Catholic Democrats of Ohio

The Wall Street Journal says: Conservative-Catholic Voters May Be in Play in Ohio

Wall Street Journal Conservative-Catholic Voters May Be in Play By DOUGLAS BELKIN May 29, 2008; Page A6 For the first time since the presidential election of 1988, the observant white Catholic vote might be up for grabs this November. Conservative...

Posted by Lisa Schare on June 11, 2008 at 3:55 PM

John McCain's Ohio disconnect

Republican Party machinery in the state helped get President Bush into office, but it's not firing yet on McCain's behalf. By Peter Wallsten, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer June 9, 2008 CINCINNATI -- As the architect of Ohio's ballot measure...

Posted by Lisa Schare on June 11, 2008 at 3:30 PM

Catholic Democrats of Ohio in The Catholic Telegraph Letters to the Editor

The Catholic Telegraph Letter to the Editor printed April 25, 2008 Chaldean bishop: U.S. accountable for death of Iraqi archbishop, March 21, 2008 Dear Editor, American Catholics need to listen when Pope Benedict XVI strongly denounces the five-year-long Iraqi war,...

Posted by Lisa Schare on May 9, 2008 at 3:52 PM

Steve Chabot (R - Illinois?)

Congressman's Staff Uses Public Office to Bolster Campaign of Illinois Dairy Magnate. COLUMBUS - Congressman Steve Chabot's office was forced to apologize this weekend after The Hill newspaper discovered that they had violated House rules barring the conduct of partisan...

Posted by Lisa Schare on March 11, 2008 at 4:44 PM

Catholics a Key Voting Bloc in Ohio

In this primary season, exit poll have shown that Catholics represent roughly 1 in 4 votes. Republican Catholics often cite abortion as the top issue, but for Catholics who are Democrats, other issues are more dominant. In the Democratic...

Posted by Lisa Schare on February 25, 2008 at 6:16 PM

War shadows the campaign

AND then there were four. In leaving the dwindling band of major presidential candidates, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney last week crudely defined the difference between the Republicans and Democrats on Iraq, the once and perhaps future king of issues...

Posted by Lisa Schare on February 14, 2008 at 5:52 PM

Tortured Ideals

WHEN he testified before a Senate committee the other day, CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden didn't divulge anything lawmakers didn't already know or suspect about the use of harsh interrogation techniques on terrorists. Read more:...

Posted by Lisa Schare on February 10, 2008 at 11:39 AM

2005 U.S. Census shows that poverty tightens its grip in Ohio

According to the Small-Area Income and Poverty Estimates recently released by the U.S. Census, Appalachian areas in Ohio continue to struggle with increased poverty rates; read more:...

Posted by Lisa Schare on January 21, 2008 at 1:11 PM

News from the Bishops of Ohio

The most recent discussion from the Bishops of Ohio regarding poverty, the death penalty and immigration. Read more at http://www.ohiocathconf.org/statements/1pressbishops%20627.pdf...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on December 7, 2007 at 10:37 PM

Green Ribbon Campaign for a New Farm & Food Policy

Representatives of faith communities, family farm, healthy foods and conservation groups are working together to create a new Farm & Food Bill in the name of economic justice and environmental care. Click here....

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on December 7, 2007 at 10:36 PM