Comments on: Did Paul Ryan’s Bishop Contradict the USCCB? http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/did-paul-ryans-bishop-contradict-the-usccb/ Advancing faith as a powerful force for justice, compassion and the common good. Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 By: B. Belknap http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/did-paul-ryans-bishop-contradict-the-usccb/#comment-44703 B. Belknap Wed, 13 Jun 2012 22:18:29 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=15640#comment-44703 I think the comments bring up good questions. A lot of US Catholics don't seem to understand that the teachings are conservative on sexual issues and liberal on social justice issues. Neither party represents the church's teachings. That said, it doesn't surprise me that The World Over dug up this bishop to contradict the USCCB and vindicate Ryan. EWTN's devotional programming is great, but they act as if they've never heard of the church's social teaching. I watched an EWTN presentation with Raymond Arroyo, about a year ago, and was totally shocked by how snobbish he sounds in his attitudes about the poor. They might as well be aliens as far as his approach goes. He needs to remember: humility is a virtue, and he's not royalty. I think the comments bring up good questions. A lot of US Catholics don’t seem to understand that the teachings are conservative on sexual issues and liberal on social justice issues. Neither party represents the church’s teachings.

That said, it doesn’t surprise me that The World Over dug up this bishop to contradict the USCCB and vindicate Ryan. EWTN’s devotional programming is great, but they act as if they’ve never heard of the church’s social teaching. I watched an EWTN presentation with Raymond Arroyo, about a year ago, and was totally shocked by how snobbish he sounds in his attitudes about the poor. They might as well be aliens as far as his approach goes. He needs to remember: humility is a virtue, and he’s not royalty.

]]> By: T.D. MacLam http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/did-paul-ryans-bishop-contradict-the-usccb/#comment-41373 T.D. MacLam Tue, 15 May 2012 20:27:15 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=15640#comment-41373 and Jesus wept. and Jesus wept.

]]> By: Marian Ronan http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/did-paul-ryans-bishop-contradict-the-usccb/#comment-41363 Marian Ronan Tue, 15 May 2012 18:36:37 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=15640#comment-41363 There's no "double standard" because, as the historical sociologist Gene Burns argued in "The Frontiers of Catholicism" twenty years ago, after Vatican II, Catholic sexual teaching replaced not only social teaching but even doctrine at the top of the Catholic ideological hierarchy. According to the bishops and the Vatican, only sex matters. This is what Bishop Morlino is expressing. You can make "prudential judgments" about the poor, the homeless, the unemployed, people with AIDS. What you can't do is make a "prudential judgment" about "abortion," even when what's meant by that is contraception. Nor can you make a "prudential judgment" about homosexuality, or even women's ordination. As Jesus said, "I have come to bring good news to the pure." There’s no “double standard” because, as the historical sociologist Gene Burns argued in “The Frontiers of Catholicism” twenty years ago, after Vatican II, Catholic sexual teaching replaced not only social teaching but even doctrine at the top of the Catholic ideological hierarchy. According to the bishops and the Vatican, only sex matters. This is what Bishop Morlino is expressing. You can make “prudential judgments” about the poor, the homeless, the unemployed, people with AIDS. What you can’t do is make a “prudential judgment” about “abortion,” even when what’s meant by that is contraception. Nor can you make a “prudential judgment” about homosexuality, or even women’s ordination. As Jesus said, “I have come to bring good news to the pure.”

]]> By: Christine Thompson http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/blog/did-paul-ryans-bishop-contradict-the-usccb/#comment-41359 Christine Thompson Tue, 15 May 2012 17:33:46 +0000 http://www.faithinpubliclife.org/?p=15640#comment-41359 While Morlino may be correct in granting Ryan “prudential judgment," which is granted to all Catholics, one has to wonder that such “prudential judgment" is allowed with regard to a budget with implications for millions of people, but not with regard to, say, the decision a couple makes about birth control. A double standard would seem to be at play here. While Morlino may be correct in granting Ryan “prudential judgment,” which is granted to all Catholics, one has to wonder that such “prudential judgment” is allowed with regard to a budget with implications for millions of people, but not with regard to, say, the decision a couple makes about birth control. A double standard would seem to be at play here.

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