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THANK YOU BISHOP CHPICH

Chancery Office
606 Cathedral Drive
Mail: P.O. Box 678
Rapid City, SD 57709-0678

FAX: (605) 348-7985
General Email: chancery@diorc.org

Name
E-Mail Phone
(605) Ext
Bishop Most Rev. Blase J. Cupich 343-3541
Vicar General Rev. Daniel Juelfs, SCL
djuelfs@diorc.org
343-3541 217
Chancellor Margaret Simonson
msimonson@diorc.org 343-3541 211
Archivist Sr. Celine Erk, OSB 343-3541 220
Secretary /
Network Administrator Teresa Spiess
tspiess@diorc.org 343-3541 218
Receptionist Sue White
swhite@diorc.org 343-3541 210

Pro-life Awareness Raised for Elections in U.S.
Candidates' Positions Listed on Web Site

DENVER, Colorado, NOV. 4, 2002 (Zenit.org).- On the eve of elections that could affect pro-life legislation and policy in the United States, Catholics were being urged not to leave their faith out of Tuesday's voting.

"There can never be a 'wall of separation' between our religious faith and our civic choices," said Archbishop Charles Chaput, in a letter read at Masses over the weekend.

"In the Scriptures today, God tells us that, 'A great King am I, the Lord of hosts, and my name will be feared among the nations,'" the letter said. "If we really believe in the God we worship, then we must always be Catholic Christians first; we must always follow Jesus Christ and his Church first -- and only because of that, do we have anything valuable to offer to the political and economic life of our nation."

"We get the elected officials we deserve," the archbishop's letter continued. "We'll be judged by the choices we make. In every election year, every Catholic who can vote has the serious obligation to do so. And in this election year especially, where some candidates clearly disregard the sanctity of human life from conception to natural death, we need to build the culture of life by our actions. Before we vote, we need to remember our faith, and we need to act accordingly."

One political action committee, the We Vote Pro-Life PAC has set up a Web page that summarizes pro-life positions, candidate by candidate, state by state.

The page is at http://www.wevoteprolife.com

A bump for this bishop!!!!!!!

Down with Dysfunctional Daschle Democrats!

Shouldn't LIFE be a single issue worth voting for? As Catholics how can we say that we are concerned about other issues equally? If we continue to fall into the belief and practice of voting for "someone who can win" haven't we given in to a pragmatism that is actually protestant? Are we winning the Pro-Life battle. I am thankful that this American Bishop is standing up for Life, but is the Republican Party actually going to do anything about this issue? I think not. We need to vote our consciences and do it as a block, only then will we demonstrate the power of our numbers. Until then the Republicans will wink at us and accept our votes while claiming that there is little that they can do about it. This is not an effective strategy for ending abortion. And while we're at it we should be honest and admit that Contraception is the parent of abortion. As long as we support contraception we will have no real conviction or moral authority with regards to abortion.

How wonderful.

There is a NON-POLITICAL action that Bishop Cupich and Archbishop Chaput, and all other bishops could take, but choose not to: Excommunicate the Catholic politicians who support abortion.

OOOOOoooohh!!! After 30 years and 45 million dead babies, Bishop Cupich is getting ready to let Tom Daschle know where we stand! BTW: This fundraising letter represents absolutely NO change in Daschle's long-standing support for all abortion, including Birth Canal Brain Suctioning.

Note also that Bishop Cupich does NOT consider support for abortion to be a central issue UNLESS the pro-abort politician MAKES it the central issue.

I know from other sources that Bishop Cupich is a menace to the Catholic Church. This tepid, mealy-mouthed response to Tom Daschle is no evidence to the contrary.

Abortion is ritual murder practiced by the Religious Left, an idolatrous mass human sacrifice to false gods...

I am so fed up with with self-proclaimed Catholic politicians who go around saying "I'm personally opposed to abortion, but...." [we must ensure that left wing activist judges are able impose there political views on a democratic society notwithstanding the fact that the Constitution nowhere contains a right to abortion]. I rather regret that anathema and casting into the outer darkness are no longer practice.

This thread is from 2002

So, I wonder when Bishop Chupich lost his way? Obama influence?