“Finally, if you pay attention, you will see that the Catholic Church is loathe to pass judgment on anyone. They leave it to God. That is why Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, and the like continue to call themselves Catholics; because the Church itself has not yet condemned them.”
As far as I see it, the fact thay pro-baby butchery Catholic pols aren’t publicly confirmed as being excommunicated by their own well known odious actions is something to be ashamed of. Because it’s shameful. There would be nothing wrong with bishops calling out folks that not only support baby-butchery but claim it’s cool with Church teaching to do so. Bishops are supposed to teach. You can’t teach such bad sinners as us Catholics without discipline, and public discipline is the kind that teaches the most.
Freegards
I agree it would be very satisfying and instructive to have the Church publicly condemn CINO’s. Unfortunately, what we are faced with now is a generation that has had poor Catholic instruction and has no framework to analyze issues upon.
The only solution now for our Church is to begin re-teaching the basics to the next generation. We’ve got to do better about being clear about Church teaching. We don’t need to condemn; if we teach them right, they will know how to assess people who are Catholic in name only.