Kennedy Equals "Katholic Konfusion"

The recent funeral of Senator Ted Kennedy was a goal line stand opportunity for Church leaders in this country to stand up and say "NO". No to pandering to a man who blatantly opposed the Church's teaching on abortion and the sanctity of human life. I'm not suggesting that Senator Kennedy should have been denied a Catholic burial. For all we know, he could have made a last minute death bed Confession to Father Mark Hession.
But for the institutional hierarchy of the Church to participate in the secular canonization of the Senator, most certainly sends mixed signals to many Catholics of good standing and muddies the waters of just what we as Catholics must do in the public arena in the face of politicians who deliberately ignore Church teachings.
It was fourth and goal on the one yard line - a time for the American Bishops to say "Enough" but they caved in as this weak generation of Bishops and priests have since 1968.
"Katholic Konfusion" still reigns in the pews of the average Catholic parish. Priests will not tackle the tough subjects such as abortion and stand up for what is right. They are too timid to call right "right" and wrong, "wrong". Instead we get vanilla homilies which avoid all controversy.Bishops refuse to call out apostate Catholic politicians.
And another generation of Catholics leave Sunday Mass uninspired, confused and angry.