Newsweek: Obama More Catholic Than The Pope?

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='heavenseeker' post='1917208' date='Jul 11 2009, 02:25 AM']what i meant is they dont agree with everything that the candidate stands for, im sure i had said that either in the same post or my second one.[/quote]
In any case, it was not excusable for a Catholic to vote for Obama, no matter what twisted, half-baked logic he may have presented. (not an attack on you, just a statement)

[Socrates]

[quote name='rkwright' post='1916894' date='Jul 10 2009, 06:37 PM']Srsly?[/quote]


Thank goodness we have a Kennedy and Newsweek to set the Pope and the rest of us rightwing neanderthals straight about the real meaning of Catholicism.

[quote][url="http://www.newsweek.com/id/205961"]http://www.newsweek.com/id/205961[/url]

Tomorrow Pope Benedict XVI and President Barack Obama meet for the first time, an affair much anticipated and in some circles frowned upon by American Catholics in the wake of Obama's controversial Notre Dame commencement speech in May. Conservatives in the church denounced Obama's appearance as a nod by the premier Catholic university to a conciliatory politics that heralds the start of a slippery moral slope.

In truth, though, Obama's pragmatic approach to divisive policy (his notion that we should acknowledge the good faith underlying opposing viewpoints) and his social-justice agenda reflect the views of American Catholic laity much more closely than those vocal bishops and pro-life activists. When Obama meets the pope tomorrow, they'll politely disagree about reproductive freedoms and homosexuality, but Catholics back home won't care, because they know Obama's on their side. In fact, Obama's agenda is closer to their views than even the pope's.[/quote]
Yes, because we all know the Church is a democracy . . .

[quote]Here Obama (the community organizer from Chicago) could teach the pope a lot about politics—and what a Catholic approach to politics could entail.[/quote][quote]The pope has a lot to learn about Catholic politics in America. Barack Obama can teach him.[/quote]
The Pope's not a fargin' politician, thank God.

[quote name='rkwright' post='1916894' date='Jul 10 2009, 06:37 PM']Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the former lieutenant governor of Maryland, is author of Failing America's Faithful: How Today's Churches[b] Are Mixing God With Politics and Losing Their Way[/b].[/quote]A highly ironic title . . .

Edited July 11, 2009 by Socrates