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A Parishioner's Note...

By Quelle . | 11/08/08

Father,What Happened to the Roman Catholic Vote?It was sacrificed for money.  For all of the alleged strictness and hierarchy and the "magisterium" of the Roman Catholic Church, all bets are off when it comes to money.  In the United States, Roman Catholic Cardinals and Bishops operate under the foolish and unwarranted idea that they cannot take effective "stands" on political issues, no matter how much they offend basic moral... read more »

US ELECTION HIGHLIGHTS - The Drama Intensifies

By Quelle . | 10/30/08

An Overview of the Very Latest Reports on Obama, McCain, Palin and the Likely Huge Political Change That Would Result From an Obama Victory* Disclaimer: The linked items below or the websites at which they are located do not necessarily represent the views of LifeSiteNews.com. They are presented only for your information.Compiled by Steve JalsevacGallup Daily: Obama leads by two to seven points among likely votersPanic Attack at Daily Kos Over... read more »

Over 80 Bishops Say Abortion/Life Issues Defining Issues of Election

By Quelle . | 10/30/08

By Tim WaggonerWASHINGTON, October 27, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - A comprehensive list compiled by InsideCatholic.com reveals that more than 80 U.S. bishops have proclaimed abortion and the life issues to be the defining issues in the upcoming election, including 22 bishops who signed on to a joint statement by the New York bishops, and another 10 bishops who signed on to a Pennsylvania joint statement.Just three days ago, LifeSiteNews.com... read more »

Thousands of Students Found Registered In Two States at the Same Time

By Quelle . | 10/29/08

**Kaine Administration/Obama Campaign Manipulating Virginia ElectionPolicy****Thousands of Students Found Registered In Two States at the SameTime** An ongoing analysis of data matching voter registration lists inother states with the list of newly registered voters in Virginia hasconfirmed that there are thousands of students who attend college inVirginia who are registered here as well as in their home state. Evenmore alarming, some of... read more »

Pattern of candidate support [via Gallup]

By Quelle . | 10/23/08

Pattern of candidate support is similar to 2000 and 2004 elections. Obama's strengths: non-white race and ethnic groups, including blacks and Hispanics; 18-29; those with postgraduate educations; women; those with very low incomes; those who have no religious identification/for whom religion is not important/do not attend church; those who are unmarried. McCain's strengths: non-Hispanic whites; 65 and older; those who are married; white... read more »

The defining moral issue of the last 35 years...

By Quelle . | 10/22/08

Voting for a pro-abortion candidate when there is an alternative option is to cooperate in evil, and therefore morally impermissible...More... read more »

Gallup Daily: Obama's Edge Shrinks to 2 Points

By Quelle . | 10/18/08

Barack Obama's advantage over John McCain has been shrinking since the start of the Republican National Convention, and is now down to just two percentage points -- 47% to 45% -- too close to call. This is according to Gallup Poll Daily tracking from Wednesday through Friday, Sept. 3-5.Read the article. read more »

The Bishops Take A Firm Stand

By Quelle . | 10/17/08

Finn says, "A significant new attack on innocent human life will likely send us into a moral freefall that would rival any financial decline"By Jonquil FrankhamFriday, October 17, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - In these final weeks before the American election, many US bishops are working hard to leave Catholics no doubt of where they must stand on the abortion issue when it comes to the ballot box.Bishops Robert W. Finn of Kansas City, Robert... read more »

Texas Bishops: Abortion is the "Defining Issue" of This Election

By Quelle . | 10/16/08

Bishops Kevin J. Farrell of Dallas and Keven W. Vann of Fort Worth issued a joint letter on October 8 to the members of their dioceses in which they write that abortion is the "defining issue" of the upcoming election.They observe that all other rights are predicated upon the right to life, which is gravely violated by abortion. The public acceptance of abortion, therefore, renders any attempts to "further the common" good impossible: "'It is... read more »

Obama's Abortion Extremism

By Quelle . | 10/15/08

This morning, on the way into work, I was, as I am every morning, listening to Bill Bennett's radio show, Morning in America. His guests was Dr. Robert George of Princeton University who discussed his recent article: Obama's Abortion Extremism. If I may digress for a moment, extremism is defined as: any political theory favoring immoderate uncompromising policies. (The definition comes from Princeton's Wordnet dictionary.) Immoderate is defined... read more »