What Bishops Do -Or Refuse To Do- Matters

Last Week I wrote about Canon 915 which requires people who are "obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to holy communion"

Now we have a good practical example of what happens when our Bishops are loath to apply this canon: This week 16 of the 25 Catholic Senators voted to fund overseas abortions

First of all I'd like to point out just how corrupt Sen. Bob Casey really is. As noted in the story, it is now clear that he essentially lied to his constituents in his bid to defeat former Sen. Rick Santorum (Who was a great Catholic Senator and probably the best senator we had until his defeat) when he proclaimed that he was pro-life. I only hope the people of Pennsylvania are not fooled again.

On a more Catholic note: How sad is it that the in the United States we can't even get half of our Catholic Senators to vote against killing children? How confusing is that to the faithful? Why do our Bishops continue to only give lip service to protecting the unborn?

I loathe to go in this direction, but I fear that I must... I have a high suspicion that the reason many Bishops will not enforce Canon 915 is because they are politically liberal. Not on Abortion itself, but in virtually every other issue. A quick glance at the list of the 16 Catholic Senators who voted for the amendment in question shows that 15 are Democrats and only one (Susan Collins (R-ME)) is a Republican. How else can we explain this travesty?

I can understand the liberal position on social justice and welfare. I can even understand why many in the church support that position, but to believe that these ideals trump the very basic tenets of the right to life is beyond the pale. Something must be done. I think that it should be clear now that Catholicism and Liberalism are two things that are fundamentally diametrically opposed to each other. Certainly Catholicism and the the Democrat Party are. I cannot honestly say that a good catholic can be a Democrat any more than they could be a member of the Post WWII Communist Party.

What is currently passing for much of Catholicism in this country cannot stand together with liberalism for any length of time without it ceasing to be Catholic entirely. Either our bishops need to reverse course, bring their worthy desires for increased charity for the poor back from the State to the Church where it belongs or there will eventually be another split in the church.

Maybe I'm jumping the gun here, and truthfully I hope I am. But if so it's not by much. The current state of affairs cannot last indefinitely. In any case, Please pray for our country and our Church.