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Bishop decries 'combative tactics' of a minority of U.S. bishops
'Catholic community risks isolating itself from the rest of the country.'
Aug. 26, 2009
By Tom Roberts
Politics

Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan Albuquerque, NM

A majority of U.S. bishops disagree with the loud tactics of some of their peers in opposing President Barack Obama’s May appearance at the University of Notre Dame, but remain silent because they do not want to engage in a public battle over the issue, according to Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM.

In an Aug. 12 interview at archdiocesan headquarters here with NCR, Sheehan took the opportunity to decry the combative tactics of what he described as a minority of U.S. bishops who spoke out against the university’s invitation and issuance of an honorary degree. Many urged the university to rescind the invitation because of Obama’s opposition to criminalizing abortion."

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