[Terriergal]

Very interesting! Thanks for the ping! I'm not a Catholic but it is good to see the 'laypeople' speaking out on things like this.

this would frustrate me:

The Bishops seem to genuinely believe that when they oppose pro-death Catholic politicians, the public backlash automatically ensures the election of those officials

I mean -- who cares? You still have to stand against evil. Whether the whole world goes running toward it or not! I guess then it would serve to help them make their decision *against* God. "I would that you were either hot or cold!"

[american colleen]

Sorry to ping you and you aren't even a Catholic! I have a ping list that someone else sent me quite a while ago and I just blindly use it, figuring it was culled from a list of Catholics who post on the religion threads.

Well, you talk like a Catholic, anyway! ;-)