Hard to Make a Stand

[flazor1]

Bishop Burke has made a public witness against abortion.

article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWM5MzRjMWMyYmIyYTljOGU5ZTViYzRkM2NmOGUxZDI=

The proximate cause for Burke’s public lashing was his disapproval of the decision by the Cardinal Glennon Children’s Foundation to feature abortion-rights activist Sheryl Crow at its Catholic fundraiser. Burke had privately asked the board to replace Crow because her public support for abortion rights and embryonic-stem-cell research could confuse or scandalize Catholics. The board refused his request. So Burke resigned and held a press conference to distance himself and his Church from Crow’s views.

 

[stbruno]

We need more bishops with a backbone.

 

[b_justb]

Colleen Carroll Campbell:

Burke’s resignation from the foundation board clarified how seriously the Catholic Church takes its teaching about the sanctity of human life from its earliest stages. That teaching may not be popular or politically correct, but Burke has the right to defend it. To vilify him for speaking out because he wears a bishop’s mitre is the epitome of religious intolerance. Such intolerance should frighten religious believers and free-speech defenders of all political persuasions.

Nice conclusion.