02-13-2012, 02:03 AM
Grace62 wrote:
[quote=mattkime]
[quote=beagledave]He apparently says that he is not in Opus Dei,
THATS EXACTLY WHAT SOMEONE IN OPUS DEI WOULD SAY
Ha - I was just about to write that. OD members don't talk about membership in public. If they are not members, they are at least Cooperators of Opus Dei.
Oh there are plenty of folks who self identify as Opus Dei members. Santorum says instead that he admires founder Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer. I guess I take him for his word on that sort of thing. But yeah, he certainly would support the kind of extreme orthodoxy that Opus Dei stands for.
And for some comedic relief...
Santorum told NCR that he regards George W. Bush as “the first Catholic president of the United States.”
“From economic issues focusing on the poor and social justice, to issues of human life, George Bush is there,” he said. “He has every right to say, ‘I’m where you are if you’re a believing Catholic.’ ”