Catholic Democrats: In the News

"Far too often we have seen faith wielded as a tool to divide us from one another," says Obama at National Prayer Breakfast

Remarks of President Barack Obama National Prayer Breakfast Thursday, February 5th, 2009 Washington, DC Good morning. I want to thank the Co-Chairs of this breakfast, Representatives Heath Shuler and Vernon Ehlers. I'd also like to thank Tony Blair for coming...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on February 5, 2010 at 9:18 AM

Brown wins Senate seat from Massachusetts

Massachusetts State Senator Scott Brown garnered more than a million votes in a surprise victory for the Republican candidate in a special election to fill the remaining 34 months of Ted Kennedy's US Senate term. Brown was among the first...

Posted by Patrick Whelan on January 19, 2010 at 9:59 PM

Killing healthcare reform is not a 'pro-life' position

Catholics and many other people of faith have strong feelings about the morality of abortion -- and questions regarding the impact on their lives of the current health care reform effort in Washington. So it's not surprising that conservative political...

Posted by Patrick Whelan on January 18, 2010 at 4:17 PM

Fr McCarthy's reflections on "The Manhattan Declaration"

Several Catholic bishops, led by Cardinal Justin Rigali, signed on to a September 2009 statement by a New Jersey lawyer, Robert George, that trumpets the Republican social agenda. Few in the conservative movement realize what a toxic effect George had...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on November 26, 2009 at 3:40 AM

How Catholic Democrats (and one Catholic Republican) voted on the health care reform bill

House Democrats late Saturday night overcame a mountain of insurance industry opposition to pass the first substantive healthcare reform legislation since Medicare passed more than 40 years ago. Some conservatives sought to use the abortion issue as a foil to...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on November 8, 2009 at 8:35 AM

A Catholic view of President Obama's selection for the Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee stunned the political world Friday with news that President Obama had been selected as the recipient of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize. "Only very rarely has a person to the same extent as Obama captured the...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on October 9, 2009 at 8:58 AM

Pope Benedict welcomes Ambassador Diaz to the Vatican

Remarks of Pope Benedict XVI on Oct 2, 2009 in Vatican City, as rendered by the New York Times: Your Excellency, I am pleased to accept the Letters by which you are accredited Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on October 2, 2009 at 5:09 PM

President Obama calls killing of Michigan anti-abortion protestor "deplorable"

A 63-yr-old Catholic man in Owosso, Michigan, was killed by another man who was apparently angry about the nature of the protests. Mr. James Pouillon was in front of Owosso High School doing what he did just about every day,...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on September 17, 2009 at 10:12 PM

Health & Human Services Awards $35 million to States for Increasing Adoptions

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today awarded $35 million to 38 states and Puerto Rico for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care. States use the funds from the adoption incentive award to enhance...

Posted by Catholic Democrats Staff on September 15, 2009 at 7:52 AM

Senator Kennedy inspires, and President Obama is there to lead the charge

"In our Catholic tradition, health care is a basic human right. Access to health care should not depend on where a person works, how much a family earns, or where a person lives. Instead, every person, created in the image...

Posted by Patrick Whelan on September 10, 2009 at 12:21 AM