66. A copy of the ad that was to run appears in Catalyst, March 2007.
67. The New York Times ad appeared on September 28, 2004. See also “MoveOn.org Slanders Christians,” Catholic League news release, September 28, 2004.
68. “Elites Ignite Anti-Christian Hysteria,” Catholic League news release, October 28, 2004.
69. “Religious Bigots Explode After Election,” Catholic League news release, November 4, 2004.
70. Ibid.
71. “Elites Continue Their Crackup,” Catholic League news release, November 8, 2004.
72. “Religion in the 2008 Election: Post-Election Survey,” publicre ligion.org, November 14, 2008.
73. Eric Gorski, “Obama Results Show Gains in Key Religious Voters,” Associated Press, November 6, 2008.
74. Dan Gilgoff, “Newt Gingrich Steps Up Efforts to Mobilize Religious Conservatives,” USnews.com, March 20, 2009.
Chapter 8: Self-Sabotage: Catholicism
1. “Religion and Politics,” CQ Researcher, July 30, 2004, p. 652.
2. “‘We Are Church’ Referendum Is Huge Failure, Sr. Fiedler Admits,” Wanderer, November 27, 1997.
3. Virginia Heffernan, “Pope John Paul Appraised As Pope, Not Rock Star,” New York Times, April 5, 2005, p. A10.
4. Andrew Greeley, “John Paul’s Mixed Legacy,” beliefnet.com following the pope’s death.
5. “A Pope and a Pontificate Full of Contradictions,” We Are Church press release, April 2, 2005.
6. Thomas Cahill, “The Price of Infallibility,” New York Times, April 5, 2005, p. A23.
7. Arthur Jones, “Theologians See, Experience Downside to John Paul II’s Papacy,” National Catholic Reporter, April 18, 2005.
8. William Donohue, “Catholic Dissidents Are Fixated on Sex,” Catholic League news release, April 13, 2005.
9. “An Open Letter to Catholic Voters,” National Coalition of American Nuns news release, October 22, 2006.
10. E. J. Dionne Jr., “Cardinal Ratzinger’s Challenge,” Washington Post, April 19, 2005, p. A19.
11. Daniel Williams and Alan Cooperman, “Conclave Begins With Day of Ritual,” Washington Post, April 19, 2005, p. A1.
12. Deborah Caldwell, “Catholics React to the New Pope,” beliefnet.com, April 19, 2005.
13. Bill Tammeus, “Priest’s Message: ‘Be Liberal,’” Kansas City Star, May 14, 2005, p. F12.
14. William Donohue, “Church and State in an Election Year,” Catalyst, June 2004.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Susan Snyder, “Act of Defiance,” Philadelphia Inquirer, August 1, 2006, p. A1.
18. Michael Paulson, “Making a Stand for Women Priests,” boston.com, July 28, 2006.
19. “Finished Playing by the Rules,” National Catholic Reporter, December 7, 2007.
20. Andrew Greeley, “Gay Marriages Are Welcome in God’s Order,” The Times-Union, June 22, 1996, p. B10.
21. Andrew Greeley, “Priests Are Happy Without Wives,” Chicago Sun-Times, December 5, 2007, p. 37.
22. Daniel J. Harrington, S.J., and James F. Keenan, S.J., Jesus and Virtue Ethics (New York: Sheed & Ward, 2003).
23. Maximillian A. Pakaluk, “Modern Catholics Play It Fast and Loose with Doctrine,” The Harvard Student, November 10, 2003.
24. “Memorandum by MCC Staff on Erroneous Testimony on Catholic Teaching at April 28 Hearing in the Massachusetts Legislature on H. 3190, the Marriage Affirmation & Protection Amendment,” macathconf.org/03_memo_on_erroneous_testimony_4.htm, June 2, 2003.
25. Robert F. Drinan, “Posturing on Abortion,” New York Times, June 4, 1996, p. A15.
26. Liz Trotta, “Abortion Veto Raises Catholic Groundswell; Clinton Targeted on Partial-birth Ban,” Washington Times, July 11, 1996, p. A1.
27. Joel Mowbray, “The Anti-Catholic Catholic Group,” Insight on the News, August 5, 2002, p. 20.
28. Naomi Theodorou, “Hail Frances,” Mother Jones, May-June 1991, p. 11.
29. William Donohue, “The Real Agenda of Catholics For a Free Choice,” Daily Catholic, October 10, 2002.
30. Marjorie Reiley Maguire, “Not Catholic,” National Catholic Reporter, April 21, 1995, p. 18.
31. Lisa Hisel, “Catholicism and Abortion Since Roe v. Wade,” Conscience, January 31, 1988.
32. Judy Mann, “Conflict,” Washington Post, May 20, 1983, p. B1.
33. Washington News Section, UPI, June 30, 1986.
34. Lisa Hisel, “Catholicism and Abortion Since Roe v. Wade.”
35. Ann Carey, “Disorder Among the Nuns,” Our Sunday Visitor, April 6, 2008.
36. “Fallen Off Church’s Edge,” National Catholic Reporter, August 22, 2007.
37. Carey, “Disorder Among the Nuns.”
38. Ibid.
39. Brian C. Anderson, “How Catholic Charities Lost Its Soul,” City Journal, Winter 2000, p. 30.
40. Julia Duin, “Virginia Law Eyed in Girl’s Abortion; Bishops Alerted to U.S. Probe,” Washington Times, June 18, 2008, p. A1.
41. For information on the Catholic Charities event, see John Jalsevac, “San Francisco Catholic Charities Hosts ‘Who’s Who’ Crowd of Homosexual Marriage Supporters,” lifesitenews.com, June 24, 2008. For information on Newsom, see “Gay Adoption Issue Spurs Bigoted Furor,” Catholic League news release, March 15, 2006. Information on the lawsuit against the Board of Supervisors can be found in the Catholic League news release “Political Assault on Catholics Triggers Lawsuit,” April 4, 2006.
42. Joseph A. Varacalli, The Catholic Experience in America (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2006), p. 226.
43. “‘Strong Language,’” an interview with Michael Novak, National Catholic Register, May 11, 2008, p. 12.
44. Richard Ostling, “U.S. Scholars Wonder Whether Pope Benedict XVI Will Take Further Actions Against Dissenters,” Associated Press, May 12, 2005.
45. Anne Hendershott, Status Envy: The Politics of Catholic Higher Education (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Press, 2008).
46. Rev. Michael Reilly, “Politically Correct at Boston College,” newsmax.com, January 6, 2001. Boston College theologian Peter Kreeft shared the crucifix story with me.
47. Michael Paulson, “Catholic Symbols Stir Diverse Feelings at BC,” boston.com, February 12, 2009.
48. John L. Allen, Jr., “Muslim Chaplain Sees Value in Crucifixes,” National Catholic Reporter, May 14, 2004, p. 10.
49. Carlos Campos, “Prominent Cardinal’s Anti-Gay Comment Sparks Protest,” Cox News Service, May 21, 2003.
50. “Nothing’s Agenda Exposed,” Catalyst, July-August 1998.
51. “The Myth of Hitler’s Pope: An Interview with Rabbi David G. Dalin,” catholicexchange.com, July 29, 2005.
52. Robert P. Lockwood, “Papal Sin: Structures of Deceit,” book review for the Catholic League, June 2000 at catholicleague.org.
53. Lockwood, “Constantine’s Sword: A Review Article,” Catalyst, January-February 2001.
54. Joseph Bottum, “When the Swallows Come Back to Capi-strano,” First Things, October 2006, p. 31.
55. “Call to Action: 25 Years of Spirituality and Justice,” Call to Action anniversary edition newsletter, October 2001.
56. Ibid.
57. Colleen Carroll, The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy (Chicago: Loyola Press, 2002), p. 281.
58. Bob Reeves, “Catholic Group Calls for More Openness,” Lincoln Journal Star, June 4, 2006, p. 1.
59. S. L. Hansen, “Vatican Rejects Call to Action Appeal,” Catholic News Service, ncrcafe.org, February 21, 2007.
60. Tom Roberts, “Retiring Reformers Note New Goals,” National Catholic Reporter, May 30, 2008, Section G1.
61. “CTA Backs Voice of the Faithful as 4,200 Gather in Boston,” Call to Action News, September 2002.
62. Tom McFeely, “Voice of the Faithful? Lay Organization Under Renewed Fire for Promoting Dissent,” catholiconline, September 8, 2006.
63. Father Brian McSweeney, “Speak
ers Questioned,” letter to the editor, Catholic New York, December 2003, p. 27.
64. Ibid.
65. Tom McFeely, “Voice of the Faithful?”
66. “Seal of the Confessional Under Attack; Voice of the Faithful Member Is Responsible,” Catholic League news release, January 24, 2003. The VOTF member was Anne Coughlin, who lobbied to end the exemption in New Hampshire. The Catholic League side prevailed but not without a fight.
67. “VOTF Respond to Catholic League New York Times Ad and Calls on Bishops to Be Accountable NOW,” Voice of the Faithful news release, June 8, 2006.
68. “Spin Without End in Abuse Scandal,” National Catholic Reporter, June 16, 2006.
69. William Donohue, “Spin in Abuse Scandal,” letter to the editor, National Catholic Reporter, July 14, 2006, p. 19.
70. Delfin Vigil, “Catholic Group Convenes to Change the Church,” San Francisco Chronicle, October 10, 2005, p. B1.
71. Dan Tepfer, “New Leader of Voice of the Faithful Hopes to Improve Dialogue with Diocese,” Connecticut Post Online, July 16, 2006.
72. Paul Lakeland, “Vocational Crisis,” Commonweal, February 24, 2006, p. 26.
73. Peter Feuerherd, “Priests Offer Mediation for Bishop, Laity,” National Catholic Reporter, May 19, 2006.
74. Chuck Colbert, “Voice of the Faithful Members Profiled,” National Catholic Reporter, March 10, 2006.
75. James Vaznis, “Catholic Lay Group Assesses Strengths, Flaws,” boston.com, October 24, 2005.
76. Father Bill Pomerleau and Lynne Sullivan, “Voice of the Faithful Facing Financial, Membership Crisis,” Catholic News Service, May 29, 2007.
77. “Voice of the Faithful Strategic Plan: 2008–2010,” Voiceofthe faithful.org, first posted in 2008.
78. Kevin McLaughlin, “Robinson Speaks Out: Bishop Defies Cardinals to Speak on Sex and Power,” National Catholic Reporter, May 30, 2008, Section G1.
79. “Cardinal Mahony Bars Australian Bishop with ‘Doctrinal Difficulties’ from Archdiocese,” catholicnewsagency.com, May 19, 2008.
80. On September 15, 2008, Voice president Dan Bartley wrote a letter to Boston Archbishop Sean Cardinal O’Malley, who is the Chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations, making the case for an end to priestly celibacy. It was published on the Web site of VOTF.
81. Deal Hudson, “The Catholic Left Meets in Philadelphia,” insidecatholic.com, July 15, 2008.
82. “Victory in Connecticut,” Catalyst, April 2009.
83. Tom Monahan, “5,000 Angry Protesters Descend the Capitol,” Msnbc.com, March 13, 2009.
84. “Bill Giving Laity Control of Parish Finances Killed in Connecticut,” Catholic News Service, March 11, 2009.
85. John L. Allen, Jr., “Vatican Denounces Fr. Roger Haight’s Book, Bars Him From Teaching,” National Catholic Reporter, February 18, 2005, p. 10.
86. “Statement of the Board of Directors: With Respect to the Notification Issued by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith Concerning the Book, Jesus: Symbol of God, Rev. Robert Haight, S.J., and Prohibiting Fr. Haight from Teaching Catholic Theology,” April 1, 2005.
87. Cindy Wooden, “Vatican Action Against U.S. Jesuit is Not Definitive, Order Says,” Catholic News Service, January 5, 2009.
88. Call to Action ad on its National Conference, National Catholic Reporter, July 19, 2002, p. 10.
89. James Carroll, “An Ex-Priest Calls for Vatican Reforms to Stem a Church Revolt,” People, October 15, 1990, p. 52.
90. Peter Steinfels, “Bishops and Liberals Split on Agendas,” New York Times, November 11, 1991, p. A10.
91. Jay McNally, “‘We Are the Church’ Referendum Is Huge Failure, Sr. Fiedler Admits,” Wanderer, November 27, 1997, p. 6.
92. David Morrison, “We Are Church: ‘It Seemed Like a Good Idea,’” Our Sunday Visitor, December 7, 1997, p. 21.
93. George Weigel, The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church (New York: Basic Books, 2002), p. 62.
94. Joyce Milton, The Road to Malpsychia: Humanistic Psychology and Our Discontents (San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2002), pp. 138–145.
95. Weigel, The Courage to Be Catholic, p. 67.
96. Ibid., pp. 68–72.
97. Anthony Kosnick, Human Sexuality: New Directions in American Catholic Thought (New York: Paulist Press, 1977), p. 88.
98. Robert Crooks and Karla Bauer, Our Sexuality (Redwood City, California: Benjamin Cummings, 1990). When I appeared on the Donahue show, the book was already in its fourth edition; there are now 10 editions of this textbook. For evidence of its use in seminaries, see Michael S. Rose, Goodbye, Good Men: How Liberals Brought Corruption into the Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2002), p. 100.
99. Father Matthew L. Lamb, “Theological Malpractice,” nationalreview.com, October 3, 2002.
100. Enrique Rueda, The Homosexual Network (Old Greenwich, Connecticut: Devin-Adair, 1982), pp. 313–314.
101. William Donohue, “A Crisis of Faith,” Catalyst, June 2002. See also Leon J. Podles, Sacrilege: Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church (Baltimore, Maryland: Crossland Press, 2008), p. 129.
102. Ibid.
103. John Cardinal O’Connor, “‘Priest’ and Real Priests,” Catholic New York, April 6, 1995, p. 7.
104. For a fair reading of this subject see Kevin Cullen, “National Review Board Report; More Than 80 Percent of Victims Since 1950 Were Male, Report Says,” Boston Globe, February 28, 2004, p. A1.
105. “The Nature and Scope of the Problem of Sexual Abuse of Minors by Catholic Priests and Deacons in the United States,” A Research Study Conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, February 2004, Section 4.2.
106. Pam Belluck, “Scandals in the Church,” New York Times, April 26, 2002, p. A22.
107. Dave Umhoeffer, “Scandal Casts New Light on Weakland’s Statements,” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 26, 2002, p. A1.
108. Ibid.
109. Jeannine Gramick, “Finding Empathy for Shanley,” National Catholic Reporter, January 14, 2005.
110. Ibid.
111. William Donohue, “When Guidelines Are Not Enough,” Catalyst, July-August 2002.
112. Maureen Orth, “Gramick’s Charity to Shanley Is More Than He Deserves,” National Catholic Reporter, January 14, 2005.
113. Jerry Filteau, “Poll Finds Many Catholics Unaware of Church Steps to Prevent Abuse,” catholicnews.com, May 18, 2007.
114. Paul Elie, “The Patron Saint of Paradox,” New York Times Magazine, November 8, 1998, p. 44f.
115. David van Biema, “Is Liberal Catholicism Dead?,” time.com, May 3, 2008.
Chapter 9: Self-Sabotage: Protestantism
1. Dave Shiflett, Exodus: Why Americans Are Fleeing Liberal Churches for Conservative Christianity (New York: Sentinel, 2005), p. xii.
2. Private correspondence, Bronwen Catherine McShea to Bill Donohue, November 17, 2006.
3. Walter Russell Mead, “God’s Country?,” Foreign Affairs, September-October 2006.
4. “U.S. Religious Landscape Survey,” Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, 2008, p. 18.
5. Land’s comments were made at a Pew Research Center forum on September 26, 2006. See the transcript, “God’s Country? Evangelicals and U.S. Foreign Policy.”
6. Joseph Bottum, “The Death of Protestant America,” First Things, August-September, 2008, pp. 25–26.
7. Cathy Lynn Grossman, “God and Gays: Churchgoers Stand Divided; the Faithful Face Difficult Choices,” USA Today, June 13, 2006, p. 1D.
8. “Strategy for Church Growth Splits Congregants,” Associated Press, September 5, 2006.
9. George Gallup, Jr., and D. Michael Lindsay, Surveying the Religious Landscape: Trends in U.S. Beliefs (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Morehouse Publishing, 1999), p. 19.
10. Walter Russell Mead, “God’s Country?”
11. “Assemblies of God Grow Most in 2005,” Akron Beacon Journal, April 8, 2006.
12. Mead’s comments
were made at the Pew Center forum of 2006 where Land made his remarks.
13. Charlotte Allen, “Liberal Christianity Is Paying for Its Sins,” Los Angeles Times, July 9, 2006, p. M3.
14. Ibid.
15. John M. Powers, “Mainline Churches Face Great Divide,” Insight on the News, January 5, 2004, p. 27.
16. Dawn Baumgartner Vaughan, “No Change Expected in Where, How People Pray,” Herald-Sun, April 2006, p. B4.
17. John M. Powers, “Mainline Churches Face Great Divide.”
18. Shiflett, Exodus, p. 123.
19. Mike Aquilina, “Self-Inflicted Wounds,” Our Sunday Visitor, March 9, 1997, p. 8.
20. Dean Kelley, Why Conservative Churches Are Growing (New York: Harper & Row, 1972), pp. 88–90.
21. Wade Clark Roof and William McKinney, American Mainline Religion (New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1987), p. 4.
22. Thomas C. Reeves, The Empty Church: The Suicide of Liberal Christianity (New York: Free Press, 1996), p. 32.
23. Benton Johnson, Dean R. Hoge, and Donald A. Luidens, “Mainline Churches: The Real Reason for Decline,” First Things, March 1993, p. 16.
24. Mark I. Pinsky, “Lifeline for Mainliners,” USA Today, May 19, 2008, p. A11.
25. Greg Garrison, “Few Churchgoers Tithe, Study Says,” Newhouse News Service, May 14, 2008.
26. Ibid.
27. Reeves, The Empty Church, p. 107.
28. Franklin Foer, “Beyond Belief,” New Republic, December 29, 2003–January 5, 2004, p. 22.
29. Finke and Stark, The Churching of America, pp. 226–228.
30. Dave Shiflett, Exodus, pp. 120–121.
31. Ibid., p. 62.
32. Carol M. Ostrom, “Unitarians Making a Strong Pitch,” Seattle Times, September 29, 1990, p. A16.
33. Dave Shiflett, Exodus, p. 59.
34. Rod Dreher, “Celebrating Roe,” National Review Online, January 20, 2003.
35. Don Lattin, “Polyamorists Say They Relate Honestly to Multiple Partners,” San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2004, p. B1.
36. Randy Sly, “From New President of Episcopal Divinity School: ‘Abortion is a Blessing,’” catholic.org, April 2, 2009.
37. G. Jeffrey MacDonald, “Episcopal Seminaries Face Uncertain Finances, Future,” Religion News Stories, May 15, 2008, religionnews.com.
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