[Mr Ramsbotham]

First, "there's a question about whether this canon'' – the relevant church law – "was ever intended to be used'' to bring politicians to heel. He thinks not. "I stand with the great majority of American bishops and bishops around the world in saying this canon was never intended to be used this way.''

He's confusing abortion with politics.

[DeLaine]

Decency, what does this man know of decency? So the Catholic church having standards is “bringing politicians to heel”

This is one complaint that many Protestants have about Catholics or at least their priests. They are just too into their own convenience when it comes to Catholic beliefs. Rigid is not good either, but standards!!!! There has to be SOME line doesn’t there?

[cthemfly25]

“...and it wasn’t a way we convinced Catholic politicians to appropriate the faith and live it and apply it; the challenge has always been to convince people.’’ Whereas sanctioning them, in his view, has the opposite effect.”

Mr. R—You captured my thought so to add to your observation, it seems that, given His Excellency’s preference for ‘convincing’ [a proper choice of word, as opposed to let’s say converting or saving a soul, because we try to convince a mind] catholic politicians and their catholic followers, it is he who is perhaps inadvertently participating in what he describes as the politicization of the Eucharist.