“I just don’t understand it. I like Shea’s writing when he talks about Catholic teaching. But he irks me when he talks about political stuff.”
How do I do it? How do I reconcile concepts like loving God and loving our enemies? How can I be both anti-abortion and anti-torture at one and the same time? What mysterious thread ties together the utterly irreconcilable ideas of making a good examination of conscience with my objections to the pro-life movement sloughing off principle after principle in service to the needs of Caesar? Who can fathom my mercurial and contradictory whims?
Okay. Back to radio silence.