Bishops warn not to rebuild Gulf Coast on backs of poor

[Judi Lynn]

Oct. 26, 2005, 12:26AM

Bishops warn not to rebuild Gulf Coast on backs of poor
Letter from Catholics implores Congress not to cut essential services to pay for recovery
By TARA DOOLEY
Copyright 2005 Houston Chronicle

Calling the task of recovering after hurricanes Katrina and Rita "an important sign of what kind of nation we are and wish to be," American Roman Catholic leaders have called on Congress to make principled, compassionate and bipartisan decisions as they rebuild the Gulf Coast.

In a letter co-signed by Galveston-Houston Archbishop Joseph A. Fiorenza, a task force of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops urged lawmakers not to divert money from the poor as they seek to fund programs for hurricane recovery.
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"It would be wrong to cut essential food, housing and health care for the poor while the rest of us make no real sacrifice and, in fact, benefit from recent tax cuts," the letter states.

"The efforts of those motivated by compassion and charity in responding to the hurricanes' devastation, while essential, cannot take the place of a strong federal commitment to just public policies and wise public investment," the letter states.
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http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3416103

[cap]

1. so much for faith based..

even the faithful know their limitations:

"The letter noted the role of Catholic organizations and other non-government agencies to house, feed and provide medical care to victims.

But it also emphasized that these groups can't fix the problems alone."

-- it takes government.

[...of J.Temperance]

2. It's funny that Archbishop Alfred Hughes, that stupid goat, NEVER

Seemed to worry or bash the GOP come EVERY election in NOLA about poverty or about them slashing funding for social programs.

No, all Hughes would say was "Don't vote for Mary Landrieu because she supports abortion...Voting for Landrieu is a SIN."

Damn hypocrite he is.

[Zynx]

3. Was he the one who said, "Vote Landrieu and you go to hell!"?

[...of J.Temperance]

4. I wouldn't be surprised

I can't specifically remember. I remember his most infamous one was telling ALL Roman Catholics in Louisiana "Voting for Mary Landrieu is a sin."

STRANGELY, Archbishop Hughes was COMPLETELY SILENT regarding that freak Bernard Law and COMPLETELY SILENT about child raping priests and the cover-up's in general.

Like I said, hypocrite. This stuff is WHY I'm a lapsed Roman Catholic.