'But in reality, Catholics on campus have nothing to fear. The motion's definition of pro-choice ideology is so narrow and extreme, and its actions so brow-beating and authoritarian, that it will show informed pro-lifers who accept that abortion cannot be prohibited immediately -- including the bishops of England and Wales, who advocate incremental restrictions, but realise that a total ban is currently impossible to achieve -- to be the true advocates of moderate, rational and humane principle.'
A vast improvement, but, if I may be so bold, bad syntax. I still believe that no matter what the political climate of the modern age, all Catholic Bishops of England and Wales favour an immediate legislative end to abortion, no matter how unlikely that remains. Of course, I have no right to speak for the Bishops of England and Wales and it is beyond my remit, but then we had been reassured that Catholic Voices does not speak on behalf of the Bishops of England and Wales either. Which one is it? Finally, I think that at some point both the co-ordinators of Catholic Voices and some of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales are going to come very unstuck over their nuanced presentation of Catholic belief. I found this definition of nuance which I found struck a chord. Nuance is actually a PR nightmare. It cannot grab headlines for the right reasons and its so open to misinterpretation that it grabs headlines for the wrong reasons. I cannot believe that with so much experience in the media, the co-ordinators of Catholic Voices are scoring such bewildering own goals. Our Lord didn't establish the One, Holy, Catholic Church to blend in with the rest of the World. He established it to proclaim Salvation and in every age, She is called by the Lord to be a contradiction to the World and to run against the prevailing culture which in every age tries to bury the message of the Gospel and the Messenger and Saviour Himself, Our Lord Jesus Christ.
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