Just An Observation On Santorum And His Catholicism.......

[global1]

I think he is doing great harm to the Catholic Church every time he speaks about his beliefs. I think the Catholic Church needs to muzzle this guy before he does irreparable damage to the Catholic Church. He is so far out there in many of the things he says it casts a great shadow and doubt on Catholicism. The bishops need to distance themselves from Santorum.

[demosincebirth]

1. Freedom of speech. Catholics can make up their own mind. Many I know think he's nuts...of course

they are all democrats.

[HubertHeaver]

2. Not really a speech freedom issue. The Catholic hierarchy really needs to disavow

this throwback to Pope Pious XII era and forcefully reaffirm Vatican II. To do any less is to further damage their remaining credibility.

[TexasProgresive]

4. The hirerarchy will not make any overt comment

about any candidate by name.

[HubertHeaver]

6. Then they will be smeared with Santorum.

They need to correct his terribly wrong assertions on what constitutes Catholic Dogma. They can do this without calling him by name or even by calling him a republican.

[global1]

3. I'm Was Raised Catholic And You Are Right - Catholics Can Make Up Their Own Minds.....

I guess that's why I'm not a practicing Catholic these days. I still have faith and believe in God but have learned that I just couldn't buy into some of the 'man made' things they wanted us to follow blindly. Some of the issues that Santorum is raising might set off some light bulbs in to many Catholics that are on the edge of their faith and it might just be enough to knock them off the Catholic bandwagon.

Also I don't know that Santorum is helping the Catholic Church bring in new recruits.

Couple this with the whole priest/pedophile scandal - and the Church really has a major problem. Again - I don't think that Santorum is helping any - and if I were the Catholic Bishops - I'd want to distance myself from him.

[HopeHoops]

5. All he needs to do is have sex with an alter boy and he'll be fully protected by them.

Sorry, but that's just the way it has been.

[Hugabear]

7. Why? He's only saying what the Catholic church teaches.

I'm sure there are quite a few Catholics who realize this is the 21st century, but the official Catholic teachings have changed very little over the centuries. The official Catholic position is still very much anti-abortion, anti-contraception, anti-homosexual, etc.