Michigan's 7 Catholic bishops urge state leaders to remember needy

[Bozita]

Source: Detroit Free Press

Michigan's 7 Catholic bishops urge state leaders to remember needy
4:49 PM, Apr. 14, 2011
BY NIRAJ WARIKOO
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

The seven Catholic bishops of Michigan sent a letter this week to Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders that asks them to pay “greater attention to the needs of the poor, the unemployed and other vulnerable persons.”

The letter is part of an attempt by Catholic leaders in Michigan to prevent budget cuts and tax changes that they say would harm the needy in Michigan. It was signed by Archbishop of Detroit Allen Vigneron and bishops from Gaylord, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Marquette.

The Michigan Catholic Conference, a lobbying group, said the letter was probably the first time since 2003 that all the bishops of Michigan have teamed up to write such a letter. In 2003, they were advocating against partial-birth abortion.

The new letter, sent Monday, says: “It is a well-known fact that a very clear indicator of the moral strength of any society is in the way its neediest citizens are treated. As such, budget priorities are significant moral choices.”

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[Kingofalldems]

1. They should talk to Dennis Miller too

[gratuitous]

2. Political meddling! Aaaaaahhhhh!

Tax 'em, tax 'em!

[Zoeisright]

3. Why don't they give up some of their gold and silver?

The pope lives in the ultimate lap of luxury, as do all of his minions. And those bishops and archbishops certainly aren't going hungry or cold.

[patrice]

4. That'll mean something when they admit that War IS Abortion. nt

[GodlessBiker]

5. The problem is that the bishops have been giving "greater attention to ... vulnerable persons," ...

if you get my (cough - child abuse) meaning.

[MasonJar]

6. I think we should applaud the bishops for taking this important stand,

even if we do not always agree with other policies of the church. This action could help millions. It might just serve to remind a few people that Christ was a man who supported those in need.

[roguevalley]

7. agreed

[mitchtv]

8. true enough,but

it is just shallow words , just talk, they support repubs

[defendandprotect]

9. Offering moral leadeship --? ... but those pedophile lawsuits took a lot of $$$ that would have

helped needy --

Meanwhile W came along -- coincidentally -- when they were most desperate for money

to pay off those lawsuits and gave them taxpayer $$ for their "faith-based" organization.

RCC evidently has most of them --

One of the surest ways to judge a society is how its CHILDREN are treated --

and WOMEN!!