Washington D.C., Apr 24, 2007 / 09:21 am
The Catholic nonprofit organization Fidelis has condemned the editorial cartoon published in the April 20 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer entitled “Church and State.”
The cartoon was published following the United States Supreme Court decision to uphold a ban on partial birth abortion, which was passed by the United States Congress and upheld by President Bush. It features the five Catholic members of the Supreme Court wearing bishop miters.
“The Philadelphia Inquirer has breached the line of reasonable editorial commentary,” said Fidelis president Joseph Cella in a statement. “This cartoon is venomous, terribly misleading and, blatantly anti-Catholic. We call on the Inquirer to repudiate the cartoon’s anti-Catholic sentiment.”
The cartoon suggests that the court’s decision to uphold the ban on partial birth abortion was influenced by the Catholic Church.