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Bishops' Spokeswoman Denounces Violence Tied to Health Care Debate
By David Gibson - Politics DailyA longtime spokeswoman for the United States Catholic Bishops on Thursday added her voice to those denouncing threats and attacks against members of Congress in the wake of the health care debate. The Catholic hierarchy was one of the leading opponents of the health care reform bill, and efforts by the bishops nearly killed the legislation. But Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh writes on the bishops' Web site that whatever the passions against the bill, they "cannot justify the verbal and physical violence that has ensued." We've seen reports of homes and offices of lawmakers vandalized and heard ...
Bishops Nod to Health Care Reform, but Stick to Their Story
By David Gibson - Politics DailyNearly two days after the passage of a health care reform bill that they wanted to support but nearly wound up killing, the U.S. Catholic bishops on Tuesday issued a statement that welcomes aspects of the package but vows to monitor its provisions on abortion financing and to push for legislative fixes. "Many in Congress and the administration, as well as individuals and groups in the Catholic community, have repeatedly insisted that there is no federal funding for abortion in this statute and that strong conscience protection has been assured," Cardinal Francis George of Chicago, president ...
Catholic Bishops to Congress: Ditch the Politics, Pass Health Care
By David Gibson - Politics DailyIn a strongly worded appeal that will test their political influence, especially with their pro-life and Republican allies, the Catholic bishops of the United States have told Congress to put politics aside and focus on the "moral imperative" of passing universal health care. "The health care debate, with all its political and ideological conflict, seems to have lost its central moral focus and policy priority, which is to ensure that affordable, quality, life-giving care is available to all," the three bishops who are leading the lobbying effort for the Catholic hierarchy write in a letter ...
The Dawn of the Catholic Moment?
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 3) - Despite America's legal wall between church and state, the mixing of faith and politics is all but unavoidable. This past year was typical in the number of major stories with aspects of religion that had powerful public-policy and cultural implications. ...
Catholic Bishops Look to Get Their House in Order
By David Gibson - Politics DailyBALTIMORE -- If you judged the influence of the Roman Catholic bishops in the United States by the heated reaction to some of their recent forays into political lobbying, you'd think American Catholicism was the most well-oiled and disciplined political machine since, well, Tammany Hall. "Do Catholic Bishops Run the United States Government?" said a Huffington Post headline after pressure by the hierarchy helped pass the Stupak-Pitts amendment barring abortion funding and then helped put the House version of the health care bill over the top. "Who elected them to Congress?" asked California ...
The Bishops are Back, For Now, Thanks to the Party and President They Opposed
By David Gibson - Politics DailyWhen the nation's 300 or more Catholic bishops gather each November for their annual fall meeting, there's always a hearty show of clerical camaraderie, much of it deeply-felt, but some of it a charitable mask on the rivalries that are inevitable in any group of strong-willed fellows.Through the recent years of abuse scandals and a Catholic credibility crisis, however, the meetings could be glum affairs as the bishops were united mainly by a shared defensive posture toward their critics and often divided among themselves about how to move forward. Not anymore. When the hierarchy convenes in ...
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