Who says Catholics have no sense of humor?
This entry originally appeared in The Black Republican.
The Curt Jester got hold of the cover letter the Church's chief theologian attached to his instructions to the American bishops regarding Catholic politicians and communion.
What? Okay, so maybe you only find it mildly amusing, but to us this is ROTFL.
Meanwhile, what's not funny is being taught how to be a good Catholic by... the Anglicans?
The Catholic bishops had an opportunity to take an important and courageous political position, but instead they adopted a position of pragmatic cowardice. If the Catholic understanding of abortion truly expresses the divine will, then any Catholic who actively supports a public policy that supports abortion must be counted as a traitor to the faith of Christ. The Catholic bishops should have come clean on this years ago. The chickens of catechesis-failure are coming home to roost, and now the Catholic bishops are confronted with the sad spectacle of Catholic politicians who publicly advocate public policies that the Catholic Church deems as intrinsically evil. And the bishops are unsure how to respond. One thing for sure. The problem ain't going to go away. What are they going to do a year from now when President Kerry shows up for Mass!That's pretty sad.