Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, a firm supporter of sanctity-of-life teachings and a friend of La Crosse Bishop Raymond L. Burke, is happy that Burke’s disciplining of Catholic politicians who support abortion “front-burnered” that issue.
But Dolan, who was installed as archbishop a year and a half ago, is waiting for a task force from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops to propose guidelines for bishops this fall before deciding whether he will emulate Burke.
He shared those thoughts – his first public comments on the Burke controversy – in an interview with Journal Sentinel reporter Tom Heinen last week after celebrating a Mass for Life with several hundred people in Gesu Church on the Marquette University campus to mark the 31st anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision that legalized abortion.
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Yes, Archbishop Dolan, well-schooled in “romanita,” is going to wait and see what the USCCB is going to do. Bishop Morlino of Madison is supportive of Archbishop Burke, too, but he’s taking a “wait and see” attitude as well.
I am disappointed with this “wait and see,” with prelates who harumph that these pro-abort politicians and voters “dare not” receive Holy Communion, but won’t go as far as Archbishop Burke and forbid them from receiving. The fact is that many “dare” to receive because there are no “real” consequences to supporting abortion rights and their continued participation in the Eucharist: the politicians know this, and the voters absorb it. I place “real” in quotation marks, because there are always consequences for one’s immortal soul. It’s just that, outside of the diocese of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, all other pro-abortion politicians will continue to receive Holy Communion, and most will publicly decry the interference of these meddlesome bishops in the duly enacted laws which have been on the books for three decades which allow abortion. And these bishops roll over and play “wait and see.” This has been going on for years, but they’re going to wait until the next meeting in June, and find out what the others want to do.
Does anyone else prefer Archbishop Burke to lead the USCCB when Bishop Gregory’s term is complete? I pray that Archbishop Burke is the unnamed cardinal from the last consistory, in pectore.