OBAMA: Dumped on Pope, Catholics
Now that the Pope has come and gone I feel impelled to make a comment regarding his treatment by Barack Obama. To “celebrate” his arrival Obama with, I’m sure, the help of his staff gathered a collection of all the dissident “Catholic” organizations and individuals he could think of (“Catholics for Free Choice” as one example). None of these entities are truly Catholic as most if not all have been so labeled by the Vatican.
As Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League, asked: Where are the Sisters of Life or the Dominican Sisters of the Eucharist? (CNN, Sept. 19) They and similar truly Catholic groups were nowhere to be seen.
Obama’s treatment of the Pope can best be described as the equivalent of sending fleets of dump trucks loaded with raw sewage to the homes of every true Catholic in the country and dumping their loads on the front lawns, porches, driveways and walkways. This was one of those times when Obama appeared in his true colors. It speaks volumes that he could do this and not one voice — other than Donohue’s — has been raised in protest. I cannot dig down deep enough in my vocabulary to find words applicable to Obama. Actually I did find one word. He is truly despicable.
PHIL MEMBURY
Coeur d’Alene