What a meeting this will be...

In an effort to defend his political appeal among Catholics, Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is to meet today with Cardinal Roger Mahony of Los Angeles, who has strong ties to the Latino community.

Some Catholics say Mahony is one of most liberal of America’s 14 cardinals.

...American Catholic bishops and several cardinals scheduled for June in Colorado...At next month’s bishops retreat, an advocate such as Mahony could be valuable for Kerry.

Wait....there's more...and you should be sitting down for this one!

Catholic leaders, such as Father Robert Drinan, a Jesuit priest and former Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, who now teaches law at Georgetown University, say Kerry should sell the extensive parts of his legislative record that follow the teachings of the church.

“Kerry is a very good Catholic,” said Drinan, who said the candidate is strong on many important Catholic issues. Drinan, who has counseled Kerry’s campaign, said the senator fought for “refugees and immigrants, and he should make that known.”

Yes! Fr. Drinan is a "Catholic leader"...But wait, there is even more to this article.

Sister Joan Chittister, a columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, said questions about Kerry’s Catholicism are “so far off the mark.”

“The question is what is the role of any politician in a pluralistic society, when it’s not a theocratic state, when you’re not the Taliban,” she said. “I can’t think of any time when a politician tried to introduce legislation to impose Catholic views on the country. You must make space for the consciences of all.”

Yep, the good sister tells us we should make room for all. Even those who promote or endorse the willful murder of innocent human beings in what should be the safest place on earth for them.

Chittister said Kerry’s campaign called her yesterday morning and asked her for an unpublished op-ed she had written defending Catholic politicians who refrain from imposing their religious views on the electorate. Chittister said Kerry’s staff wanted to see her “argumentation.”

Kerry's campaign staff evidently knows which professed "Catholics" to contact - those who publicly reject the teachings of the Church - those who are his comrades in "conscience".

Please keep these people in your prayers. First, pray that our Lord will enlighten and guide us and grant us perseverance and courage in this age of apostacy and secondly, that He will enlightened those who live in darkness that they may see and desire His wonderful light!

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