I find it strange that after weeks of NCR writers/bloggers/editorial writers celebrating, embracing, & defending the recent article in La Civilta Catholica that laments (with some justification) the marriage of some Catholics with conservative politics, that it now will run so patently a partisan piece of writing as this. Oh, wait, I'm sure NCR will give equal time to a Catholic Republican to lay out an agenda in these pages. I won't hold my breath. Of course, many of these same folks have been some of the most vocal critics of the last 2 popes, but suddenly find any criticism of a pope beyond the pale.

The NCR motto appears to be: do as I say, not as I do.