"Catholics in Alliance" Rejoice, Look Forward to Culture of Death in 2008

Check out this email I received:

Dear Friend

Thank you for your participation in the Catholics in Alliance's Common Good field program during this past election season. Whether you distributed voter guides, published bulletin inserts, wrote letters to the editors of your local newspapers, or participated in Catholics in Alliance events, your efforts were invaluable to the spread of the Common Good message throughout our country.

By many indications, your efforts have paid off. Exit polls show that Catholics, along with other voters, made their voices heard by voting on issues central to the common good of all Americans - such as health care, the Iraq war, the need for good government, and an economy which rewards hard work and values human dignity.

Although the heightened degree of national dialogue and civic engagement that accompanies the election season has passed, we understand that our work is just beginning. As we move forward, Catholics in Alliance will continue to rely on your energy and enthusiasm for the Common Good, and continue to provide the Catholic social justice movement with information and materials. We look forward to working with you to ensure that your dedication to the Common Good will propel our country to create a culture of life, peace, and justice for all.

Again, thank you for your participation and help.

Best regards,
Alexia Kelley
Executive Director
Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good

Glaringly absent from the issues above, which I emphasized in bold font, is the fundamental right to life of the unborn. Also, conveniently absent are the issues of cloning, euthanasia, same sex unions, and embryonic stem cell research.

These professed Catholics have engaged in a propaganda campaign aimed at confusing Catholic voters and help to elect legislators who are card-carrying members of the culture of death. Yet we heard nothing from the Ohio bishop in whose diocese this group is headquartered. The voter guide published by this group was condemned, not by bishops, but by a few individual pro-life priests and Catholic groups. The voter guide was lauded, it appeared, in "Catholic News Service."

Apparently, in many dioceses of the Catholic Church in America, Catholics are at liberty to obfuscate the truth, align themselves with the culture of death, and spread confusion among other Catholics. It's very troubling that the Church hierarchy says nothing about this.