Albacete on Marco Rubio

More fruits of Vatican II.

In those many circles wherein everyone chauvinistically congratulates themselves for their "true" orthodoxy and militant defense of the faith, Catholicism is reduced to what Americans call conservatism. Sadly, too many American bishops are soft on this confusion.

So, as long as Rubio is perceived as conservative, it will not matter whether he believes in transubstantiation, papal infallibility, or attends Mass. The Catholic watchdogs will give him a pass--including the bishops.

Sigh....

If Rubio was a progressive Democrat and claiming to be primarily Buddhist, yest still fully Catholic, I doubt the NCR would be obsessed the "loss of catholic identity".

Rather, Rubio would be presented as a "new and exciting approach to eucumenacalism, all in the spirit of Vatican II".

In those chauvinistic circles wherein everyone imagines himself to be a watchdog for "true" Catholic orthodoxy, Rubio will get a pass. It doesn't matter where he stands on transubstantiation, papal infallibity, or even if he attends Mass. What matters is that he's conservative.

Similar confusion extends into too many chanceries and cathedrals. Can you imagine any American bishop denying him Holy Communion?

I certainly hope that he is not permitted to go to Holy Communion. You can't be a Catholic and a Protestant. Here's somebody who's earned that apostate label you want to give out. Certainly it's possible that he is acting from ignorance, Catholic education is certainly bad enough, but one would hope that somebody, his pastor, the bishop of his Florida diocese, somebody, would have explained the situation by now. When he says he's a Catholic and a Protestant he's teaching error, just like Nancy Pelosi did when she said that the Church used to be pro-abortion. If the bishops have any respect for their teaching authority one of them will have to confront his erroneous teaching in public, since he is teaching his error in public. I'd vote for him, but I wouldn't want to be in a church if he went up for Communion. I would not want to see that sacrilege. His bishop in Florida should get on the phone to Cardinal Wuerl, since the Cardinal's position is that he has no authority to prevent politicians from other dioceses from receiving Communion in the churches of the Archdiocese of Washington.

Sorry for this double comment, but I just had this delayed reaction thought. Shouldn't all the liberals attacking this guy now admit that the old rule--that we shouldn't routinely attend Protestant services--had some good effects?

1. Rubio has moved beyond the Wars of Religion of the 17th century.
2. What do the non-denominational/southern baptists say about this kind of dual denominationalism?
3. This puts the american catholic bishops between a rock and a hard place, if the latinos who leave the church also convert to the republican party.