[Mrs. Don-o]

This is an unusually incompetent article. At no point in 600 words does it contain a single sentence where the USCCB criticized the Boehner-Ryan budget.

The first reference, several paragraphs in, is: "The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops had no immediate response to Boehner's comments.'

A later reference:

"Every budget decision should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity."

A completely unexceptionable piece of platitude.

If they had something stronger, more pointed, or more partisan than this from the USCCB, they would have put it in the lede.

The bottom line: this is media-manufactured non-conflict.

There's Nothing There.

[trappedincanuckistan]

My messages to the Catholic Bishops were in light of the Churches historical positions on “social justice”.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— There’s Nothing There.-—

Thank you. I broke my own rule of only reading what’s between quotation marks.

[sayuncledave]

In addition to which, congressman Boehner and those allied with him are talking about reducing the degree of spending increase, but NOT reducing the amount of money spent. Just talking about slowing down some in the increases of that amount. In other words: it is a lie to say that the budget is being cut, or that reductions in actual spending are being considered. This is posturing, nothing more.