William Grimm notes the futility of the choice now of a few US Catholic bishops to try to exercise moral leadership after the bishops as a body did all but stand on their heads to place Trump in the White House. As he notes, under their leadership, many US Catholics were led to support Trump in two elections — in which some 6 in 10 white Catholics voted for Trump.

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"The Japanese have a saying that sums up the bishops’ lawsuits and statements: 'Squeezing one’s buttocks after a fart.'

Those who find themselves among the American bishops would be well-advised to wear a gas mask."

To which I say a hearty amen.

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"The sad truth is that the bishops must rely upon lawyers because they no longer are able to lead America’s Catholics. They cannot lead because they no longer have followers. They are no longer heard, let alone heeded. …

Apart from a wholesale reconstitution of the American hierarchy, it is unlikely that the Church in the United States will become a prophetic presence at a time when prophets are more needed than ever."

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Now, belatedly and rather than lamenting and admitting their abdication of pastoral leadership, a few bishops are filing lawsuits to try to curb the cruelty of the administration, its attacks on immigrants, its destruction of aid programs, etc.

Too little, too late, and entirely unsystemic, this piecemeal approach of filing lawsuits. Grimm says,

"The sad truth is that the bishops must rely upon lawyers because they no longer are able to lead America’s Catholics."

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William Grimm notes the futility of the choice now of a few US Catholic bishops to try to exercise moral leadership after the bishops as a body did all but stand on their heads to place Trump in the White House. As he notes, under their leadership, many US Catholics were led to support Trump in two elections — in which some 6 in 10 white Catholics voted for Trump.

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