Father Sam did climb up to the street’s edge and he did apologize profusely. He said, to the effect, that he must be careful not to look political in this thing and some such. I nodded and was nice and asked what I should not do. He said I should not take pics of him with a politician and I told him I would not.
Later, during that meeting in the Parish Life Center, the married priest went over the matter of Catholicism, religion and politics. He said that churches and politics mixing is not against any law but is part of the IRS code. He then mentioned Al Sharpton and the like.
I bring this up because right now, folks, the Catholic church is a idealogical mess. We’ve got parishioners walking out of masses when the officiating priest speaks of this mess with Obamacare.
Catholics, I dunno, some of them are verbal and loud and some want to just go to church, get communion, and go home, Obamacare be damned. Father Sam, intriguingly enough, is one of the loudest, shouting from that pulpit about our gubmint and its intent to walk all over our faith.
I think he’s great but again, parishioners get up and walk out, fooey on them, cowards.
So I dunno what got into my priest but I will conclude, in a fashion, that Catholics have schizophrenia, the whole concept of coalescing and fighting for its rights being knew.
Father Sam....I think he’s just as confused and somehow, as is often the case, I am in the wrong place at the right time.
Or some such.
Whoops - I meant to say Metro East St. Louis. Lots of government freebees handed out there
You’re lucky, actually. Our priest won’t mention it at all. Old Father Fran retired at 91 years old back in Octber, and now we have a new priest, Father Charles, a young, spry 72 year old.
Father Fran was a dyed-in-the-wool conservative, he even had a picture of George W Bush in the rectory, and spoke his mind about issues. Farther Charles, now, he won’t. Do note that this part of Alabama I live in is overwhelmingly conservative. Even the few democrats (mostly black) left are conservative.
But Father Charles only mentions that there are masses, etc for “Religious Freedom”. He never defines who is taking religious freedom away... Well, he did mention it as an overseas thing, but never mentions THIS country in that regards.
They've been trying to destroy the Catholic Church for a long time. First it was the queers, infiltrating the priesthood and molesting the alterboys, that's been going on for decades...or longer.
Then there's "social justice"....communism by another name.
My only real criticism of actual Catholicism, is they should let the priest get married. At least you'd have a pretty good idea what you have for a priest.
I don't think there's any real actual Christian prohibition to it or protestant factions would have it too.