Hattip to commenter Mr. H. Here is how Bishop Tobin comes across when he is allowed to actually get a word in edgewise. Compare and contrast his O’Reilly interview with his ambushview with Chris “Obama Makes My Leg Tingle” Matthews.
Bishop Tobin On The Factor
Donald R. McClarey
Cradle Catholic. Active in the pro-life movement since 1973. Father of three, one in Heaven, and happily married for 41 years. Small town lawyer and amateur historian. Former president of the board of directors of the local crisis pregnancy center for a decade.
“..state of Grace, you’ve heard that term.” It kills me how pathetically uneducated these folks like O’Reilly are on Catholic teaching. He doesn’t know the moral difference between abortion and the death penalty? Where is Alan Keyes when you need him?
What an excellent and charitable explanation the good bishop offered.
I pray for more bishops like His Excellency that will finally execute their ecclesial duties and be our true shepherds!
I usually like Bill, except when he’s talking about the Church or economics – then he’s as misinformed as the idiots that watch Matthews.
LOL@AK!
I’m not sure that O’Reilly’s question concerning the Dealth Penalty vs. Abortion was showing his uninformed perspective on the situation, but rather he was trying to be a bit journalistic. If he did not ask that question, for example, than those who would shout “Hypocrisy!” about those two issues regarding the Church would not know why they were incorrect.
Bishops Tobin comes across as quite fanatical.
Nope, he comes across as teaching precisely what the Church teaches on abortion.
“Bishop Tobin comes across as quite fanatical.”
From the Spirit of Vatican II Dictionary:
fanatic, n.
Etymology: Latin “fanaticus” inspired by a deity, frenzied, from fanum temple, Date: 1550
An articulate advocate for a cause or moral position uncongenial to the hearer.
Antonym: prophet.