{"title":"Not the Bishops' Finest Hour: Economic Justice, with Cerberus Unchained?","authors":"D. L. Gregory","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.1108151","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"I contend that the U.S. Catholic Bishops Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship letter, issued at the end of November, 2007, misses the mark. It is caught up in excessive pragmatism, caution, and prudence, having failed to squarely come to grips with the 2004 reception of the Eucharist by pro-abortion Catholic politicians, most prominently, Presidential Candidate John Kerry. And, as a matter of social justice, the 2007 letter lacks the fervor and the authenticity of the Bishops' 1986 letter, Economic Justice for All.","PeriodicalId":330578,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Catholic Legal Studies","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Catholic Legal Studies","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.1108151","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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I contend that the U.S. Catholic Bishops Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship letter, issued at the end of November, 2007, misses the mark. It is caught up in excessive pragmatism, caution, and prudence, having failed to squarely come to grips with the 2004 reception of the Eucharist by pro-abortion Catholic politicians, most prominently, Presidential Candidate John Kerry. And, as a matter of social justice, the 2007 letter lacks the fervor and the authenticity of the Bishops' 1986 letter, Economic Justice for All.
我认为,美国天主教主教在2007年11月底发表的“建立忠诚公民良心”的信没有达到目的。它陷入了过度的实用主义、谨慎和谨慎,未能正视2004年支持堕胎的天主教政治家(最突出的是总统候选人约翰·克里)对圣餐礼的接受。而且,就社会正义而言,2007年的这封信缺乏主教们1986年那封《人人享有经济正义》(Economic justice for All)的热情和真实性。