A Nov. 5 TIME article pits Archbishop Raymond Burke against Boston Cardinal O’Malley over the issue of Church sanctions against pro-abortion Catholics. The article is said by US Catholic political analyst Deal Hudson to be “a tactical strike” on behalf of liberal Catholics “to divide bishops and to divide pro-life Catholics.”

Hudson indicates it is no coincidence that the article was published at the same time as Planned Parenthood is also working to divide Catholics on the abortion issue and Catholic US House leader Nancy Pelosi is attempting to ram her abortion paying health care bill through Congress.

The TIME article, “A Tale of Two Priests” was written by senior editor Amy Sullivan who Hudson says has a clear history of writing articles disparaging and misrepresenting the Catholic Church’s position on abortion. A LifeSiteNews search for articles written by Sullivan verified Hudson’s claim.

Sullivan begins the TIME article with a bang claiming that in his September 18 address at an InsideCatholic event, Archbishop Raymond Burke “charged Boston Cardinal Seán O’Malley with being under the influence of Satan, “the father of lies.” Sullivan says, “Burke’s broadside at O’Malley was inspired by the Cardinal’s decision to permit and preside over a funeral Mass for the late Senator Ted Kennedy.”

The TIME writer goes on to imply that Burke and those who agree with him hold an inferior position that “abortion trumps all other teachings” versus that of those “who take a more holistic view of the faith.”

Deal Hudson responded to LifeSiteNews about Sullivan’s article, stating, “the article is a tactical strike on behalf of the Catholic left. What is that strike? It is an attempt to divide bishops and to divide pro-life Catholics, you know, here go those who support Burke and here are those who don’t.”

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Steve Jalsevac