The long arm of Joseph RAT-zinger

you know this kind of thing wouldn't be happening if the pope and the vatican weren't solidly behind it... and, if o'malley had simply looked the other way and attended, he would have probably called vatican wrath down on him as stirred up by the conservative catholic action league of massachusetts who pressured him into not going... so, he's got to make a STATEMENT... i'm surprised he didn't order catholic charities to reconsider their decision to honor menino...

The controversy rests on the decision of Catholic Charities, an arm of the Archdiocese of Boston, to honor Mayor Menino at its annual dinner next month. He would seem a sensible choice. Menino, like other supporters of Catholic Charities, focuses often on job training, affordable child care, housing opportunities for the poor, feeding programs, and summer camps for needy youngsters. Yet in the opinion of the archbishop [Archbishop Sean O'Malley], the Catholic mayor's good works would seem to be negated by his support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage. A letter from Catholic Charities explaining O'Malley's decision [not to attend the annual Christmas dinner for Catholic Charities] cites the need for "accord with the US Catholic Bishops policy," which forbids Catholic institutions to honor individuals whose actions are inconsistent with the church's fundamental moral principles.

well, there goes every member of every catholic congregation around the world, all of whom have undoubtedly behaved "inconsistently with the church's moral principles" at some point in the past or who, heaven forbid, are still doing so... so much for christ's message of love, tolerance, and forgiveness... so much for the warmth of the holiday season... so much for good will toward men...

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