AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS
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*Image: Bishop John Fisher (1469-1535) by Pietro Torrigiano, 1510–15 [The MET, New York]. In May 1535, the newly elected Pope Paul III made Fisher the Cardinal Priest of San Vitale, hoping to encourage Henry VIII to reconsider Fisher’s death sentence for refusing to acknowledge the king as head of the English Church. Cardinal Fisher was martyred on June 22nd and canonized on May 19, 1935.
The Catholic Thing, October 29, 2020
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By An Anonymous Catholic
Note: The Catholic Thing does not endorse candidates and neither does the author of the column below – who works in a diocesan chancery and therefore desires to remain anonymous. Instead, he urges our bishops to teach publicly what the Church teaches, and not to be intimidated by false claims of political partisanship, which is outside their competence as bishops anyway. Also, be sure to tune in tonight at 8PM ET to “The World Over” on EWTN: the Papal Posse will discuss civil unions, new cardinals, papal politics, and other topics.
The poet John Milton wrote: “The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed.” Church leadership is called upon to do the right thing, especially in difficult times: to speak the truth boldly and lovingly and to watch over those entrusted to their care. When bishops fail to fulfill this sacred obligation, the lay faithful are left feeling confused, neglected, and abandoned.
