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Ad Campaign Criticizes Pro-Life Members of Congress for Voting against Children’s Health Insurance
Posted October 12, 2007
Washington - Catholics United will launch a radio advertising campaign targeting ten members of Congress whose opposition to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have compromised their pro-life voting records.
The ads, which feature a mother urging her Congressional Representative to support SCHIP, will primarily air on Christian and talk radio stations from Monday Oct. 15 to Wednesday, Oct. 17 as Congress approaches a critical Oct. 18 vote to override President Bush’s veto of bipartisan SCHIP legislation.
Ad Campaign Criticizes Pro-Life Members of Congress for Voting against Children’s Health Insurance
Posted October 12, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 11, 2007
Contact:
Chris Korzen
(202) 903-0856
ckorzen@catholics-united.org
Washington, DC - Catholics United will launch a radio advertising campaign targeting ten members of Congress whose opposition to the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) have compromised their pro-life voting records.
The ads, which feature a mother urging her Congressional Representative to support SCHIP, will primarily air on Christian and talk radio stations from Monday Oct. 15 to Wednesday, Oct. 17 as Congress approaches a critical Oct. 18 vote to override President Bush’s veto of bipartisan SCHIP legislation.
“Building a true culture of life requires public policies that promote the welfare of the most vulnerable,” said Chris Korzen, executive director of Catholics United. “At the heart of the Christian faith is a deep and abiding concern for the need of others. Pro-life Christians who serve in Congress should honor this commitment by supporting health care for poor children.”
Former Bush Catholic Advisor Bashes Vatican Climate Change Campaign
Posted September 11, 2007
Former Bush Catholic advisor Deal Hudson is up to his old tricks again, challenging recent efforts by the Vatican to combat global climate change.
Hudson has made a career of strongarming Catholics into voting in line his interpretation of Church teaching, but apparently all bets are off when the Church takes a stand against the climate crisis. "I simply hate that the Vatican... is jumping on the global warming bandwagon," Deal wrote on his blog last week, "and thereby appearing to give it official sanction."
Does the Catholic Church oppose climate change? We sure do. But operatives like Hudson are hard at work manipulating our faith to make it fit their narrow political agenda.
U.S. Catholics are tired of this abuse and want it to stop. Click the link below to send a strong message to Deal Hudson to stop misusing Church teaching for political gain.
Clarifying the Christian Science Monitor Story on Joseph Biden
Posted August 27, 2007
A story in the August 27th edition of the Christian Science Monitor ("Joseph Biden: a frank and abiding faith") quotes me as saying that the attempts by some to impose a formula on Catholic voters is "an absolute misuse of Catholic teaching."
This is an accurate quote. However, I was not, as some may interpret the article to suggest, specifically referring to pronouncements by Catholic bishops regarding Catholic political candidates, but rather to the actions of groups outside the Church institution to influence Catholic voters. Chief among these is an organization called Catholic Answers, which tried in 2004 to convince Catholic voters that voting for candidates the "wrong" positions on certain issues made these voters unfit for communion.
Voting can never be reduced to a formula, and must always consider the voter's reasons for casting a vote. This was Cardinal Ratzinger's advice to the U.S. Catholic Bishops when he took up the issue in 2004, and a principle our organization stands firmly behind.
As for denying communion to candidates, we stand by the Vatican's assertion that this is a matter best left to each individual bishop.
Chris Korzen
Executive Director
Catholics United
Joseph Biden: a frank and abiding faith
Posted August 27, 2007
By Gail Russell Chaddock - The Christian Science Monitor
August 27, 2007
Washington - From his childhood bedroom in a treeless industrial suburb of Wilmington, Del., Joe Biden looked out on Archmere, an Italianate mansion and Catholic boys high school that he called "the object of my deepest desire, my Oz."
Archmere was also the home of financier John Jacob Raskob, who ran the 1928 campaign of Gov. Al Smith (D) of New York, the first Roman Catholic to become the presidential nominee of a major US political party.
Against long odds, Senator Biden aims to be No. 4. He sees faith and values, as well as his own deep experience in public policy, as a key to that race.
Cella Sells Out
Posted August 09, 2007
President of Fidelis Puts Partisanship over Principle as Consultant to Fred Thompson’s Presidential Campaign
Washington, D.C. – Catholics United is calling on Joseph Cella, currently on leave as president of the Catholic organization Fidelis, to explain his recent decision to accept a high-level faith outreach position in former Senator Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign. Notorious for excoriating Democratic candidates over their positions on abortion, Mr. Cella is now a paid consultant for a Republican presidential contender who himself has an inconsistent record on life issues.
Cella Sells Out
Posted August 09, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 8, 2007
Contact:
Chris Korzen
(202) 903-0856
ckorzen@catholics-united.org
Cella Sells Out
Washington, DC – Catholics United is calling on Joseph Cella, currently on leave as president of the Catholic organization Fidelis, to explain his recent decision to accept a high-level faith outreach position in former Senator Fred Thompson’s presidential campaign. Notorious for excoriating Democratic candidates over their positions on abortion, Mr. Cella is now a paid consultant for a Republican presidential contender who himself has an inconsistent record on life issues.
Catholics United Hails House Passage of Abortion Reduction Measure
Posted July 24, 2007
Recent Study Shows Economic Initiatives Can Reduce Abortions
Washington, D.C. – Catholics United welcomes the U.S. House of Representative's passage last week of the "Reducing the Need for Abortions Initiative," a $647 million package of health, economic and educational assistance for women and families. The initiative, which contains many of the provisions proposed by Catholic members of Congress Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Tim Ryan (D-OH) in the "Reducing the Need for Abortions and Supporting Parents Act" (H.R. 1074), represents a major step toward a practical and effective abortion policy that Americans of all political stripes can get behind.
Catholics United Hails House Passage of Abortion Reduction Measure
Posted July 24, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 24, 2007
Contact:
Chris Korzen
202-903-0856
ckorzen@catholics-united.org
Catholics United Hails House Passage
of Abortion Reduction Measure
Washington, D.C. – Catholics United welcomes the U.S. House of Representative's passage last week of the "Reducing the Need for Abortions Initiative," a $647 million package of health, economic and educational assistance for women and families. The initiative, which contains many of the provisions proposed by Catholic members of Congress Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Tim Ryan (D-OH) in the "Reducing the Need for Abortions and Supporting Parents Act" (H.R. 1074), represents a major step toward a practical and effective abortion policy that Americans of all political stripes can get behind.
