Update: Mixed Messages

A month ago we wrote a post, Mixed Messages, about an incident in our diocese that we found disturbing.  We wanted to update you with what has happened since.

By the time we had made the post, we had already written a letter to our bishop.  We are very fond of Bishop Aymond and have long admired his outspokenness on life issues.  It was for this reason that we decided to bring our concerns to his attention. 

Within a week he had responded to our letter thanking us for the kind manner in which we had brought this to his attention.  He assured us that he was unaware of the guest speaker’s support of IVF.  And finally he wrote, “Please be assured that in everything that I do and that our diocesan staff does we strive to be fully not only in compliance with the teaching of the Gospel of our Catholic Church, but certainly want to promote, without compromise, the pro-life stance of the Church.”

God bless our bishop.