Forty-eight Catholic members of Congress have protested that denying them the Eucharist would actually encourage anti-Catholic bigotry. Yeah, see it’s better to be well-liked while watering down the truth, than it is to stand up for the truth. Although there is that pesky reading about the martyrdom of St. Stephen coming up on Sunday, and the remembrance of all those martyrs who were willing to die before compromising on the faith.
And then today is the memorial of St. Christopher Magallanes and companions, a priest and 24 others who died at the hands of a virulently anti-Catholic Mexican government in the 1920s rather than compromise their faith.
