Reply #5: Rice "Labor Priest" 95, 70 years as priest [View All]

[westernpenndem]

He is alive, well and retired in Pittsburgh, the famous "Labor Priest" of his time. Here is a recent column on him from the Pittsburgh Catholic, the diocese newspaper...

http://www.pittsburghcatholic.org/columnists_storys.phtml?id=640

And yes, Casey, Sr. was both anti-abortion and anti-capital punishment, and he did everything he could to avoid executions, even though he swore he'd uphold the law as it stood. I may be wrong, but I think that Casey, Jr. is not opposed to capital punishment, and I'm disheartened by that. If you oppose the former, you ought to oppose the latter, in my humble opinion (and that of the Pope and Catholic Church officials).