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Ignatius Scoop today links to a sobering article written by Russell Shaw for the 16th November issue of "Our Sunday Visitor ." It is an essential article for U.S. Catholics. One portion is germane to the meeting of Bishops in Baltimore beginning November 10th: In a nutshell, the problem is this: While some Catholics who voted for Obama no doubt agonized about backing a strongly pro-abortion candidate, millions of others evidently voted this way without any qualms. According to exit polls, McCain got just over half of white Catholics' votes, down 13 percent from George W. Bush's showing in 2004. Obama's gain among these Catholics was said to be mainly among those who don't attend Mass weekly. What can the bishops do? Clearly, they aren't of a mind directly to oppose pro-abortion candidates in the future -- for fear of losing the Church's tax-exempt status, because they believe it would conflict with their role as religious teachers, and because doi

Russell Shaw, OSV : A bit of a bombshell Alejandro Bermudez, New York Times : Catholics Should Be...Catholics

Ignatius Insight Scoop has a link to a thought-provoking essay written by Russell Shaw in the February, 2008 edition of "The Catholic World Report ." The essay is in the form of a letter to those planning the visit of Pope Benedict XVI within the United States in April, 2008. The essay is directed mostly to the U.S. Bishops. Here are two snippets from this essay: You might, for example, tell the Holy Father something like this: There are two radically different versions of how things are now in the Catholic Church in America. Call them "We're doing okay" and "We're in desperate trouble." Professor James D. Davidson of Purdue University is a well-informed, urbane spokesman for we're-doing-okay. Davidson, a sociologist, has studied religion in America for many years, and much of his work has focused on the Catholic Church. According to news reports, he said in a recent talk that media coverage that emphasizes Catholics ignoran