Cafeteria Catholicism
A reader at Andrew Sullivan’s Dish points out the hypocrisy of the Catholic Church and the neo-conservative religious right:
“From the official Catechism of the Catholic Church (2297): “Torture which uses physical or moral violence to extract confessions, punish the guilty, frighten opponents, or satisfy hatred is contrary to respect for the person and for human dignity.” What I can’t figure out is, why hasn’t a bishop come out publicly to deny Santorum communion? When John Kerry was running for president, no less than future pope Ratzinger stated that Kerry should be denied communion, which he ultimately was. Where is Ratzinger now? Where is Raymond Burke? Sean O’Malley?”
“Rick Santorum (and Gingrich, too) hold many more stances that directly violate the Catechism than Kerry did. Why do you think they’ve been silent on the two death penalty-endorsing, torture-praising, social welfare-cutting Catholics who could potentially be our next president?”
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