From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette-Two Pittsburgh bishops whose rival dioceses are at loggerheads over other issues have identical concerns about the fiscal cliff.
Bishop Dorsey McConnell of the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh is the son of a high-ranking Air Force general who often brought members of the Senate Armed Services Committee to dinner during the Vietnam era.
"It was a common thing for them to take each other to task in the strongest terms on the floor of the Senate. Then they would come to our home and show each other pictures of their grandchildren. There was neutral ground in the sense that they were mutually committed to the common good. I am praying for a restoration of that view," he said.
"There is a spiritual illness that we are afflicted with, a deep polarization in this country that is worse than at any time I can remember. We need to be praying for our Congress and our Senate and our president, that God will literally turn their hearts to each other."
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http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/us/groups-call-for-prayer-to-end-fiscal-cliff-gridlock-667961/#ixzz2GFtOicbs
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