Religion and Politics

Liberal Catholics Use Elections Results to Battle Bishops

Citing the results of last Tuesday’s elections, liberal Catholics accuse America’s Catholic bishops of being “out of touch with Catholic laypeople,” reports Dan Merica for CNN. These criticisms are part of an ongoing dispute between the liberal and conservative factions of the church. In a statement, Catholics for Choice President Jon O’Brien wrote, “The bishops had a miserable return on investment of Catholic people’s money and we demand an accounting of how they spent it campaigning on measures that Catholics clearly did not support.” 

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