I think it was very significant that Pope Benedict seemed to go out of his way to ensure that, in the eyes of the world, and Catholics, that his position regarding the role of the United States in Iraq, was much closer to that of President Bush than what many have speculated it was over the past few years.
In the Bush Doctrine, the National Security Strategy of the United States of America, the overwhelming focus is on the protection of human dignity, human freedom, religions freedom, powerful marks for a great power to assume and ones very congruent with those of another great power in the world, the Catholic Church.
Pope Benedict reinforced these principles in his speech to the United Nations, and reminds us of how important it is that we Catholics—who are voting in the United States for leaders of our city, county, and country—remember that being congruent with the basic principles of our faith and our nation, should be a major ingredient in the decision process that leads to our final vote.
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"The sinner is at the very heart of Christianity. Nobody is so competent as the sinner in matters of Christianity. Nobody, except the saint." Charles Peguy (1873-1914)
About
- David H. Lukenbill
- I am a California native, married, we have one daughter and live close to the American River with two cats and all the wild critters we can feed. I am a management consultant to nonprofit organizations and have an Associates of Arts degree in Administration of Justice from Sacramento City College, a Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Behavior from the University of San Francisco and a Master of Public Administration degree, also from the University of San Francisco.