Reply #6: I wonder why the Church has moved to the Right? [View All]

This is a larger problem beyond this issue. It is only in recent years that Catholics have become part of the Christian Right (Opus Dei aside).

Do you know the differences between the kind of statements the Pope makes? One is supposed to be a divinely inspired as a result of his communion with God, another is not binding but rather his own views on issues. There are names for these two kinds of rulings, and I forget what they are called. I would guess the Schiavo statement falls into the latter category.

I'm guessing you may not be Catholic yourself. I interviewed for a job at a Catholic college and when I admitted to being a lapsed Catholic, I'm sure that blew my chances. I think they would have preferred Muslims, Jews, or Protestant Evangelicals to fallen Catholics. I suppose I could be wrong on that.