Bill Donohue comments on fundamentalist Christians attacking
Catholics in the D.C. area:
Over the past several weeks, a wave of crazed Protestant activists attacked
Catholic churches in Washington and Maryland. They shouted
anti-Catholic slogans with their bullhorns, passed out vile literature
attacking the teachings of the Catholic Church, harassed parishioners going to
Mass—they even stormed churches prior to the beginning of Mass.
These Nazi-like tactics, carried out by fundamentalists, should be widely
condemned by everyone, including, most especially, evangelical and
fundamentalist leaders.
Aside from the Washington Post, the media have shown no interest in this
story. Why is that? Are those on the left unmoved because they greet
anti-Catholicism with aplomb? Are those on the right unmoved because they do
not want to rupture the Catholic-evangelical relationship? Neither reason is
persuasive. Bigotry must be condemned, and this is doubly so when the basic
right to attend religious service without intimidation is jeopardized.
It is sad but true that there are still pockets of anti-Catholicism in the
Protestant community, especially among those aligned with conservative causes.
No alliance in the culture war is worth looking past this problem, and that is
why Catholics need to stand fast against attempts to brush instances like this
aside.