In "Faithful Catholic Citizenship," he claims that:
Terry has even found a bishop to support his position: the 85-year-old Rene Henry Gracida, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, who not only sanctions Terry's blather but encourages him to distribute his brochures "as widely as possible."This brochure is for Catholics who desire to vote in a manner that best reflects our Catholic Faith. The teaching of the Church herein quoted comes directly from our late Holy Father, John Paul II, as declared in Evangelium Vitae, (The Gospel of Life).
Frankly, it is discouraging to me as a white, church-going Catholic and a convert, to see political ideologues pushing this ONE issue as their basis for promoting candidates for elective office when there are so many other problems troubling our nation and our world.
Nevertheless, no matter how Catholics vote, I think a sea change is taking place where our current and by-now obvious economic disaster will put concerns about abortion aside for quite some time.
When you no longer have the cushy comfort of a middle class home under your feet or the security of sound stocks and savings or the prospect that your children and your grandchildren may not get the education they need or the air they must breathe, your thoughts concentrate on providing the basic necessities for your family. Worrying about the unborn, as important it is, may soon prove to have been a luxury item of a past lifestyle in a once-great and wealthy nation.
(BTW, according to Father Thomas Reese, a political scientist at Georgetown University, Barack Obama was educated by nuns in Indonesia and his community organizing in Chicago was funded by many Catholic groups.)
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