A host of Catholic anti-abortion leaders are expressing concern about Fr. James Martin's decision to speak at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), because they argue the party has embraced political positions that are antithetical to Church teaching.
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And while it's unlikely he'd receive an invitation, Fr. Frank Pavone told Fox News he wouldn't speak at the convention given potentially unintended impressions that voters might get about the church and abortion.
"I don't think that it's business as usual right now," Pavone said, noting that he didn't generally think clergy's services should be exclusive to either party. "I don't think that the non-partisan argument -- as valid as it is ... I don't think it works anymore, because now we have a party, in the Democrats, and a system, and a set of policies, and a worldview that are so aligned with things the church has always taught are evil, and [is] so harmful both to the church and to the nation that I don't think neutrality is justified anymore," he added.
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