"I don't have resentfulness toward him, I'm sad for him... He's not living the life Jesus wants for him."

I wish this bishop had been in Saginaw when I lived there...

Sometimes an apology isn't really an apology, as when a politician says, "I'm sorry...that you were offended."

That is NOT what happened with this comment and subsequent apology. He apologized because his comment was not meant to be disparaging. But his comment was accurate.

Personally, I think it was way too generous. Biden isn't ignorant or stupid related to the truths of the Catholic faith. He may be ignorant or "stupid" when it comes to how far he thinks he can wander as a prodigal. I have no idea. I know if he seeks God's will without duplicity he will know God's will, just like you and me.

My children used to watch a cartoon with an evil genius that wanted to destroy the world. One episode he explained all of his evil was because someone having stolen his, "choo-choo train" when he was young. "That's your 'back story'!? Someone stole your choo-choo train!?"

So, an empty hell - either we are no responsible for our sins (as if some back story will clear us) or we are all sincerely seeking Heaven.

Am I missing something?