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Article: The church of Burke: the Catholic church should listen to catholics and remember its own history.(Opinion)(Column)
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- Conscience
- Article date:
- March 22, 2004
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THE LEADERSHIP OF THE Catholic church and I have never made any secret of our political disagreements.
My stands on reproductive health and end-of-life choices have clashed loudly with the political proclamations of the church hierarchy, and my outrage at the clerical child molestation cover-ups was neither graciously intended nor graciously received. These conflicts have landed me on the church leaders' political "hit list."
So be it.
But unfortunately less well known, church leadership and I share a number of political views, perhaps even on a majority of issues.
I am often deeply compelled by the church's advocacy for the ...