Late last year, the senior priest in our three-priest parish launched a nuclear attack on Michael Moore, Islamofascists, and anti-American Americans who do not understand the depth of the "religious war" that we've been thrust into. I couldn't believe it. From the expressions all around me, I think most were pleasantly surprised--and agreed.
Afterwards, walking out, I told him, "Father, your homily was blatantly political today...and I'd love to hear more like that." Biggest damned grin I ever saw on a priest.
Point? Several have said here that they don't want the political in church. Is that the case, or we don't want to hear leftist crap? When I hear something like I heard, it gives me great hope for the church. When I hear the lefty crap from a priest (or a nun!), I worry that we're losing the church.
I think you're exposing not a small bit of hypocrisy here. It's not politcs that are the issue with most, but the political leaning.
Those who cannot, and use the time to preach their opinions need to be slapped down
It's my experience - and this is a huge generalization, so don't send me counter-examples because I know of several - that in general, the best priests now are either the very old who came up before Vatican II or the very young who came up during the reign of JP the Great; but it's the ones in-between that are most likely to cause you trouble.