I don't know who is in charge of timing at the USCCB, but that individual needs a lesson in national affairs. Today the USCCB launches a major information campaign against capital punishment. As someone who who opposes the idea of capital punishment for retributive justice, I am glad to see such a campaign. Nevertheless, its timing could not be worse.
With the kidnapping, rape and brutal slaying of nine-year-old Jessica Marie Lunsford still fresh in people's minds, the USCCB is not about to get much sympathy from the pro-capital punishment crowd right now. Even those who are usually on the fense will be leaning towards the pro side right now.
Secondly, Pro-life Catholics like myself who usually do the grunt work when it comes to these types of campaigns are still upset with perceived episcopal innaction. I'm talking, of course, about the other big news story of the day, Terri Schiavo. Show some episcopal spine with the life of an innocent woman, and then maybe we will listen when it comes to sparing the lives of child rapists and murderers.
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