At least the authoritative Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica
–which, as David Gibson notes, is vetted by the Vatican Secretariat of State–does. An article in the new issue calls the new law “‘a needed and long awaited beginning’ of bringing greater justice to all
citizens, especially the most vulnerable,” according to CNS.

Gibson sarcastically wonders whether the USCCB, as it did in the case of those pesky nuns, “will rebuke the Vatican for such disloyalty and for
creating divisions in the church.” I’d like to hope that at least a few bishops will read the article, take a look at the critiques of their position in the current number of Commonweal, and ask themselves, “What were we thinking?”

At least the the authoritative Jesuit journal La Civilta Cattolica—which, as David Gibson notes, is vetted by the Vatican Secretariat of State–does. An article in the latest issue calls the new law “‘a needed and long awaited beginning’ of bringing greater justice to all
citizens, especially the most vulnerable,” according to CNS.

Gibson sacrastically wonders whether the USCCB, as it did in the case of those pesky nuns, will now “rebuke the Vatican for such disloyalty and for creating
divisions in the church.” I’d like to hope that at least a few bishops will read the article, take a look at the critiques of their position in the current number of Commonweal, and ask themselves, “What were we thinking?”