Today's USA Today has an article about the ongoing discussion in the Catholic church of the withholding of communion and other sacraments from Catholic politicians who don't vote based on Catholic dogma. The article raises a question (indirectly) that I've always wondered: in a country where only 10% of Catholics adhere to the Church's position on abortion, only 29% do so on capital punishment, and only 33% do so on euthanasia, what exactly does it mean to be an American Catholic? Is it wrong of John Kerry (or whomever) to be more in tune with his consituency than with the Vatican?
Tuesday, June 15, 2004
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