and conservatism are under question by the Catholic Church"
The Church could care less about Hannity's patriotism.
Let's say that after all these years of Hannity proclaiming his conservatism...we find out he really is pro tax increases, pro socialized medicine, pro gun control, pro-choice (oh yeah, he IS pro-choice!) ....well, conservative leaders may question his conservatism and rightly so.
And so it is with the Church.
Catholics who support abortion and artificial birth control are not catholic no matter what they call themselves.
It's like calling yourself a Buddhist but you don't believe in meditation.
It's like calling yourself a scientologist but you think L. Ron Hubbard was whacked.
This priest is only pointing out Sean's cognitive dissonance.
I just posted my reply without viewing yours first. You have rendered the argument to its basic elements, and I think it bears repeating:
Let's say that after all these years of Hannity proclaiming his conservatism...we find out he really is pro tax increases, pro socialized medicine, pro gun control, pro-choice (oh yeah, he IS pro-choice!) ....well, conservative leaders may question his conservatism and rightly so.
And so it is with the Church.
Catholics who support abortion and artificial birth control are not catholic no matter what they call themselves.
It's like calling yourself a Buddhist but you don't believe in meditation.
It's like calling yourself a scientologist but you think L. Ron Hubbard was whacked.
This priest is only pointing out Sean's cognitive dissonance.