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CATHOlICS UNITE AGAINST... REPUBLICANS?

I frequently criticize the American Catholic church for its elevation of abortion over the wide variety of concerns its founder so eloquently outlined in His Gospels, so its only fair that I give them some props when they do something like this
Priests from the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Rockford Diocese say they will begin a hunger strike at U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert's downtown Batavia office today in support of a federal immigration bill.

The Rev. Larry Dowling, pastor of Chicago's St. Denis Church, said he will be joined by three dozen members of Priests for Justice, including some from Aurora. A handful of priests will not eat until Hastert agrees to meet with them and accept 150,000 postcards in favor of the McCain/Kennedy legislation that supports a gradual path to citizenship for immigrants who work in the United States.

"It's not a free pass," Dowling said of the bill being debated in the Senate. "We're not advocating an open border by any means."

Dowling said the cards were gathered from parishioners all over the Archdiocese of Chicago.

If Christ wasn't obsessed with abortion, I don't see why his followers should be. Kudos to catholics in Chicago for realizing this.


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Posted by Alex on April 5, 2006 9:22 PM to Politics |

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