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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHoly crap Ryan's chief of staff told Father Conroy that he was being fired because he was Catholic
I am amazed. Can you imagine if Pelosi hand done this? The commercials in places like upstate New York, Staten Island, and the Midwest write themselves.
tanyev
(42,566 posts)(typed in my best Irish accent)
DBoon
(22,367 posts)Whatever Catholicism to which he was exposed faded long ago
Mariana
(14,858 posts)He hasn't been excommunicated. He attends Mass and participates in the sacraments. I think the Church has more authority than you or I to decide who is and who isn't Catholic.
DBoon
(22,367 posts)Does not mean they are following the church's teaching in their public lives
He is an open admirer of Ayn Rand, a militant atheist and inspiration to the Church of Satan. His devotion to Ayn Rand's philosophy has consistently guided his political career.
I do not believe his political actions are consistent with the church's teachings, and I do have a right to make this statement.
Mariana
(14,858 posts)pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Mariana
(14,858 posts)because those lawmakers didn't vote the way the Church wants them to on women's reproductive rights. Ryan, as far as I know, hasn't been denied communion at any time on account of his political stances.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)Mariana
(14,858 posts)I'm just trying to make the point to another poster that it's silly to pretend that Ryan isn't Catholic. Of course he is. He may be a bad Catholic, but that obviously doesn't disqualify him from membership in the Church.
pnwmom
(108,980 posts)(Or sins, as Catholics refer to them.)
OnDoutside
(19,962 posts)madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)I am glad Father Conroy took back his resignation.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Catholic, but I know he wouldn't vote for me if he knew I didn't go to church."
dflprincess
(28,079 posts)She didn't understand the fuss about JFK being Catholic because he wasn't a very good one.
rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)from article....
Shortly after Father Patrick Conroy, the House chaplain who was controversially ousted from his position by House Speaker Paul Ryan has rescinded his resignation letter, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan said he can stay.
yortsed snacilbuper
(7,939 posts)wasting our tax dollars.
GusBob
(7,286 posts)What with their liberation theology and all.
I went to a Jesuit University for 2 years. Those guys can party