The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is opening its pulpits to error with a new directive for pastors naming Carrie Prejean Boller—a recently ousted member of President Trump's Religious Liberty Commission—for her recitation of perennial Church teaching on Jews and Zionism.
The USCCB's Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs brings her up by name in the directive in what can only seem like an attempt to paint her in a negative light:
Carrie Prejean Boller, a recent convert to Catholicism, sparked widespread controversy when she disputed that blaming Jews for Jesus’ death is antisemitic, defended public figures accused of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories, declared that Catholics do not embrace Zionism, and repeatedly pressed Jewish witnesses on Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Citing "media personalities" for making misleading statements on Church teaching, the memo provides four arguments for pastors, citing magisterial and non-magisterial sources.
The intent of this piece is to correct any false allegations, obfuscations and outright errors this document makes—for what I can only hope is strictly the sake of ecumenism and not an open door to error.
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