02-07-2012, 09:59 PM
As a lifelong Catholic who still attends Mass every weekend, my pastor read a letter at Mass on Sunday in opposition to the HHS ruling because it was mandated by my Archbishop. Fine....I have little problem with that.
However, I wish the Bishops mandated that some letter - heck, any letter - mentioning that the 2003 Iraq War was an unjust war and, hence, prohibiting any Catholic from serving in the military for that war - was read aloud at Masses. Why didn't they call religious discrimination against President Bush back then as thousands of Catholics took up arms in a war that was condemned by the Pope and the USCCB?
Unfortunately, my Church leadership picks and chooses what issues it wants us Catholics to raise the pitchforks and torches over.
However, I wish the Bishops mandated that some letter - heck, any letter - mentioning that the 2003 Iraq War was an unjust war and, hence, prohibiting any Catholic from serving in the military for that war - was read aloud at Masses. Why didn't they call religious discrimination against President Bush back then as thousands of Catholics took up arms in a war that was condemned by the Pope and the USCCB?
Unfortunately, my Church leadership picks and chooses what issues it wants us Catholics to raise the pitchforks and torches over.