In St. Louis, Commencement Speaker Disinvited

[pkinsale]

From the St. Louis Post-Dispatch today:

Sen. Claire McCaskill, who had been invited to speak at her daughter's Catholic high school commencement, was told last week that she was no longer invited because of church policy rejecting her positions on abortion and embryonic stem cell research. McCaskill had been chosen to speak at the graduation this month at St. Joseph's Academy in Frontenac.

Sue Brown, a spokeswoman for the Catholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, said the education office had recommended to the president of St. Joseph's Academy that McCaskill not be permitted to speak because McCaskill's positions are contradictory to church teaching.

McCaskill's camp, however, puts the blame for the decision on Archbishop Raymond Burke.

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[Mornac]

McCaskill's camp, however, puts the blame for the decision on Archbishop Raymond Burke.

Blame for the decision? Isn't the word "blame" usually used to imply "fault"? Is McCaskill saying that it is His Excellency's fault that she dissents from Catholic teaching? Someone may well make that charge against numerous bishops in this country but I don't think Burke can be counted among those.

 

[Clarkthepapist]

McCaskill's camp, however, puts the blame for the decision on Archbishop Raymond Burke.

And rightfully so