[Mrs. Don-o]

Fr. Pete is an intelligent man, a conscientious pastor, and a good ally. We trust each other. That’s worth a lot. Yes, he’ll trust me to do the right thing.

[ebb tide]

I don't consider Fr. Pete to be that intelligent if he's into Earth Day. And a true conscientious pastor should be interested in more spiritual matters for his flock than some fabricated day created by a lunatic Senator who was big into population control.

The April 22 Earth Day, founded by Senator Gaylord Nelson, was first organized in 1970 to promote ecology and respect for life on the planet as well as to encourage awareness of the growing problems of air, water and soil pollution.

Nelson viewed the stabilization of the nation's population as an important aspect of environmentalism. In his words:

The bigger the population gets, the more serious the problems become…. We have to address the population issue. The United Nations, with the U.S. supporting it, took the position in Cairo in 1994 that every country was responsible for stabilizing its own population. It can be done. But in this country, it's phony to say "I'm for the environment but not for limiting immigration."

Does your pastor know that Nelson was not only against immigration but he was pro population control? Does the the USSCCB know that, with its current howl for blanket amnesty?