Modern Apologists Strengthen Our Understanding

Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki starts with some history in the Herald of Hope column of a recent issue of the Archdiocese's of Milwaukee's Catholic Herald.

"From the earliest beginnings of the Church, individuals came forward in the defense of the Church’s teachings. They were referred to as 'apologists.' They present the reasonableness of the Church’s position. We sometimes forget that we have a duty to defend the Church’s teaching. Many of the early Church Fathers presented the teachings of the Church, which were not only convincing but compelling. It encouraged the Christian faithful to live the teachings in the face of society’s opposition."

He eventually names names.

"Matthew Kelly, whose multiple books are free and widely distributed, much like the pamphlets of the evangelicals, is one. But Kelly, an Australian, is unabashedly Roman Catholic, and his works not only give insight to the reasonableness of the professed Catholic faith but a basis for the promotion of the faith in the communities in which we live. He is proud to be a Catholic and resonates with Catholics who love their Church. Kelly has a popular following and has been a tireless promoter of the faith."

By "free" I assume he means available for purchase in bulk for free distribution. A generous member of my parish has done this a number of times.

"Patrick Madrid’s daily national program is heard on Relevant Radio. He has authored a multitude of books, one which is actually entitled, How to do Apologetics. I particularly enjoyed Pope Fiction, a 1999 work that deals directly with answers to myths and misconceptions about the papacy. He tackles Church teachings on Purgatory, the importance of tradition and the saints, to mention a few. He is well worth reading and arms the faithful in thoughtful responses to today’s criticisms."

Not all apologists are lay.

"Bishop Robert Barron of 'Word on Fire' is a committed intellectual and advocate of the importance of the Church Teachings. Bishop Barron, who is a longtime friend, has been a consistent champion of interpreting the positions of the Church in a manner acceptable and understandable to our younger generations. He has been a great voice at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for the importance of communications to the next generation of Catholic leaders. His philosophical training grounds his approach. I would encourage you to view his website, Word on Fire' and listen to his Sunday homilies. He is a teacher who excites his listeners. He has a group of devoted followers who understand the importance of sharing the faith."

And finally,

"But before Kelly, Madrid and Barron, was Peter Kreeft. During the period of the 70s and 80s, there was a lack of attention to Catholic Teachings. Catholics, who at one time knew their catechism by rote, now were hard-pressed to answer simple questions about the faith. It was into this vast wasteland that Peter Kreeft was an almost lone voice directing individuals in their understanding of the importance and reasonableness of the Church’s teachings."

Dr. Kreeft's website includes links to Featured Writings and Featured Audios and to his books available for purchase.

CreamCity: Going Deeper: Low Mass Attendance

Guess the date of this photo...

What is the Way? What is the Truth? What is the Life?

What does it look like, smell like, sound like? These are the questions to which the heart seeks a definitive answer.

Where is the witness to the Mystery that once freed nations from bondage? Where is the Cornerstone that built a Church to withstand the sagacity of time? My, how far we have come! How far have we fallen from the foundation that built a Church on betrayal and fear, transformed into Love, Beauty, Truth, and Life. By the will of God, Jesus chose the lesser, the downtrodden, the shamed, to be witness to His Truth and to build His Church.

The Catholic Church, and much of Christianity, is experiencing Lent once again. Lent, a period of conversion fulfilled through prayer, fasting, and alms giving, ought to bring a believer closer to God, to deepen the relationship one has with Christ, whose one and only purpose was to bring about salvation for a broken and sinful mankind. Christ is the New Covenant. Man no longer needs to sacrifice his own; God sacrificed His Only Begotten Son so we didn’t have to.

In a recent article from the Milwaukee Catholic Herald published on February 11, 2016, we are subjected to a breakdown of ideas that were offered up from the recent Archdiocesan Synod which, in part, was called to determine the causes of and solutions for low Mass attendance across the Archdiocese.

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There's lots of ways to justify less Mass times.... I hear it talked about often, priests that want less Mass times.  It is comical that cramming people into pews somehow solves the problem of low Mass attendance....  I literally laughed out loud thinking about it.  If a movie is tanking at the box office, only show it once a day, since it will appear like the theater is packed and the movie is very popular, despite the fact successful movies fill the theaters for reasons other than the fact that the theater is not full.

For ordinary form parishes, there simply must be a "JPII parish" if we can call it that, in high population areas.  Among other things, one where liturgy matters.  It doesn't necessarily have to be the Traditional Latin Mass, just a parish where the priest at least understands the TLM so he can understand the modern form.  There's going to be no convincing the smile police that reverent liturgies produce Catholics who keep coming to Mass throughout their life.  But the powers that be will tell one they are wrong with a smile on their face, and that's the sign of a True Believer.

MKE Catholic Herald seeks reporter

Seeking an energetic, enterprising reporter with strong writing and interviewing skills willing to accept a variety of writing and editing tasks. Some weekend and evening assignments. Knowledge of Catholic Church teaching essential. A bachelor's degree in journalism or related field required. Duties include development of editorial content for print and Web. You must understand the importance of social media and have a multi-platform approach to news coverage. Understanding of basic HTML code, website structure and function plus prior use of a content management system is required. Experience with WordPress a plus.

32-hour per week position. Send cover letter, résumé and three writing samples to: Managing Editor, Catholic Herald, catholicherald@archmil.org, by Sept. 24.

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Michelle Malkin talks to MKE Catholic Herald about her Catholic faith

She’s been labeled “the radical right’s Asian pitbull,” was called a “vile, hateful commentator” by fellow talking head Geraldo Rivera in 2007, and has been referred to as a hateful, right-wing bigot and conservative wackjob by those on the political left.

To those on the right of the political spectrum, she’s one of their “brightest columnists and bloggers,” a “highly sought after commentator and author” willing to “expose liberals,” and challenge their views.

Michelle Malkin takes the criticism and praise in stride and says at the heart of her outspokenness is her Catholic faith, something she holds dear and something that guides her daily in her decision making.

“I absolutely consider myself Catholic. Catholicism has had a profound influence on my work choices and it drives what I decide to do every morning,” said Malkin in an interview with the Catholic Herald, April 16, at the Wisconsin Center, where later that evening she spoke to about 900 people attending Wisconsin Right to Life’s annual dinner.

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Mke Catholic Herald wants to hear your Bp. Hying stories

via Milwaukee Catholic Herald

Many Catholics in southeastern Wisconsin have Bishop Donald J. Hying stories, and we want to know yours.

The Dec. 25 issue of the Catholic Herald will include a special section devoted to Bishop Hying and his service to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. We want to know how he touched your life.

Did he call you when you were sick? Did he visit one of your loved ones in the hospital? Was it something he said to you at a parish event? Was it something he said that made you laugh? Whatever the moment, we'd like to hear about it.

Email us at catholicherald@archmil.org or write to us at Catholic Herald, P.O. Box 070913. To be considered for this publication, we need to hear from you no later than Monday, Dec. 15.

Around ArchMil - weeks of August 11th and 18th

From the Chancery

Saints, Fascinating Figures, and World Crises, by Archbishop Listecki, Our Faith blog

The Lord's Prayer, and Faithful Fasting, Catholic ID videos at YouTube

Vatican II Awards. "On Tuesday, September 23, 2014, 15 individuals will receive the Archbishop’s Vatican II Award for Distinguished Service for outstanding contributions to the Church and society."

In the Milwaukee Catholic Herald

Parish janitors: Helping hands, ready tools, Herald of Hope column by Bishop Richard J. Sklba. "They ... know the location of all the keys..."

Alive 'n' Kickin' plans to roll despite setbacks, by Karen Mahoney, on Greg Gesch. "The Wauwatosa resident and director of Alive ‘n’ Kickin’, a mobile ultrasound ministry, is more concerned that the mobile crisis pregnancy clinic is not on the road than he is about his health crisis."

Grandma's statue finds home in Wisconsin chapel, by Patricia Kasten. the replica statue of 'Our Lady of Loucim', "an image of Mary dating to 1400 in Bohemia", belonged to Lee Thompson, of Mother of Good Counsel Parish, Milwaukee. Frank Lax, a Bohemian immigrant, built the chapel alongside a rural road near St. Nazianz, Wisconsin, in 1875.

43 years later, my second retreat, by Brian T. Olszewski. (Sounds circumstantially like he's returned to the scene of a mandatory Catholic high school retreat.)

Ten Secrets to Happiness, column by Ron Rolheiser, OMI. "In presenting these, I will be faithful to his [Pope Francis's] captions but, because his commentary on each one was rather lengthy, I will risk synthesizing his central point in my own words..."

Among the Parishes and Schools

Marquette changes Foley memorial to Tuesday, by Annysa Johnson, FaithWatch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "The vigil will be at 6 p.m. Aug. 26 in the Chapel of the Holy Family on the second floor of the Alumni Memorial Union, 1442 W. Wisconsin Ave."

Remembering Fr. Vic Capriolo, by Steve Wideman, Milwaukee Catholic Herald (Holy Family Church, Fond du Lac)

Good Shepherd mourns murder in sister parish of El Salvador, by Annysa Johnson, FaithWatch, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "Although the motive is unclear, some said he had been speaking out against the local gangs that have terrorized nearby communities, said Chuck Koenings, who chairs Good Shepherd's Ellacuria El Salvador Committee."

P.S. At No Spin Homilies, Father Dan Volkert's for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary time

Lay Organizations

Bishop Robert C. Morlino to receive Msgr. Popek Award, October 19, 2014, Milwaukee Chapter of Catholics United for the Faith

U.S. Bankruptcy Court (E.D. Wis.)

Archdiocese, sex abuse victims heading to mediation — again, by Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Order for Appearance at Mediation "At St. Paul, Minnesota ... September 8 to 9, 2014, commencing at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, September 8, 2014."

New look for the Milwaukee Catholic Herald

Nice work guys!

http://chnonline.org/

MilCatHerald: Catholic Roadtrip across Wisconsin

Wisconsin is a wonderful place to explore during the summer months with its lush rolling hills, valleys, forests and farmland. It’s also home to many Catholic shrines, sites and destinations. Some are internationally known, while others are small, quaint places cherished by the locals. As we did in fall 2011, the Catholic newspapers in the five dioceses in the state, (Superior, La Crosse, Madison, Green Bay and Milwaukee), have collaborated on this Catholic roadtrip across Wisconsin, highlighting some of the special, inspirational Catholic sites our state has to offer. We invite you to take a Catholic roadtrip this summer to visit some of these uniquely Catholic treasures in our state.

1. St. Joan of Arc Chapel
Marquette University Campus
1250 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Milwaukee County

The St. Joan of Arc Chapel, in use during the 15th century in France, is a hidden gem located just south of Raynor Memorial Library on the Marquette University campus since 1966. It was gifted to Marquette in 1964, dismantled and sent to the campus for the university to reconstruct.

Featuring a heated floor, the chapel is a vibrant part of the spiritual lives of students, faculty and staff. According to legend, elevated behind the altar is the stone that St. Joan of Arc prayed on and kissed before a statue of the Virgin Mary. The stone remains a few degrees colder than surrounding stones. Free tours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Sundays; large bus groups call (414) 288-6873. Attend Mass at 7 p.m. Sundays through Aug. 4. For information visit www.marquette.edu/chapel.

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Great article! 

Letter: St. Peter didn't carry his sword for slicing bread at the dinner table

Reading the Milwaukee Catholic Herald is always a bit of a...... trip. You never know what you're going to find -- a full-color interview with a prostitute actress or an article calling on Catholic GOP candidates to stop racial stereotypes, signed by a number of, ahhh, "noted" Catholics, such as Marquette professor Fr. Bryan Massingale.

And then every once in a while...

From the Jan. 5 edition of the Milw CH (not available online):

Women "priests" in the Milwaukee Catholic Herald?

From Milwaukee Catholic Herald's Letters to the editor

Church should have other priorities

It occurred to me that the years spent by the international committees in Rome on the new translation of the Roman Missal might have been better spent addressing addressing the systemic problems facing the Catholic Church.  What comes to mind is the expansion of the clergy by women and married priests, the decline in church attendance worldwide, bringing the youth and young families back into the fold, and the debilitating sex scandal in the church.   These are real problems and issues facing the church today. 

Universal terminology at Mass seems such a wast of time in light of these pressing issues.

-Bernadyne J. Langer
Elm Grove

I will first admit that women "priests" is an incredibly boring topic to me.   But I suppose there are some who could be scandalized by this.  Did the Herald explain why the Church (not will not but) cannot ordain women?  It doesn't sound like it.  For a nice explanation check out this article from the Star Tribune.  Are everyday faithful Catholics expected to defend the faith not only in secular newspapers but now their own diocesan papers as well? 

A few thoughts on this letter itself.  Why aren't women religious addressing the fact that their own vocation numbers have been obliterated?  Why haven't they taken corrective action?  There are now no sister teachers, no sister nurses, too few sisters who still worship Jesus, and apparently we should funnel the few women religious we still have out of that life.  I would also not recommend casting stones in the sex abuse scandal.  As we have seen with the horrible Penn State scandal, the Church is not alone.  In fact, we know that the Leadership Council of Women Religious has actively engaged in covering up sexual abuse of children by nuns.  And finally, having a beautiful liturgy should be an obvious strategy to bring people back to practice their faith.  To some it would seem apparent that forcing the liturgy into a small banal box might actually be unattractive.  Bringing back beauty is a necessity to bringing back folks to a life as a practicing Catholic. 

Back to the Herald.  They need to do a better job.  A 2008 letter to the editor from a pro-abortion nun claimed “God is pro-choice”; most recently, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, a pro-abortion Catholic endorsed by both NARAL and Planned Parenthood, was given a forum in the Milwaukee Catholic Herald in which he discussed violence and the right to self-defense (omitting his views on dismembering those in the womb).  I think the point is that people should be allowed to express their opinions, but then the Herald needs to help us grow in the faith at the same time.  Not addressing such obvious errors gives the impression that they can be valid positions held by Catholics.

Social justice and seamless garments for all

Milwaukee Catholic Herald:

An anguishing, yet determined struggle to save a friend from deportation and certain death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo) led Sr. Josephe Marie Flynn [photo, left, the one in the habit... oh wait, the one in the blue top] to write a book about that battle, which started six years ago. This School Sister of Notre Dame felt called to “expose” the immigration system in the United States [while the system has its faults, which I won't get into here... seriously, is this the greatest issue facing Catholics today?].

“It’s hurting the very people we’re pledged to protect,” she said in a recent interview with your Catholic Herald.

“The system is so complicated because it’s so big [maybe because government is too big?]. Unless you understand it, you can’t see how it’s hurting people,” she said.

Regina Bakala was saved from deportation in 2005 with the help of Sr. Josephe Marie, at the time Adult and Family Christian Formation Director at St. Mary Catholic Faith Community, Hales Corners.

The book, “Rescuing Regina: The Battle to Save A Friend from Deportation and Death,” named by the online Huffington Post as “one of the 20 most anticipated books of the summer of 2011,” [applause from HuffPo is never a good sign of... anything] was published in July by Lawrence Hill Books, Chicago.

Read the rest here.

Poll Alert: Save the altar girls

Mil Cath Herald Twitter

You can vote over at chnonline.org.  The poll is kind of halfway down on the right hand side of the page.

The question "The rector of the cathedral in Phoenix will no longer allow girls to serve Mass. Which best describes your reaction?"

My answer was; He's right; only boys should serve Mass.

But you probably already knew that.

Anyone else think it a bit odd for the Milwaukee paper to do a poll on the ongoings at church in Arizona?  On the other hand I guess it was in the news...

Servant of God, Fr. John Hardon on the matter:

All the evidence indicates that the reason for the approval of altar girls came from a strong representation by bishops in the United States. Now I have the document here in Italian. It is signed by the Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments and is dated March the15th of this year[1992]. And it’s in answer to a question whether both men and women can participate in assisting in the liturgy, and the answer is in the affirmative according to instructions given by the Holy See. In other words, the document approving women altar servers stands here approved by this Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments.

 I didn't have time to find the quote, but Fr. Hardon on multiple occasions said he pleaded with Pope JP2(who asked for his consultation) not to enact the exception.  If anybody has it, please post.

Update 8/26 5:30PM Keep it coming!

Option	Votes	Percent
He's right; only boys should serve Mass	29	78.40%
His decision is frightening and inexcusable	5	13.50%
He set youth ministry back several decades	2	5.40%
His bishop should set him straight	1	2.70%

Update 8/29 7:30AM

Option	Votes	Percent
He's right; only boys should serve Mass	47	81%
His decision is frightening and inexcusable	8	13.80%
He set youth ministry back several decades	2	3.40%
His bishop should set him straight	1	1.70%

Fr. Wild moonwalks Marquette away from her Catholic Identitiy

When the Golden Eagles are on the court, shouts of “We Are Marquette” ring through the Bradley Center.

Thanks to the 15-year presidency of Jesuit Fr. Robert A. Wild, the university has a more distinct identity, making that cheer a virtual rallying cry campus-wide.

Reflecting on his retirement during an interview with your Catholic Herald in mid-July, just before his retirement effective July 31, Fr. Wild said “addressing our Jesuit, Catholic identity in a more explicit way[ROFL]” was one of his most important accomplishments at Marquette.

Fr. Wild served as a provincial in the 1980s, and when he met with other provincials “we spent more time on the issue of Jesuit higher education than anything else,” he said.

“When I became president of Marquette (in 1996), I said we’d better walk the walk here[aka, moonwalk away from the pope],” Fr. Wild said.

An important step, Fr. Wild said, was the crafting of a mission statement in 2000, summarized by four words: excellence, faith[Would be nice to see that defined... uh and maybe first on the list?], leadership and service. [Hmm, I was waiting for hospitality]

“We worked to put flesh on those bones,” he added, noting the work of “two A-Team players,” Stephanie Russell and Jesuit Fr. Douglas Leonhardt in Marquette’s Office of Mission and Ministry.

Faculty and administrators were given more background on Catholic and Jesuit spirituality[apparently they are different?]. With input from then-Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, a semester-long seminar was developed for new hires, Fr. Wild said.  [Interesting, I hope drums were not involved.]

“It gives people an understanding of what’s at stake in Catholic education,” he explained. [Here's what "Catholic education" means to the establishment.]

Another key player was the late Howard Eisenberg, dean of the law school, who described himself as a “conservadox Jew,” according to Fr. Wild.

“He would say, ‘I’m not Catholic, but I really value this mission, so I’m not going to be shy about talking about it,’” Fr. Wild recalled. “It moved us into areas like pro bono service to the poor and a variety of things that were important.” [These thing are important, but who decides which Church teachings are acceptable to be taught and which are not at Marquette?]

Fr. Wild said his other two major goals in the job were continuing to strengthen academic quality, and getting the university more fiscally sound.

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A glowing piece that doesn't address any of the scandal in his tenure, particularly the Infanticide Feingold hire and his rightful reversal of the hire of Dr. Jodi O'Brien after pressure from Abp. Listecki amongst others.  Let's face it, the problem is that entrenched liberals at Marquette cannot be fired(tenure) and replaced by a solid faculty.  It would take a miracle for Marquette to go it alone and reestablish itself with a truly Catholic Identity(or a Fr. Michael Scanlan).  Marquette isn't a leader, it's a follower.  If an earthquake hit Notre Dame and all of the sudden the administration had second thoughts about abortion, dissent, ect, Marquette then would follow.  All of that said, Fr. Wild is solid on the administrative side, fundraising, facilities ect.  But a point in time will come when folks chose the Faith first.  I hope all these wonderful new building don't have to become empty before that lesson is learned.  The again, what's the point of filling up the seats if it will cost students their souls.

Not quoted in this article, the archbishop. 

ProLifeWI: Pro-abortion Tom Barrett op ed in MilCathHerald

Providing a platform for pro-abortion Catholics hurts the pro-life movement and insults the Catholic faith. Newspapers such as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel are only too happy to print op-eds from dissenting Catholics. But our very own Catholic newspaper? An editorial on violence, written by a pro-abortion Catholic politician, sorely misses the mark.

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Abortion champion Tom Barrett given platform in Milwaukee Catholic Herald

Tom Barrett, pro-abortion Catholic Mayor of Milwaukee

From a reader

The Milwaukee Catholic Herald this week printed an article by radical pro-abort Mayor Tom Barrett proclaiming that Catholic involvement is needed to end gun violence. Hey, Tom, would abortion bother you if they used guns to kill the baby? Shame on the Milwaukee Catholic Herald for giving a forum to this man who buys votes with the blood of the innocent. 

Milwaukee priest: The Catholic Church is racist

Our Lady of Africa

MILWAUKEE — The title of the book – “Racial Justice and the Catholic Church” – might make Catholics cringe, might even make them uncomfortable. The author, Fr. Bryan N. Massingale, knows that, but he also hopes readers and potential readers will move beyond that.

“Yes, there are some difficult things that are said, and some painful truths being articulated, but I hope people can understand that they’re being said out of a deep love for the church, a love for our tradition, and a love for who we can and ought to be,” he said. “I would hope that readers would hear the painful truth, but (know) that it is spoken in love.”

I'm reminded of the story of Fr. Augustine Tolton, whom is being investigated for sainthood(and who served in Chicago for a time).   It's a serious accusation though.  Let's look to the very bottom of the article where something concrete is finally articulated.

What would a racially reconciled or racially just church look like and do for Fr. Massingale? The priest provided a litany of answers about the church he would like to see 20-30 years from now:

• “I would hope that the leadership of the Catholic Church would better reflect its demographics.”

• “I would hope that our worship would reflect a greater comfort and ease with cultural diversity, that we wouldn’t hear complaints of, ‘Why do we need to sing in Spanish?’ and ‘We don’t have any of “them” here.’ We’d realize that we are all brothers and sisters and that we’re a catholic church and that we’d be proud to pray in Catholic ways that are universal.”

• “… a church where a concern for the immigrant would not be seen solely as a political hot potato, but that we would see a concern for immigration as obviously flowing from our faith – faith in that Jesus called us to welcome the stranger.”

 Milwaukee Catholic Herald

Well... it seems this is just another liberal Marquette professor inserting politics into religion.  Accusing the church of racism over .... immigration?  The first point could be valid, but I haven't looked at the numbers.  But immigration?  Something the USCCB has taken such a liberal approach to?  Was the MCH afraid to push back on this one and ask for something more concrete?  I'd love to discuss the issue but ...... not singing in Spanish?????  I honestly wondered if this was a joke at first.  The Church is racist and supports racism because we are not singing in Spanish when there is no one that speaks Spanish in the area??  So the universal language of the Church's liturgy is Spanish?  I must have missed that encyclical. 

Can someone shed some light on this?  Am I missing something here?

Update(HT Kat): Surprise, surprise, it seems Fr. Massingale has gone so far as to publicly oppose his own bishop on gay "marriage."

Last minute gift idea for SNAP head

SNAP leader gift ideas

Last week's Milwaukee Catholic Herald included a special 32 page Bishop Sklba Tribute section. If your Christmas list includes someone who is an admirer of the Bishop, or someone who might be cross-examining him, additional print copies are available for $5.00.

The Provincial Emails

I think Jeff Anderson might be interested.  By the way I just noticed he has his own blog.

Milwaukee Catholic Herald's Feingold ad

I've got a lot of feedback so I thought I'd recap.

In the October 21st edition of the Milwaukee Catholic Herald this ad appeared on page 8 for Senator Feingold. Senator Feingold is not just pro-choice, but supports partial birth abortions and goes as far as de facto support of infanticide.

About 2 months ago, a group asked if there was an advertising policy in place – ie, are you aware that once you accept a political ad, you have to run the opponent’s, by law – and was told there was no such policy.

Madison Catholic Herald was asked if they run political ads. Mad. CH policy – and Bishop Morlino’s – is not to accept any political ads.

The Milwaukee CH has come under fire before for its lack of foresight regarding the abortion issue. In Dec. 2008, the newspaper published a letter to the editor by a pro-choice nun from Milwaukee stating “God is pro-choice.” http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2008/dec/08120105.html

The CH has run a number of pro-life articles very recently… Archbishop Listecki’s column on pro-life being the premier social justice issue: http://chnonline.org/herald-of-hope/archbishop-jerome-e-listecki/9808-abortion-is-premier-social-justice-issue.htm

Even though they're not a diocesan org, their executive publisher IS Archb. Listecki, so my(commenter Kat) recommendation is to send a letter or complain. He has the power to say no to all political advertising. It's been a longstanding tradition for the MCH to accept political ads, but it can easily be changed.

A reader recieved this response(quickly) when she contacted Mil Catholic Herald:

Thank you for sharing your views. Before the 2012 election, we will be reconsidering our practice of accepting political advertising.

Please keep the Catholic Press Apostolate in your prayers.

And Anne has her letter and response at her blog.