Letters: Archbishop Burke, "Imminently faithful"

Kudos to St. Louis Archbishop Raymond Burke for standing his ground against many other Catholic bishops who have compromised the integrity of the faith for a false compassion and naive dialogue with politicians who are Catholic in name only ("Bishops back away from showdown with Catholic politicians," June 18).

Archbishop Burke is doctrinally and morally correct to withhold sacramental communion from these politicians who live not for the praise of God but for the passing folly of human praise. These politicians are in no less moral error than those who may not receive sacramental communion because they persist in grave moral sin, such as contraception, divorce and remarriage without annulment. Bishop Theodore McCarrick has a long record of compromising the Catholic faith in favor of political expediency in the name of a false compassion bordering on naivete. Overall, John Paul II did much to unite the church in his 26-year reign as pontiff, most especially through one of his greatest gifts to the church: an updated Catechism. We pray that Benedict XVI will not reverse course.

W. George Dragan
Chesterfield

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