Catholic Church

By Phil Lawler, Catholic Culture - As much as I admire Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone for challenging restrictions on the Church in San Francisco… As much as I applaud him for bringing our Eucharistic Lord out onto the streets of the city… As much as I thank him for taking the lead (when so many other prelates remain silent) in insisting that religious worship is “essential activity”… As fully as I agree with him that the response from city officials—or rather, their failure to make any response—is an insult to Catholics… Still I wonder: If the archbishop thinks that the city’s restrictions are unreasonable—if he thinks that it would be safe to celebrate Mass for a larger congregation in the city’s cathedral—why doesn’t he take the obvious action? Why doesn’t he go into his own cathedral, invite the public, and celebrate Mass?

By Judy Roberts, EWTN News - “The Catholic Church provides principles like these, but I think our moral principles are not just for Catholics,” he said. “They’re for the common good.” Bishop Paprocki, an adjunct professor of law at Notre Dame Law School, is sending a copy of his essay to Attorney General William Barr and would like others in positions of influence to see it as well. “If the question does come up about locking everything down again,” he said, “I’m hoping they will take some of these moral principles into consideration and say perhaps we don’t have to take such draconian measures, but more ordinary measures to protect life.”