Kennedy the Catholic

An insightful article by Father Raymond J. de Souza of the National Catholic Register, which bills itself as the "most complete" Catholic newsweekly in the United States, about Sen. Edward Kennedy's Catholicism and his pro-choice position. That position has, of course, been thorny for the Church. It hasn't been too keen on seeing other Catholic politicians fall into the camp in favor of abortion rights — John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi and so on.
Cardinal Sean O'Malley, archbishop of the Boston Archdiocese, will preside over the funeral mass Saturday morning. But the Boston Globe reports two other priests will be more visible. They are the Rev. J. Donald Monan, chancellor of Boston College and the Rev. Mark R. Hession, pastor of Our Lady of Victory parish in Centerville, Mass.