Use Church hierarchy

….when it is useful. That’s the strategy of some Catholic politicians in Congress. We know that. Diogenes takes the latest opportunity to say it.

A practical politician might have told these 14 Democrats that if they don’t want to hear from the Catholic Church about abortion, they shouldn’t look to hear from the Church about the war in Iraq. A concerned pastor might have told them that if they disregard the Church’s teaching on a clear issue of moral teaching, they should not be so hypocritical as to invoke Church teaching on an issue that is not nearly so clear– an issue on which loyal Catholics can and do differ.

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There are plenty of reasons to work for peace in Iraq; that’s not the issue here. But responsible public leaders of the Catholic Church should not claim to share a moral tradition with politicians who support the slaughter of the unborn.

Period.