Posted on 07/31/2008 7:29:52 AM PDT by bboop
You're joking aren't you?
In the 2004 election, Catholics went 52 to 47 for President Bush.
When did Ratzinger become Pope? I'm wondering if the return to the liberal side coincided with the more "traditional" Pope.
Ratzinger was elected pope on April 19, 2005.
I like the way you think, William. NOTHING happens in a vacuum, and everything has both a cause and an effect, sometimes obvious and sometimes hidden. In this day and age, very few effects have not been planned.
There is no "coincidence" in this life, according to the will of God. On a smaller scale and for a very different reason, there are very few "coincidences" where men and power are concerned.
So while the people may be turning more liberal in their own lives (certainly not a good thing generally) the power structure is actually becoming ever more fascist and controlling.
Change the bottle; keep the wine, however rancid it might be.
Could you imagine what Congress would look like if all the Catholic Bishops were pro-life?
Think of how much worse it might have been if Bush had gotten his choice for SCOTUS.
I have no confidence at all that McCain will nominate strict constructionist justices and judges because of his track record. APPEASE, APPEASE, APPEASE. "For the good of the honor of the Senate", or whatever nonsense. His gangland of 14 cost us a few extremely qualified judges in trade when there was no need to throw them over the side. We could have had them all. Now, if McCain is elected will he get away with nominating a Kennedy-type pro-death guy who votes in accordance with the Constitution one in four times, OR will people like us have the massive influence that we had over W? Interesting question. Will McCain even care what we say? I don't know yet. I still don't know how I'm going to vote. If he picks Ridge, I'm long gone. :)
This is one conservative Catholic who is not completely on the Chaput bandwagon. As far as his orthodoxy goes, he is not a particular fan of the Gregorian Mass. As far as correcting liturgical abuses, he is just continuing what Cardinal Stafford had cleaned up in a herculean way the mess left by the previous archbishop. As far as Chaput’s views on abortion? Well, he is the only Catholic Bishop I know of who has publicly stated that a Catholic who is a Democrat can in good conscience vote for a pro-abortion candidate. And I am not impressed by Chaput’s credentials of having worked on Jimmy Carter’s (another pro-choicer) campaign for president.
LOL, I can imagine the exploding heads of the anti-Catholic bigots on FR.
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