...who has spoken out clearly, paternally, and wisely on the subject of the forthcoming American presidential election and the traditional dinner at which the two candidates meet.
There's a new fashion for indignant, muddled young(ish) fogeyish Catholics who are less well formed in the Faith than they think they are, to announce themselves as commentators on the Internet. There are a great many good and large and generous things that they could be doing, but becoming a (sort of) Catholic wanna-be celeb instead is too big a temptation, so they get excited with camera and computer and talk a lot and post it on the web. Verbal bashing of the Cardinal and other pro-life leaders and workers is their current excitement. Time to chuck it, boys. There are great and noble tasks awaiting you in your generation, and you need to get on and seek out what God is asking of you. Being an active Catholic consists of more than feeling good and being rude about the grown-ups.
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You're quite right, but I suspect you're going to be inundated with bonkers comments from the usual keyboard warriors who like nothing better than to snipe at the local hierarchy. Tiresome, counterproductive, and not conducive to personal holiness.
The Cardinal wants a normal political situation, and that's a very reasonable thing to desire. But it's rapidly becoming unattainable in America. The divide between the two parties has ceased to be a political disagreement, and become a cultural chasm. Universities and Hollywood are Democrat. Churches are Republican. The situation has started to develop where to two sides can't even eat in the same restaurants, because owners have started to identify their businesses with the various causes.
Hurrah from an American reader! Well said.
Am so glad.At last someone with an actual track record of getting out there and actually living the faith stands up to the appalling bullies with their blogs
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