Peter Steinfels on Abortion and the Catholic Civil War ...

... in his Saturday "Beliefs" column in today's NYT:

Roman Catholics’ War Over Abortion

By PETER STEINFELS

Discord is nothing new for Roman Catholicism. But the controversy surrounding the appearance of President Obama at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement on May 17 suggests that run-of-the mill discord among American Catholics is escalating into something closer to civil war.

[The column, here, is worth reading & contemplating.]