Election politics pits progressive Catholics against conservative church leadership
by: Pam Spaulding
Mon Oct 06, 2008 at 06:00:00 AM EDT

http://pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do;jsessionid=C9CB02E088919E8E0C3447AF1CFFEBC1?diaryId=7376

It looks like the hardline bishops are flexing their muscle against "renegade" progressive parishes - the iron fist of Papa Ratzi is coming down on American Catholics. (NYT):

    The escalating efforts by more-liberal Catholics are provoking a vigorous backlash from some bishops and the right.

Such has been true about just about every election and the Church, going back to Rome at least.

hopefully the rebels will have backbone enough to accomplish something.  I heard some LGBT friendly Jesuits are breaking away from their fascist leaders.

The Jesuit churches in SF are very accepting.  When I feel like going to Mass (twice a year or so) I go to the Jesuit and Dominican churches here and not the ones run by the local bishop.  They don't seem to have any problem with any of it.