I'm not impressed
When they stop lying to Africans about AIDS and condoms, I might consider listening.
O'Malley confronts 'culture of death'
Describing the United States as a "hostile, alien environment" for Catholics, Archbishop Sean P. O'Malley yesterday exhorted Boston priests to do a better job preaching to a society he described as characterized by "a culture of death . . . consumerism, hedonism, [and] individualism."
O'Malley, at one of the signal moments of his first Holy Week in Boston, told hundreds of priests at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross that they must speak out clearly about "public issues" and "social causes" because "no one will follow an uncertain trumpet blast." He did not refer directly to the church's current public policy battle -- its effort to prevent the legalization of same-sex marriage -- but said the church's teachings about life and family are "essential for civilization in the long run." He quoted the apostle Paul as saying "the word of God cannot be changed."
