Great Talk by the Pope's Diplomatic Representative to the U.S.

Here is a great article with commentary [in brackets] on a talk Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, gave at Notre Dame recently:

Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has told the University of Notre Dame that there is a concrete “menace” to religious liberty in the U.S. that is advancing in part because some influential Catholic public figures and university professors are allied with those opposed to Church teaching.

“Evidence is emerging which demonstrates that the threat to religious freedom is not solely a concern for non-democratic and totalitarian regimes,” he said. “Unfortunately it is surfacing with greater regularity in what many consider the great democracies of the world.”

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He lamented the fact that many Catholics are publicly supporting “a major political party” that has “intrinsic evils among its basic principles.” [That would be Catholics supporting the Democrat party.]

Read the whole thing at Fr. Z’s Blog (which is excellent, by the way). It is a serious problem that so many who identify themselves as Catholics could support a candidate and a party that is so opposed to the position of the Catholic Church on such important matters as the sanctity of life (the primary tenet of the Church's social justice teaching), real marriage (i.e., between one man and one woman), and religious liberty. It is really time for all Catholics to start standing up for and supporting (in speech, in action, in voting) what the Church really teaches!