The NYTimes looks at abortion-rights GOP pols and their bishops Both Mr. Giuliani and Mr. Pataki have traditionally embraced pluralism, a wise approach in polyglot New York. The former mayor, who has indicated he may run for office again, just reiterated his church-state views on MSNBC, defining what he called the “accepted wisdom” about dealing…

She doesn’t have time to blog, but she has time to mess with her photo albums, starting a whole new one for Summer 2004. A bit of Chicago, a bit of Detroit so far. Priorities, I tell ya. Actually, I did pretty well today, work-wise. Got halfway done the assigned tasks, which means I should…

Two articles on bishops, politicians and Communion: Archbishop Burke Did I impose a canonical sanction on the Catholic politicians from the Diocese of La Crosse, who had departed from the church’s teaching on the inviolability of human life? I did not. I merely declared that public cooperation in a gravely sinful act, which has always…

Here’s Michael Novak on the Bishops, politicians and Communion, which performs the useful task of highlighting the theological issues for the clueless journos who persist in thinking it’s all about bishops “using communion for political purposes.” In other words, even though such pro-abortion Catholic legislators are OUT OF COMMUNION with the Church in the abortion…

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