[marshmallow]

Not only did the Notre Dame fiasco not wake up the US hierarchy, it actually appears to have accelerated the decay. The tumor appears to have metastasized. As if seeing Obama being decorated on the campus of Notre Dame wasn't bad enough, he's now standing in the sanctuary of a Catholic Church and eulogizing an abortion facilitator.

Am I alone in seeing Obama's preaching from a Catholic sanctuary as a metaphor for the total abandonment of the US Catholic Church by its shepherds? How exactly does a man who favors partial birth abortion get to preach from a Catholic sanctuary, even as the bishop of the diocese sits and listens?

We've progressed (or should I say regressed) from conferring an honor on him to giving him access to a Catholic pulpit.

I'm starting to get really, really sick of these Judases!

[SuziQ]

Obama wasn't preaching from the sanctuary, it was a eulogy, which is not limited to being offered by believers.

The eulogies are usually offered after Communion, though, in my opinion, they shouldn't be done until after the Final Blessing. Maybe that's what Mr. Peters was talking about a violation of liturgical law, though after Communion is the only time I've seem them done in the last few years.