tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post5340024341994658014..comments2023-09-26T00:42:29.508-07:00Comments on Caritas in Veritate: Archdiocese of Washington rebukes Georgetown - but when will bishops publicly bar dissenting Catholic politicians from Holy Communion?Father John Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581732723849634398noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-75703533590916789532012-05-17T16:11:16.253-07:002012-05-17T16:11:16.253-07:00Unfortunately Father, I don’t have much confidence...Unfortunately Father, I don’t have much confidence that Cardinal Wuerl will take the lead in this. In the past the position has been that it is the particular person’s Ordinary who should initiate steps. Cardinal Dolan - much as I admire him in many respects - didn’t take the lead with the New York Governor and other prominent ‘Catholic’ representatives in his jurisdiction either. Even Bishop Morlino of Madison, WI - an admirable man - when asked about VP Biden, demurred, as he had not “spoken personally with the VP…”<br /> <br />One does not need to ‘speak personally’ with every publicly dissident Catholic to condemn their errors in no uncertain terms. For too long the American episcopacy has had a too-cozy relationship with politicians – particularly Democrats. They don’t want to be ‘confrontational’ and give the lukewarm excuse that there needs to be more ‘dialogue’…<br /><br />Basically it comes down to bishops abdicating their responsibilities as teachers and enforcers of doctrine and discipline, in an effort to appear open and ‘nice guys’. As the famed Vince Lombardi noted in another context: “Nice guys finish last…”GORhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14313101159848740722noreply@blogger.com