Bishop Gerard W. Battersby: A Bishop’s Challenge to ‘We Used to Be Catholics…’

I didn’t sleep well this week. My heart aches.

I had dinner with some dear friends. The conversation light, the perch dusted and tender and served up. Then, our hosts unexpectedly announced they were no longer Catholics. They were raised in the church, raised their children in the church and were practicing Catholics who now practiced no more.

I asked the reason for this dramatic change. The husband announced he could no longer belong to an organization that made him feel as if he needed to vote for a certain candidate over a single-issue concern. It was a bridge too far for him. …

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