Before Mass in my native Brooklyn almost a quarter century ago, I recall chatting with a priest about Network: A National Catholic Social Justice Lobby (of which I had been a member). I distinctly recall how he shared concern that Network did NOT show concern about the heinous crime of abortion. That priest went on to become the third bishop of Metuchen, New Jersey. RIP, Bishop Breen.
A few years later, I recall attending a Network presentation, hosted by then-chaplain of Rider, Father Vincent Gartland. When I raised a question about abortion to the Sister of Saint Joseph presentor, I was treated dismissively by the sister (By that time, I knew better than to belong to Network!)
As you certainly know, the Vatican's Doctrinal Assessment of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, singled Network out for criticism. A check of Network's web site confirms that it indeed remains "silent on the right to life from conception to natural death." Network has certainly been "silent" on the USCCB condemnation of the attacks on human life, conscience rights, and religious liberty in the Affordable Health Care Act (i.e., "Obamacare").
Your Excellency, it is shameful that Monsignor Gartland hosted Network's Nuns on the Bus, because Network has long shown itself to be abysmally ignorant of authentic Catholic Social Teaching. No one can truly study the Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church without becoming convinced that the sanctity of human life and marriage/family are at the core of authentic Catholic Social Teaching....
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