Healthcare and Bishops Plea to Laity: Act Now; Our Catholic Duty for Posterity

Healthcare and Bishops Plea to Laity: Act Now; Our Catholic Duty for Posterity

CBJ Editors November 2, 2009

“The only think necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” —English philosopher Edmund Burke The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a nationwide bulletin insert this Sunday.  The message was clear:  Tell Congress to remove Abortion Funding and Mandates from the health care reform measures. Currently, all…

Catholic congressman: I’d rather save my soul than vote for the health care bill

Catholic congressman: I’d rather save my soul than vote for the health care bill

CBJ Editors August 5, 2009

New Orleans, La., August 3 (CNA) .- Rep. Anh “Joseph” Cao, (R-New Orleans-pictured above), the first Vietnamese-American congressman and a Catholic,  announced this past weekend that, because of the “stealth mandate” for abortion still present in the Health Care bill, he prefers to “save his soul” rather than  vote in favor of it. Cao, the…