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<DIV class=release_title><FONT size=5>Catholic Group Blasts Pelosi for Invoking
St. Joseph on Pro-Abortion Bill</FONT></DIV>
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<P><STRONG>"I've seen much hypocrisy from Catholic elected officials during this
process, but Nancy Pelosi's invoking of St. Joseph, the patron of families, to
assist in the passage of the health care bill is utter sacrilege," said Dr.
Kevin Roberts, executive director of Catholic Families for America.
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<P>Contact: Dr. Kevin Roberts, <A
href="blocked::http://www.catholicfamiliesusa.org/"><FONT color=#ca0505>Catholic
Families for America</FONT></A>, 512-686-3125</P>
<P>WASHINGTON, March 19 /<A
href="blocked::http://www.christiannewswire.com/"><FONT color=#ca0505>Christian
Newswire</FONT></A>/ -- Responding to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's
comment that St. Joseph would aid in the passage of the health care bill, today
the head of <A href="blocked::http://www.catholicfamiliesusa.org/"><FONT
color=#ca0505>Catholic Families for America</FONT></A>, one of the largest
groups of lay Catholics in the country, condemned Pelosi's comments as
"sacrilege."<BR><BR>"Does the speaker not know that St. Joseph is the patron of
families? How far does her apostasy go?" questioned Dr. Kevin Roberts, executive
director of the group.<BR><BR>Roberts mentioned that so many Catholic groups had
been praying a Novena to St. Joseph, which is a nine-day prayer for his
intercession on behalf of families, healthy marriages, and children. "How sick
does Pelosi have to be to associate St. Joseph with such a pro-abortion,
anti-family bill?" Roberts asked.<BR><BR>Catholic Families for America has seen
its membership "explode" in recent months because of the moral hypocrisy of
Catholic elected officials like Pelosi, Roberts said. "Though we hate for the
country to even come close to passing this bill," Roberts continued, "the one
silver lining is its galvanizing of Catholics on the issue of representing
Church teaching in an authentic way."<BR><BR>The group plans to endorse as many
as 40 candidates for U.S. House and U.S. Senate elections this
fall.</P></DIV></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY>
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