“I’m not surprised. Fr. Lombardi and Jay Carney have both used that same defense on numerous occasions.”
Your an idiot, of course you know that... or at least your parents did.
Why would I need a “defense”?
Anybody who claims he’s a Catholic but can’t answer why he can’t recognize the difference between venial and mortal sins needs a defense. And it’s not a defense against me but his God. I will pray for those “idiots” and the parents who raised them.