Fr. Euteneuer (HLI) vs. NCRegister re: Obama

Fr. Tom Euteneuer, president of Human Life International, has gone so far as to claim that the Legionariest of Christ are "now officially part of the problem, not part of the solution" and have "lost it on this one" because of a supposedly "pro-Obama" editorial penned by National Catholic Register editor Tom Hoopes, a layman employed by the Legionaries.

Fr. Euteneuer even goes so far as to claim that the Register editorial at issue reminded him of a National Catholic Reporter editorial, and as a result he has cancelled his subscription and urged others to do this same.

Now these are very serious accusations and actions taken.

And I think they are misguided.

Tom Hoopes has responded to these accusations here and I agree with him that the National Catholic Register, pace Fr. Euteneuer, has been a stalwart defender and champion of the rights of the unborn in this recent election.

And while I may find the editorial in question a bit gushy for my taste - it's not a suffitient reason to cancel a subscription to a fine Catholic newspaper. And good heavens, this is still nothing compared to the NCReporter.