[NYer]

We do have a right to self-defense, but since September 11th it is much harder to establish clear perimeters of protection.

Your pastor has it right. I don't know much about the Chicago Diocese but here in Albany, the parishioners have survived under the 25 year reign of one of the most liberal bishops in the US.

The pastor at Sacred Heart in Troy delivered an insidious message. It goes well beyond distasteful.

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[Chi-townChief]

Our archbishop Cardinal Francis George started out as anti-war but recently has moved in our direction, saying, to the effect, that removing a brutal dictator is a just cause for war and (here he equivicated a bit) that we could not find a diplomatic solution is now a moot point. I guess being a bishop he can't really come out and say, "Kill 'em all, let God sort 'em out!"

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Thanks.

[Maximilian]

The pastor at Sacred Heart in Troy delivered an insidious message. It goes well beyond distasteful.

In what way does the pastor's message diverge from everything the pope has been saying about Iraq?