How 60 Years Of Church Silence Made The Most Anti-Catholic Party In Modern History Possible By Christopher Bedford for The Federalist
Through 2020’s disease, uncertainty, government power over religion, and attacks on saints and churches, our bishops have chosen the path of secular popularity.
Former Vice President Joe Biden ran his presidential campaign on a pro-late-term abortion, pro-child sex-change, pro-gay marriage, pro-contraception mandate platform. Two of these positions stand in direct defiance of the Catholic Church’s “five non-negotiables,” one targets Catholic nuns, hospitals and adoption agencies, and the other targets children.
Not satisfied, Biden chose Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate, despite her claim that membership in a Catholic organization is a disqualifier from becoming a federal judge.
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How did we end up here, with an ostensibly Catholic politician leading a ticket that is openly hostile to even the most basic, “non-negotiable” teachings of the Catholic Church? How are there more Catholics in public service, but less Catholic influence over public life, than ever before?
The early days of Sen. Ted Kennedy’s career, when he was a pro-life senator are long gone, as are the days of Pennsylvania Gov. Bob Casey, who stood against the left wing of his party for the sanctity of life, even butting heads with fellow governor and presidential candidate Bill Clinton. In today’s Democratic Party far more than even then, it is a serious liability to stand for any kind of Catholic understanding of morality beyond stewardship of the earth and the welcoming of foreign immigrants.
Yet through it all — the campaign, the running mate, the platform — the bishops dared not utter a word of criticism. Not content with silence, many even publicly endorsed the Biden candidacy. Worse still, some actively worked to target and silence those Catholic priests who dared speak out against what has undoubtedly been the most anti-Catholic platform and ticket in modern American history. Of the entire American Catholic Church’s leadership, only Bishop Joseph Strickland spoke out on the Biden campaign’s open assault on Catholic moral teaching.
