Sunday, November 23, 2008

Catholic Legislators and FOCA - What is a Bishop to do?

Canon Lawyer, Ed Peters, who teaches at nearby Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit has an interesting post up about Catholic pols and FOCA. He begins as follows:


Canonical options for dealing with Catholic legislative support for FOCA. The final wording of the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) has yet to be set, but there is every indication that it will be the most radical piece of pro-abortion legislation ever proposed at the federal level. The near certainty that FOCA will be re-introduced (compounded by the increased likelihood that it will pass and be signed into law) means that, ready or not, Catholic bishops will have to face squarely the problem of well-known Catholic legislators supporting a specifically and gravely evil bill. As I see it, bishops have four options for dealing with Catholic legislators who support FOCA:

Continue reading Ed Peter's post: Canonical options for dealing with Catholic legislative support for FOCA

To read more posts from Ed and to check out the many resources he has and list of published works, visit his blog, In Light of the Law

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