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Study: 655,000 Iraqis Dead Thanks to War
Posted October 11, 2006
Study: 655,000 Iraqis Dead Thanks to War - A controversial new study from Johns Hopkins University contends that nearly 655,000 Iraqis have died because of the war, suggesting a far higher death toll than other estimates. Researchers, who attempted to calculate how many more Iraqis have died since March 2003 than would have diedout the war, based their conclusion on interviews of households and not on a body count. [Latest News]
I.R.S. Eyes Religious Groups as More Enter Election Fray
Posted September 18, 2006
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
The New York Times
September 18, 2006
With midterm elections less than two months away, Christian conservatives are enlisting churches in eight battleground states to register voters, gather crowds for rallies and distribute voters' guides comparing the candidates' stands on issues that conservatives consider "family values."
This election year, however, the religious conservatives are facing resistance from newly invigorated religious liberals and moderates who are creating their own voters' guides and are organizing events designed to challenge the conservatives' definition of "values."
I.R.S. Eyes Religious Groups as More Enter Election Fray
Posted September 18, 2006
By LAURIE GOODSTEIN
The New York Times
September 18, 2006
With midterm elections less than two months away, Christian conservatives are enlisting churches in eight battleground states to register voters, gather crowds for rallies and distribute voters' guides comparing the candidates' stands on issues that conservatives consider "family values."
This election year, however, the religious conservatives are facing resistance from newly invigorated religious liberals and moderates who are creating their own voters' guides and are organizing events designed to challenge the conservatives' definition of "values."
Both religious flanks are looking nervously over their shoulders at the Internal Revenue Service, which this year announced a renewed effort to enforce laws that limit churches and charities from involvement in partisan political campaigns.
Bob Casey and the Common Good
Posted September 15, 2006
Robert Casey, Jr., Pennsylvania's Democratic candidate for Senate, talked spoke recently at Catholic University about "an old idea new power - the common good."
During his speech, Mr. Casey noted that the mishandling of hurricane Katrina was not driven by malice but by an approach to governance that favors special interests over the public interest. A pro-life Democrat, He also issued an important call for a new discourse on life among progressives. This seems particularly encouraging on a day in which a coalition of pro-life and pro-choice Members of Congress introduced an aggressive new plan for reducing abortions over the next ten years.
We hope that Mr. Casey and all Catholics in public life will not hesitate to put their moral convictions ahead of political expedience when discussing the need to restore America's moral authority.
Catholic Group Commends Catholic University and Robert Casey for Call to the Common Good
Posted September 15, 2006
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Chris Korzen
(617) 818-7138
Washington, September 14, 2006 - Catholics United for the Common Good thanks the Catholic University of America (CUA) for organizing a valuable debate today on Catholic teaching and public life, during which Robert P. Casey, Jr. offered a vision of the common good worthy of reflection.
It was a relief to attend an event at which the full breadth of Catholic teaching was embraced. Despite what partisans often wish, Catholicism does not offer us a choice between being pro-life and pro-justice, pro-peace and pro-freedom. It offers us a comprehensive view that demands we respect the fundamental dignity of each human life and that the only way to accomplish this is through a culture of the common good.
Mr. Casey showed courage in accepting the US Conference of Catholic Bishops call for politics to "be about an old idea new power - the common good."
Senate Candidate Speaks of Life, Faith
Posted September 15, 2006
Pa.'s Casey, Hoping to Oust Santorum, Defends Role of Religion in Politics
BY ALAN COOPERMAN
The Washington Post
September 15, 2006
Robert P. Casey Jr., the Democratic candidate seeking to unseat Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in one of the country's hottest election campaigns, told a largely Roman Catholic audience yesterday that in his view, "neither party has gotten it right when it comes to life issues."
Senate Candidate Speaks of Life, Faith
Posted September 15, 2006
Pa.'s Casey, Hoping to Oust Santorum, Defends Role of Religion in Politics
BY ALAN COOPERMAN
The Washington Post
September 15, 2006
Robert P. Casey Jr., the Democratic candidate seeking to unseat Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) in one of the country's hottest election campaigns, told a largely Roman Catholic audience yesterday that in his view, "neither party has gotten it right when it comes to life issues."
Casey, a lifelong Catholic who opposes abortion, is the second high-profile Democrat who has recently given a major address defending the place of religion in politics. In June, Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) criticized "liberals who dismiss religion in the public square as inherently irrational or intolerant."
Since the 2004 presidential election, in which voters who attend church weekly voted 2 to 1 for President Bush over Sen. John F. Kerry (D-Mass.), Democrats have sought to close what some call the "God gap" in U.S. politics.
'Catholics United' Supports Catholic University
Posted September 14, 2006
Group Hopes Casey Will Offer Moral Vision for the Common Good
For Immediate Release
Contact: Chris Korzen
202-903-0856
Washington, DC, September 14, 2006 - Catholics United for the Common Good (www.catholics-united.org) welcomes the Catholic University of America's (CUA) decision to invite Robert Casey to deliver its 38th annual Pope John XXIII lecture. The organization believes it will be a useful opportunity for a constructive conversation about how Catholic teaching applies to public life.
Catholics United Supports Catholic University Supports Catholic University on Decision to Host Robert Casey Speech
Posted September 14, 2006
Group Hopes Casey Will Offer Moral Vision for the Common Good
For Immediate Release
Contact: Chris Korzen
202-903-0856
Washington, DC, September 14, 2006 - Catholics United for the Common Good (www.catholics-united.org) welcomes the Catholic University of America's (CUA) decision to invite Robert Casey to deliver its 38th annual Pope John XXIII lecture. The organization believes it will be a useful opportunity for a constructive conversation about how Catholic teaching applies to public life.
"In recent years, public debate on Catholicism and public life has been co-opted for partisan ends, particularly by the far right," said Chris Korzen, Executive Director of Catholics United for the Common Good. "We are glad to see that a preeminent Catholic university will host a serious event a public figure who will explain how his Catholic faith informs his life and policies."
Bob Casey's Speech Right Message at the Right Time
Posted September 13, 2006
Bob Casey, Jr., a candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, will deliver the prestigious Pope John XXIII Lecture tomorrow at the Catholic University of America's law school. An alumnus of the school, Casey will speak on the importance of promoting the common good in public life.
Sadly, a few notorious extremists are trying to use the event for partisan gain. In the conservative rag the Washington Times, they accuse CUA "of publicly favoring Democrat Bob Casey Jr. over Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania two months before an election that could decide who controls the Senate next year."
And then there's this little gem: "Casey should not be given a free pass to speak at a Catholic institution, given his public opposition to the church's teachings on some critical life issues and on 'homosexual marriage,'" the Washington Times quotes Joseph Cella, president of the right-wing group Fidelis as saying.
