Shill for the wealthy, not advocate of the poor

[DainBramaged]

First it was the Baptists, now it's the Catholics.


What would Jesus do?

[Electric Monk]

1. Context? Nah, too much work, so just let everyone try and read your mind.

Context: http://www.dailypolitical.com/politics/gop-tries-to-capture-catholic-vote.htm

[Tx4obama]

2. Catholic Leader Stirs Controversy With Decision To Deliver Blessing At RNC

Cardinal Timothy Dolan's Republican National Convention Blessing Prompts Debate


(RNS) The news that New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the nation's most prominent Catholic prelate, will deliver the closing blessing to the Republican National Convention in Florida next week was seen as a huge coup for Mitt Romney, the party's presumptive nominee. But the move has also prompted a sharp debate within the church over the increasingly close ties between leading bishops and the GOP.

"The cozy relationship between a sizable portion of U.S. bishops and the Republican Party should be cause for concern, and not just among progressive Catholics," Michael O'Loughlin wrote in a post on the website of America magazine, a leading Catholic weekly published by the Jesuits.

"Cardinal Dolan's appearance in Tampa will damage the church's ability to be a moral and legitimate voice for voiceless, as those who view the Catholic Church as being a shill for the GOP have just a bit more evidence to prove their case," O'Loughlin concluded.

Similarly, David Cruz-Uribe, a member of the Secular Franciscan Order and a professor of mathematics at Trinity College, wrote on the Vox Nova blog that Dolan's decision "will only drag the Church further into a partisan divide and fuel the perception (true or not) that the Catholic Church wants to replace the Episcopalians as the Republican party on its knees."

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/26/cardinal-timothy-dolans-republican-national-convention_n_1827962.html