https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/02/05/an-affront-liberal-and-conservative-catholics-can-agree-on/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 08:00:15 -0400<![CDATA[This represents a breakthrough in the long-simmering animosity between conservative and liberal Catholics over how much the church should have changed in the wake of Vatican II. Besides contraception, practiced (according to polls) by more than 90% of sexually active Catholics despite the church&#8217;s prohibition, the issues that divide the two groups include divorce (the church forbids it, but liberals argue that the prohibition is unrealistic in today&#8217;s world), same-sex unions, the power of the papacy and admitting women to the all-male priesthood. When the clerical sex-abuse scandals surfaced in 2002, conservative Catholics blamed a woozy post-Vatican II mind-set that signaled that anything was permissible, while liberals pointed the finger at a hidebound hierarchy desirous of sweeping unpleasant truths under the rug.]]>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:20:16 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/02/05/an-affront-liberal-and-conservative-catholics-can-agree-on-n89863