<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">--- On <B>Thu, 3/18/10, Catholic League <I><lg@catholicleague.org></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Catholic League <lg@catholicleague.org><BR>Subject: BISHOPS SPEAK FOR CATHOLICS ON HEALTH CARE<BR>To: arthurkelly@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 4:50 PM<BR><BR>
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<P class=MsoNormal>March 19, 2010</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: center" align=center><B>BISHOPS SPEAK FOR CATHOLICS ON HEALTH CARE</B></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Catholic League president Bill Donohue defended the bishops as the true voice of the Catholic Church:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">Anyone seeking to know the position of a newspaper on any given issue would be well advised to consult the editorial page. Anyone seeking to know the position of a labor union on any given issue would be well advised to consult what union officials say. Anyone seeking to know the position of the Catholic Church in the U.S. on any given issue would be well advised to consult the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The fact that some reporters, union members or Catholics disagree with some of the positions taken by the editors, officials or bishops is interesting, but changes nothing.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">This needs to be said as media outlets are now trying to cast the bishops as one voice among many in the Catholic community. Of course, adding to the confusion are fraudulent Catholic groups like Catholics United, a front for its benefactor, George Soros; the <I>National Catholic Reporter</I>, a newspaper known mostly for its rejection of Catholic teachings on sexuality; groups like NETWORK, a Catholic organization whose founder Sister Marjorie <SPAN class=SpellE>Tuite</SPAN> was threatened with expulsion from her order because of her aggressive pro-abortion position; and an array of dissident nuns. Previously, Donna Quinn, the co-director of the National Coalition of American Nuns, signed a statement demanding abortion coverage in the health care bill.</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">All of this started when a nun who heads the Catholic Health Association (CHA) said she liked the Obama bill. It quickly metastasized into something so bizarre that we now have a liberal Catholic, E.J. Dionne, wondering why the bishops are undermining the CHA! </DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify">The Catholic League stands with the USCCB, Cardinal Francis George, Archbishop Joseph <SPAN class=SpellE>Naumann</SPAN>, Archbishop Charles <SPAN class=SpellE>Chaput</SPAN>, the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious, and all those Catholics who truly oppose abortion and refuse to compromise Church teachings.<B></B></DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Susan A. <SPAN class=SpellE>Fani</SPAN><BR>Director of Communications<BR>The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights<BR>450 Seventh Avenue<BR>New York, NY 10123<BR>212-371-3191<BR>212-371-3394 (fax)</SPAN> </DIV></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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