A Privilege to Die Tomorrow

I knew I liked Bishop Robert J. Hermann when Suzanne and I were present for a Mass and Confirmation at which he presided at SLU a few years ago.  Yesterday, he made St. Louis proud with this bold statement of truth at the USCCB Fall General Assembly yesterday afternoon:

"We have lost 50 times as many children in the last 35 years as we have
lost soldiers in all the wars since the Revolution... I think any bishop
here would consider it a privilege to die tomorrow to bring about an
end to abortion... If we are willing to die tomorrow, then we
should be willing to, until the end of our lives, to take all kinds of
criticism for opposing this horrible infanticide."
     - Bishop Robert
J. Hermann of the Archdiocese of St. Louis

That's just the tip of the iceberg. The fruit of the Bishops' discussion was this statement this morning from Cardinal Francis George (of Chicago; the current president of the bishops' conference) on behalf of the bishops, on the hope of the Obama administration and possible obstacles to desired unity.

Thank God for our good and Holy bishops, unafraid of proclaiming the Truth.

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