Ordering Subordinates to Engage in Civil Disobedience
Cardinal Roger Mahony of the archdiocese of Los Angeles has poured new wine into the old wineskin of civil disobedience. If a proposed immigration bill becomes law, he announced he will instruct the priests in his archdiocese to disobey the law and face the prospect of criminal prosecution. He clarified his position in an op-ed in the New York Times. ...