“Abortion is not an isolated issue. Lackadaisical American Catholics are not ignoring Church leadering on this issue alone, but on the entire range of Catholic teaching. Most Catholics skip Sunday Mass regularly. Most Catholics rarely if ever go to Confession. Most Catholics use contraceptives. Most Catholics do not believe in the Real Presence. Most Catholics no longer accept Church authority on any issue.”
I am a Catholic, and would never consider voting for a baby killer. I see the problem is with the Church itself. When Catholics see Catholic politicians voting for infanticide, and the Church does nothing to punish them, such as allowing them to receive Holy Communion, and not excommunicating them, many feel like it must not be that big a deal.
That is it exactly. Teaching without discipline, especially to a group as badly taught as US Cartholics have been for generations, is doomed to fail.
Freegards