Kudos to Father Peter Ascik for telling it like it is in his Jan. 29 commentary “An example of Catholic integrity in public life.” One cannot profess they are a practicing Catholic and then not only sanction, but promote, abortion. The political divide over abortion is becoming a divide in our Church. Kudos also to Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, the current president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, who issued a statement condemning President Joe Biden’s stance on abortion.
Secular columnist Cal Thomas recently questioned Biden’s faithfulness to Church teaching in his Jan. 31 commentary “Biden: A liberal wolf in moderate sheep’s clothing,” writing: “Biden has reverted to an old and meaningless excuse when he says he doesn’t want to ‘impose’ his faith on others. The question then becomes why have a faith at all, if he won’t apply what his church teaches as truth? How is Biden different from a person who is about to witness a murder but doesn’t try to stop it, or call the police, because he doesn’t want to impose his moral views about the value of life on a man about to commit an illegal and immoral act?”
A second article in the Jan. 29 Catholic News Herald was about nine Catholics nominated to cabinet-level jobs in the Biden Administration. If they are all “Catholics” like Biden, I am not impressed. In fact, I am downright concerned about several of the appointees, whose track records speak volumes about their level of adherence to Catholic values and teachings.
Rosemary Hagerott lives in Hendersonville.