From another FR thread today, illustrating my point:
“Ignoring the controversy surrounding Notre Dame’s honoring of pro-abortion Barack Obama as its commencement speaker, Saint Joseph’s University has followed suit. It will grant an honorary degree to broadcast journalist Chris Matthews at the university’s 2009 commencement ceremonies.
Despite Mr. Matthew’s Catholic education, having graduated from the College of the Holy Cross, he is widely regarded as a strong supporter of abortion rights, and was unabashed in his admiration of Mr. Obama’s positions.
Support for abortion is antithetical to the Church’s teachings.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops opposes the practice of hosting speakers who are outspoken against Catholic doctrine.
“The Catholic community and Catholic institutions should not honor those who act in defiance of our fundamental moral principles,” said the bishop’s conference in a statement. “They should not be given awards, honors or platforms which would suggest support for their actions.”
Calls to Saint Joseph’s President Fr. Timothy Lannon went unreturned.”
If it’s not going to follow Catholic teachings, it should no longer be called a Catholic college. It seems like the Bishops or those in charge want to keep that Catholic name on there, but don’t want to enforce adherence to Catholic doctrine.
Then it becomes meaningless, and everybody sort of does whatever they want.
It's a matter of numbers. If they enforce their doctrine many will leave, probably close to 50% if the election results serve as a dividing line. It's easier to turn a blind eye and keep the membership.
The older Evangelical churches should be an example for the RC's to learn from. In that case the older Evangelical churches turned a blind eye to the radical leftists that creeped in and then began "reinterpreting" Scripture. The end result is these churches are dying and more fundamentalist denominations, or non-denominational churches are growing. IOW, Christians leave a dead body and find fellowship with walking talking real Christians.