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...Msgr. De Blanc and others of the Roman hierarchy have placed themselves in an untenable position. He is indeed correct when he assumes that Catholics are using contraceptives and even requesting surgical procedures for sterilization. Many of my Catholic patients tell me that they think the Church is wrong in its teachings on birth control...
Thirteen years ago Msgr. De Blanc performed the marriage ceremony for my wife and myself. We were at that time of different faiths; he solidly prophesied that we'd never make it. It's true we aren't dead yet and won't know until we are but so far we've done fine and have two children, spaced right, and they will be our family since we believe in birth control. Msgr. De Blanc ties a good knot. As a prophet and a psychiatrist, he falls flat on his face...
...Msgr. De Blanc has certainly embarrassed the members of the Catholic Church with his statement ". . . but I wonder if a devout person should bring someone of another faith into his home, into his family surroundings." How can we hope to spread our faith (a command of Jesus Christ) if we cannot show our non-Catholic friends how we live and how we behave in our homes...
MONSIGNOR IRVING A. DE BLANC...
Msgr. Irving A. De Blanc's ghetto proposal, deplorable as it is, should shock few. There is hardly a Christian sect that doesn't practice it, consciously or unconsciously. What is sickening about religious segregation is the effect of such pre-Reformation mouthings as De Blanc's on the immature and uneducated. It would be well to reflect on the historical fact that the Catholic Church, as well as all the other Christian churches, is but a segment of the Jewish faith...