Tuesday, May 10, 2005
BISHOPS SHOULD UPHOLD CANON LAW
if they want lay Catholics to take them seriously, is the topic of Michael J. Gaynor's commentary at MichNews.com. He makes a good point near the end: "But if the USCCB won't enforce canon law, why should 'Catholic' colleges follow USCCB suggestions?"
To make that point he uses
the law the bishops have failed to support, namely the prohibition spelled out clearly by Cardinal Arinze, against giving Communion to pro-abortion politicians; and Cardinal McCarrick's spinning of this prohibition to get the bishops off the hook.
He then relates that failure to the Catholic colleges failure to deny honors to pro-abortion speakers, and especially the latest example of this failure at New Orleans University, argued in the article to be a direct result of the bishops failure to protect the Eucharist.
