Consistency?

I agree with the Holy Father that religion shouldn’t be used as a force for hate.

However, I also believe, as do many other people, that people’s religious beliefs should be used as the basis for their words and actions. And when the words and actions of people in public life are not in accordance with any practiced concept of faith or spirituality, then I think it is incumbent for leaders of organized religions to speak out in protest.

And when it comes to the matter of the U.S. policy on torture and the cover up of Mark Foley’s predatory behavior towards congressional pages, the silence from the Vatican is deafening (John Paul II was highly doctrinaire, of course, but if he were still here, somehow I’m quite sure we would have heard from him on those topics by now).