It’s not just the nuns who challenge the bishops — it’s the folks in the pews and in public office. Every gay-marriage law passed so far has been signed by a governor who is Catholic. When asked by “The Wall Street Journal” whether the church has a problem convincing the congregants to follow its moral principles, New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan replied, “Do we ever!”
Dolan thinks that’s because church leaders have gotten “gun-shy” about talking about chastity and sexual morality. What? That’s all we hear them talking about — abortion and gay marriage, and now contraception. Yes, bishops back immigration reform and have recently rejected Republican budget proposals, and Catholic Charities runs wonderful social welfare programs. But those programs are not where the bishops put their political muscle.
Maybe if the men who run the church put the same lobbying efforts behind things the nuns talk about — human dignity, including the dignity of women, and care for children, the poor, the sick and the frightened — their flock would pay more attention to them. Instead, the hierarchy is trying to make the women sound more like the men. It won’t work, thank God, but it will give these good women grief, and that’s a knuckle-rapping offense
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