Religion & the Founding: MSW's Wrap Up | National Catholic Reporter

Religion & the Founding: MSW's Wrap Up | National Catholic Reporter by MSW.  MGB: It is very true that there is no way to convert (not baptize, it is already baptized) the founding as a Catholic project.  Indeed, I an surprised that none of these authors mentioned Freemasonry.  Indeed, it is not like there is no source material - especially on Washington's membership in the lodge and their involvement in his funeral rites (the notion that he became a Catholic on his death bed, by the way, is absurd).  That there is an attempt to Catholicize it now over birth control is insane - there is no other word.  Indeed, the Church is still fighting ideas of free thinking - especially on natural law - rather than imposing a monopoly on it - on homosexuality and the role of women.  Indeed, their inability to take the impact on their own authority out of reversing themselves on contraception is what have us Humanae Vitae and its ugly sister Evangeliicum Vitae.  Frankly the Church should be afriad of the ideas of the founding - they would likely include the local appointment or even election of bishops (even the Anglican model would be an improvement) and a congregational view of Church property.  That fear that someone will take away their stuff - that they will be reminded that you cannot serve both God and Mammon, surely keeps them up at night - and will forever make them fear American ideals - which would improve them greatly.