In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation. All believers are called to faithful citizenship, to become informed, active, and responsible participants in the political process. ---USCCB Statement, Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium (2000)
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Obama's Choice of Sebelius Heats Up the Pro-life Battle
President Barack Obama has selected a pro-abortion Catholic governor, who has been told by her bishop not to present herself for communion, to head the Department of Health and Human Services. Writing last year in his diocesan newspaper, Bishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, discussed a meeting with Gov. Kathleen Sebelius where he told her "that someday she's going to have to stand before God and account for her public service."
Congress Snubs Proposed Amendments Blocking Coerced Abortion/Sterilization Funding
Congress prevented consideration of two amendments that would have blocked funding of overseas abortions as well as coerced abortion and sterilization, in the $410 billion Omnibus spending bill the House approved yesterday.
Pro-Life Leaders Respond to Obama's Plan to Revoke Conscience Regulations
President Obama is facing heavy criticism from pro-life politicians and activists for setting to work dismantling the Bush era federal regulations that uphold doctors' conscience rights.
Bishop Martino writes Sen. Casey over vote against Mexico City policy
Washington D.C., Feb 28, 2009 / 06:10 am (CNA).- Bishop of Scranton Joseph Martino has written again to Pennsylvania U.S. Sen. Bob Casey concerning his vote against the Mexico City Policy. Saying he has “deep concern” that the senator’s staff is misrepresenting the vote as pro-life, Bishop Martino asked for “utter clarity” on matters that pertain to taking innocent life.
Addresses By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput
Building and promoting a culture of life: An American view
Archbishop Chaput delivered the following address in Ireland on February 8, 2009 to the Irish chapter of Human Life International, an Irish pro-life movement.
Denver archbishop warns against ‘spirit of adulation’ surrounding Obama
Toronto, Canada, Feb 23, 2009 / 09:03 pm (CNA).- Canadians packed St. Basil’s Church in Toronto on Monday evening to hear Archbishop Charles Chaput speak about how Catholics should live out their faith in the public square. He warned that in the U.S., Catholics need to act on their faith and be on guard against "a spirit of adulation bordering on servility" that exists towards the Obama administration.
Denver Archbishop: "Very Bad Period of Catechesis" in Church "Bearing Bad Fruit in Our Time"
TORONTO, Canada, March 2, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - During a LifeSiteNews interview last week, Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput stressed that "not nearly enough" US Catholic bishops have been speaking out strongly on the current state of the culture. He also noted that the poor instruction of Catholics over the past 40 years has to a large degree been responsible for many of today's serious problems within US Catholicism, especially the lack of "understanding of the horror of abortion."
"Tolerance Is Not a Christian Virtue"
TORONTO, FEB. 24, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Here is the text of an address delivered Monday by Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver, Colorado, at the University of Toronto.
Debate: What’s so great about God? Atheism vs. Religion
Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza at Macky Auditorium, CU Boulder, January 26, 2009
Watch here.
