“Catholics who get caught up in complaining about how the press or Hollywood treats us are wasting precious airtime and energy, and they sound like every other whining, hurt-feelings group on the planet — crabbed and weak. The gospel message is not contained in any of that. Catholics need to remember that the challenges of our age, whether they be bioethical, political, or social, require ‘systemic solutions’ — via legislation and so forth — but that the greatest “system” offering the most profound “solutions” is the human heart…”

— Elizabeth Scalia, a.k.a., The Anchoress
as part of an online discussion on the future of the Catholic voter. 

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