After 100 years it is great to see the America magazine keep up the Jesuit tradition of spiritual superiority rather than honest humility.
If we look at how many Catholics are attending church regular,how many children in a Catholic family, the lack of unity within the American church and the clergy scandal, we can easily conclude the number of new priests today is a miracle rather than a horror.
No one doubts the ability of married priests to tend to their flocks. But what America, canon 529-530 and Cardinal Egan does not realize is that family chores are more responsible more difficult and more important that priestly duties. The clergy and the supporters of married priests should realize that responsibilities inside the family are far greater than any responsibility outside the home including the priesthood. The idea that a man should sacrifice his family for he church is ridiculous.
To fix the priest shortage we can either pray for a thirties' depression and a world war returning to the days when the seminaries were jam. Or we can hope our priest can lead the faithful to full unity with the teaching of Christ which will raise the number of practicing faithful. It is when the laity is united with Christ will the number and the quality of the clergy rise. The clergy must realize the best way to serve Christ is to serve the family,the foundation of the church.
Concerning Obama invitation to Notre dame the lack of vision of Catholic intellectuals is baffling. The catholic universities,catholic Church,catholic education, catholic business and catholic faithful have only one primary function and that is to preparation for our eternal journey. Everything else is insignificant. President Obama is not pro choice he is pro abortion and pro sterilization (a way to reduce abortions). His promotion of contraception in Africa in spite of the successful abstinence program results in Uganda where HIV infection dropped dramatically has us wonder about Obama's moral perception and his philosophical make up. Obama is not the problem; the problem is the clergy who invited an abortion advocate on the grounds of a catholic university. This is the sign of the new Catholic hypocrite. The hypocrites who are religious and who are religious persons but pretend to worldly and wise. This hypocrisy tears at the soul of the individual. The church can not survive with hypocrisy nor can the church reach its glory with clergy who are ashamed of the teaching and witnessing of Christ and his church.*
*Response to editorial and comment in America magazine
