But it's not about the hate

A lot of people are talking about the Vatican's new strategy to lure welcome married priests and other disaffected Anglicans. The US church has been letting married Episcopal priests convert and stay both married and priests for a while now, so in a sense this is nothing new. But it's breath-taking how many people are buying that it's all about loving those disgruntled refugees from a more liberal church and not about why they're leaving.

A letter in today's WaPo sums it up:

The Catholic Church announces its policy will be to lure priests from among disaffected Anglicans ["Vatican Fishing for Disgruntled Anglicans," front page, Oct. 21], five months after losing a popular Miami priest, Alberto Cutié, to the Episcopalians (members of the Anglican Communion) because he had fallen in love with a woman.

The hypocrisy of this latest decision is breathtaking.

No kidding.