Wouldn't it be nice if our bishop were in the news for vehemently objecting to this country's war policies, which kill men, women and children by the thousands with little or no national threat?

Wouldn't it be nice if our bishop were in the news for vehemently objecting to this country's war policies, which kill men, women and children by the thousands with little or no national threat?

Wouldn't it be nice if our bishop were making headlines by objecting to the inability of Congress to rewrite our tax laws so that we could feed the hungry and house the homeless? You know the biblical admonition, "To whom much is given, much shall be required."

Wouldn't it be nice if our bishop were in the tabloids for objecting to immigration policies where states judge a person solely by the color of their skin? Remember the brave lay people and clergy who marched, in the '60s in favor of civil rights for all?

Maybe our bishop could speak out on the fact that killing adults - capital punishment - is the same as any killing. It's wrong and reduces us to the level of the criminal.

What about some heavy vocabulary on the horrors of pedophilia and the lack of charitable, equitable response to its victims?

Instead, our bishop is the talk of the country because he doesn't want to pay for the medical care of employees who, after sufficient reflection and full consent and under the direction of a doctor, determine that a particular prescription is appropriate for their mental and physical health care.

Marjorie Klise

Peoria