Bush wants Vatican to back his agenda

The president "complained that the U.S. bishops were not being vocal enough in supporting [Bush] on social issues like gay marriage, and abortion," a Vatican official privy to the discussion said.

Further proof that the former Governor of Texas really doesn't read the news. If he did, he'd know that several U.S. Bishops are on his side, going so far as to ban not only politicians who support abortion rights, but those who vote for them. Or maybe Bush really thinks ALL U.S. Bishops should hold such hardline views.

McClellan, pushed to give details about the discussion, said, "The positions of the president and the Vatican are well-known on those issues. ... I would just leave it at that."

In other words, "Mind your own god damn business! It isn't the media's job to ask questions, just to parrot our press releases!"

The legislators said denying communion to Catholics based on political beliefs would have "the effect of miring the church in partisan politics and allowing the church to be used for partisan purposes," and would "bring great harm to the church."

Which is just why church and state should are (legally, if not functionally) separate. But Bush couldn't care less about that. His only interest is in getting himself elected so he can push more Reich Wing politics, increase his own portfolio, and drive the country further into the ground.