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<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\nJon Stewart is the man. He points out that no one likes the right\/left polarization of the media, just as no one likes the right\/left polarization of the country. So what\u2019s the answer? Well, in a word, Catholicism. Part of what I love about my religion is that it\u2019s unplugged from the political system; it lives in a healthy sort of disdain for the left and the right. This isn\u2019t<\/i> because it\u2019s moderate. It\u2019s because the Church is the true center.<\/p>\n
Wrapped up in the world of politics, it\u2019s easy to see the views of the Church as some sort of concession between the political parties. But I beg you, don\u2019t think of the Church\u2019s position of being pro-life and against the death penalty as a moderate position, as some sort of compromise between the right and the left. The Church\u2019s position is true, and the right and the left are \u2013 though I hate to get all Latin-massy on you \u2013 heresies, plain and simple. Capitalism and socialism are both \u2013 by the Church \u2013 considered evils that treat man either as an economic means or as mere part of a social whole. (To which we say bleaugh.) But the Church\u2019s economic teachings of\u00a0subsidiarity<\/a>\u00a0and distributism<\/a> are not compromises between the two systems, but the truth that both capitalism and socialism have left behind.<\/p>\n It\u2019s really the difference between finding a religion and finding truth. In our \u201cchurch-visiting\u201d culture, in which people have told me they \u201care still looking for a Church that fits me\u201d, the Catholic Church makes the bold claim that you<\/i> must fit the Church. So it is with politics. The Church does not fit the existing political structure, the existing political structure refuses to fit with the truth the church professes. So, when folks ask you about your politics, let \u2019em know: I\u2019m Catholic. <\/p>\n That\u2019s all! Lent she cometh!<\/p>\n Hey everyone! Sorry I haven\u2019t posted in a while, I was skiing. Really! See there I am, skiing my heart out, far, far, far too busy to post on BadCatholic. But what goes skiing must come back and post, which I understand to be a wise saying, and so watch this. Jon Stewart is the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n