“While it is encouraging to hear that the bishops are making efforts to hold pols like Durbin more accountable, it is unclear how far they will go when the pols again thumb their noses at the teaching

“While it is encouraging to hear that the bishops are making efforts to hold pols like Durbin more accountable, it is unclear how far they will go when the pols again thumb their noses at the teachings of the Church. One could argue that such gross disobedience represents an act of self-excommunication, and in fact, it doesn’t take much arguing at all. By definition, a politician who rejects the teachings of his or her own faith is hardly in communion with the church they profess to be a member of.”