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Your "New Saintliness" commentary "hit the nail on the head" re the Bishops bow to Kerry.

This pre-Vatican II Roman Catholic has watched the Bishops of the American church once again demonstrate their liberal penchant for the denigration of church doctrine.

p>So what does it matter that Senator Kerry has no objection to "Partial Birth Abortion," the bloody extraction of the brain from a new born baby? His vote against a bill opposing that sick action falls into the left's cultural revisionism led by the likes of the heretical theologian Richard McBrien of Notre Dame. br> -- Ken Wyman br> Huntsville, Alabama /p>

I was raised a Catholic -- Catholic schools from K to 12, altar boy, married in the Catholic Church, and even my first two children were baptized Catholic. I have mostly good memories of the priests and nuns that I knew then. They were genuinely faithful believers as well as patriotic Americans.

p>I'm no longer a Catholic; I've been attending Presbyterian Churches since the '70s, mostly for theological and biblical reasons. But it was the implosion of the Catholic clergy in the late '60s that helped push me out of the door. This clerical emphasis on the "social gospel" and left-wing political positions has subverted the Catholic church in America. I have a deep ecumenical attitude for what C. S. Lewis called "Mere Christianity." So I wish the Catholic church well as a group of fellow Christians. I'm an ex-Catholic, not an anti-Catholic. But these bishops are an abomination. I hope the next Pope will crack down on them and replace a lot of them with real shepherds of the faith. Cuomo, Kerry, and McAuliffe have nothing to worry about from these wanna-be-Marxist-bishops -- they're cut from the same political cloth: Liberal politics prevails over Christian doctrine. br> -- Mike Novak br> Ellicott City, Maryland /p> p> A superb article by Mr. Neumayr which really shows the Bishops for what they are. Mr. Neumayr should be required reading for all Catholics everywhere. Perhaps his articles could be included in the Sunday church Bulletins. His work would certainly enliven the Sunday homily and perhaps awaken the "Pew Potatoes" who are sleepily drifting toward Salvation while their Church is deconstructing all around them, as they slumber. Thanks, Mr. Neumayr.

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