Catholic Democrats

An Undecided Evangelical Voice on Faithful Citizenship

Excerpt from the Harrisburg Patriot News by BILL FENSTERMAKER We should vote based on Christ Sunday, September 28, 2008 ... I put a political bumper sticker on my car, primarily to stimulate discussion, especially among my Christian friends. In all...

Posted by Chris McNally on September 30, 2008 at 5:31 PM

Senator Casey on the ascendancy of the Catholic vote in the presidential election

Catholic vote key; both sides want it Democratic effort may be better set up Sunday, September 14, 2008 By James O'Toole, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Said Senator Bob Casey, "I do think nationally, our party has made a lot of progress, certainly...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on September 22, 2008 at 6:15 PM

You're paying Sarah Palin's salary!

Since John McCain wants to suspend the gasoline tax to reduce the price of a gallon of gas, why doesn't he ask his running mate to cut the exorbitant oil and gas severance tax that Alaska charges the rest of...

Posted by Chris McNally on September 2, 2008 at 7:56 PM

Senator Biden's Irish Catholic Scranton Roots

Written by correspondent Niall O'Dowd, and first published in Irish America magazine, and republished in The Irish Voice, we share the following account of Senator Joseph Biden's roots in Scranton. Many thanks to Sarah McAuliffe Bellin, President of the Irish...

Posted by Chris McNally on September 2, 2008 at 7:40 PM

"FOUR MORE MONTHS" - Excerpts from Pittsburgh Post Gazette's James O'Toole

DENVER -- A generation after his father was barred from the podium of the Democratic National Convention, Sen. Bob Casey Jr. invoked his name as he depicted Sen. Barack Obama as a force for tolerance on an issue that continues...

Posted by Chris McNally on August 27, 2008 at 7:50 AM

Lt Gov Knoll sets heroic example in personal battle with cancer

Lt Governor Catherine Baker Knoll announced that she has a neuroendocrine tumor that is under treatment, but that she plans to keep working this fall on behalf of the people of the state. In McKees Rocks, where she still attends...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on August 24, 2008 at 10:33 AM

Pro-life Senator Casey champions Obama as better candidate on abortion

Senator Bob Casey is likely to be a speaker at the Democratic National Convention late this month in Denver, and much of the conversation swirling about his high profile concerns abortion. But in contrast to the conventional wisdom, he thinks...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on August 8, 2008 at 12:40 PM

"Catholics in Alliance" meets in Pittsburgh to spread message from Philadelphia Convention

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, fresh off its success in organizing a meeting for 800 Catholics in Philadelphia July 11-13, has begun a series of events across the country to begin a national conversation on the full range...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on July 24, 2008 at 2:11 PM

Pennsylvania Fault Lines

Perhaps it was inevitable: The Democrats' battle for the presidential nomination has led us into the thicket of race and religion. Hillary Clinton's significant victory over Barack Obama in the Pennsylvania primary was the result of many factors, but most...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on April 25, 2008 at 1:54 PM

Watch for political fallout in PA Primary from Pope's visit

NEW YORK (CNN) -- The official motto of Pope Benedict XVI's April 15-20 visit to the United States, the first of his papacy, is "Christ our Hope." Based on the frequency with which papal spokespersons have struck a different note,...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on April 19, 2008 at 10:20 AM