Ratzinger Strikes Again

Word has come that Caroline Kennedy--life-long Catholic, daughter of America's only Catholic President--has been vetoed by the Vatican as U.S. Ambassador there because of her position on abortion, the same position that, polls repeatedly show, is shared by a majority of the American people. Apparently a Catholic must agree with Church policy to represent her country at the Vatican city-state. Suppose Obama appoints a Protestant or Jew who does not agree either, is the veto power still in effect? I don't recall that Soviet ambassadors to the U.S. were required to believe in our policies before they got through the door. The Vatican demands an exceptionality that cannot be sustained; the Church must begin to accept individual conscience in her own members.