Republicans are overtly
courting the Catholic vote over issues such as abortion and homosexuality. At the same time, a "
Voters Guide for Serious Catholics", claiming that the five "non-negotiable issues" for Catholics are
abortion, euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, human cloning and homosexual "marriage" are circulating in Catholic churches around the country.
Those of us who have been horrified by Bush's many harmful policies find it pretty ironic that one with so much blood on his hands touts himself as the "pro-life" candidate. There is at least one group of Catholics that agrees with that assessment. Click here to read more.
From Pope John XXIII through Pope John Paul II, Catholic teaching and tradition has consistently raised the immorality and injustice of modern warfare as a serious affront to our Church's proclamation of the sanctity of life. Over the past two years we have seen more than 1,000 U.S. military and more than 15,000 innocent Iraqi civilians killed in what Pope John Paul II repeatedly stated was an unjust and unnecessary war. Contrary to words used in political speeches, a commitment to the sanctity of life must be judged by the actions taken to defend and promote life in all its forms. War is a defeat for the culture of life and political leaders that bring about or perpetuate war sin against God and humanity and cannot be considered in any sense of the word "pro-life."