[Catholicguy]

.Whether or not the Pope's assessment of the effectiveness of the system of incarceration in this country is or is not a matter of Catholic doctrine, i.e., taught by the Church as divinely revealed, is what we are debating

Go back and read the posts. That is what YOU are debating. Not me. My debate is about the principle whether or not a Catholic can reject an Encyclical and/or Catholic Doctrine. It isn't argueable. He can't.

If he does, and Scalia does, he is just another tray-pusher in the Catholic Cafeteria standing in line with Frances Quisling, the SSPX, McBrien (and sinkspur). Sure, he will select other "options" than do the others; but he is a Cafeteria Catholic just like the rest of them