Can someone explain to me why the Catholic Bishops do not simply announce that the day those rules go into effect will be the day that Catholic schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc will close?
Just guessing here, but it seems certain that the bishops recognize that shutting down all of that is the desired effect. The “progressive” weasels want only public schools, government monopolies on health care in all forms. What the bishops should, but unfortunately probably wouldn’t do is to simply announce across the board noncompliance. Quote the more common translation of Saint Thomas Aquinas on unjust laws at the O crowd and defy the government to act. I don’t think it’ll happen, but it seems much more appropriate, in my feeble opinion.
For the same reason that they (Many of them) won't say that it is a sin to vote for these pro-abortion democrats. They are out right cowards. Our Bishop (DeLorenzo of Richmond) refuses to do a D@MN thing.
Can someone explain to me why the Catholic Bishops do not simply announce that the day those rules go into effect will be the day that Catholic schools, hospitals, nursing homes, etc will close?
1. That gives them what they want - forcing religion out of the public square, and forcing private providers out of the industry they are herding toward single-payer/state-owned monopoly.
2. They have all those employees and patients for which they are responsible.