Bishop criticizes USCCB committee’s reaction to Ryan budget

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Originally Posted by Swiss Guy

This might be slightly off topic but to me it seems like His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has had less patience with modernism than the Blessed Pope John Paul II. But maybe it's because it is more of a problem now than it was when JPII was pope.

JP II was a more trusting soul, and he paid dearly for it. By the time he got angry, it was too late for some things but he took corrective action.

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Originally Posted by Swiss Guy

This might be slightly off topic but to me it seems like His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has had less patience with modernism than the Blessed Pope John Paul II. But maybe it's because it is more of a problem now than it was when JPII was pope.

I think there has been more time to see the fruit of such actions and positions. Plus, since Pope Benedict was one of the theologians working at Vatican II, he has unique insight into what was actually supposed to take place afterwards.


Peace,

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Q&A WITH ARCHBISHOP CHARLES CHAPUT:

What about the wing of the church that says a party that supports the Ryan budget also ought to cause concern?

Jesus tells us very clearly that if we don’t help the poor, we’re going to go to hell. Period. There’s just no doubt about it. That has to be a foundational concern of Catholics and of all Christians. But Jesus didn’t say the government has to take care of them, or that we have to pay taxes to take care of them. Those are prudential judgments. Anybody who would condemn someone because of their position on taxes is making a leap that I can’t make as a Catholic. ... You can’t say that somebody’s not Christian because they want to limit taxation. Again, I’m speaking only for myself, but I think that’s a legitimate position. It may not be the correct one, but it’s certainly a legitimate Catholic position; and to say that it’s somehow intrinsically evil like abortion doesn’t make any sense at all.

That said, do you find the Ryan budget troubling?

The Ryan budget isn’t the budget I would write. I think he’s trying to deal with the same issue in the government I’m dealing with here locally, which is spending more than we bring in. I admire the courage of anyone who’s actually trying to solve the problems rather than paper over them. I think a vigorous debate about the issues, rather than the personalities, is the way through this problem. It’s immoral for us to continue to spend money we don’t have. I think that those persons who don’t want to deal with the issue are, in some ways, doing wrong by putting it off for their own political protection or the protection of their party.

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