Bishops urge united Catholic voice on key elements of health reform
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WASHINGTON (CNS) — Sounding many of the same themes, bishops around the country are urging Catholics to contact their members of Congress about the need for health care reform and the importance of keeping abortion out of any final plan.
“If ever there was a need for the united Catholic voice to be heard clearly and strongly, now is the time,” said Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone of Charleston, S.C., in an Aug. 26 letter that he asked priests to post in their parish bulletins.
“Our representatives and senators need to hear our voice and we have a voice that is credible because it ... is a moral voice and one that has centuries of experience in health care,” he added.
Many of the bishops’ comments quoted extensively from earlier letters on health reform by Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia, who chair the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and on Pro-Life Activities, respectively.
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