Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Another Commonwealth Citizen Scores.
The recent attempt by American Catholic Bishops to meddle in politics--which in our opinion should invalidate the Church's tax-free status--did not go unnoticed by a fellow Commonwealth denizen:
To the Editor:
You write (front page, Oct. 12), "The National Catholic Reporter reported that on a visit to the pope this year Mr. Bush asked Vatican officials directly for help in lining up American bishops in support of conservative cultural issues."
I am a 61-year-old middle-class wife and mother. I have never felt so marginalized and fearful of the misuse of power, and so aware of the insidious blurring of constitutional safeguards like the separation of church and state.
Karen Rappaport
Stow, Mass., Oct. 12, 2004
