> What I witnessed was no less than a 45 minute diatribe on the dangers of abortion, casting various aspersions (ad hominem) on any political leader not on board with new political agenda of the Catholic Church.
A typical Catholic Mass lasts less than one hour. Most of the Mass follows a fixed, prescribed set of prayers and readings, that have nothing to do with politics. In the middle there's a sermon, that usually lasts about 15 minutes, that might include references to news or to politics.
Either you ended up at a very atypical mass, and by very atypical I'd say borderline heretic, or you don't remember well.
> with new political agenda of the Catholic Church.
New? Like it or not, the position of the Catholic Church on abortion has been extraordinarily consistent through the centuries.
A typical Catholic Mass lasts less than one hour. Most of the Mass follows a fixed, prescribed set of prayers and readings, that have nothing to do with politics. In the middle there's a sermon, that usually lasts about 15 minutes, that might include references to news or to politics.
Either you ended up at a very atypical mass, and by very atypical I'd say borderline heretic, or you don't remember well.
> with new political agenda of the Catholic Church.
New? Like it or not, the position of the Catholic Church on abortion has been extraordinarily consistent through the centuries.