THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Believers need the intellectual tools to reject both
By: Andrea Picciotti-Bayer
As our society becomes ever more contemptuous of religious belief, young Catholics are under pressure not to let their faith go beyond the parish parking lot. At the same time, however, some of our political leaders constantly refer to themselves as Catholic even while they promote policies that are at odds with Church teaching, natural law and the common good — the most shocking example of which is their militant support for abortion.
Young Catholics are quite understandably searching for alternatives. Some, for example, may let the consuming culture be their guide. Others may be tempted to head for the hills to avoid conflict. And still others run the risk of being drawn to utopians with little connection to Church history or reality.
