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March 5, 2009 • 8:42 pm 0

JUSTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS CAMPAIGN TO HOLD REGIONAL CONVENING IN OHIO, MARCH 26-28

WASHINGTON—The Justice For Immigrants (JFI) campaign of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will hold a regional convening and training near Cincinnati, Ohio, on March 26-28. The convening, which will take place at the Kings Island Conference Center in Mason, will bring together immigration reform supporters from Ohio, Indiana, West Virginia, Kentucky and Michigan to provide them with coalition building skills, advocacy tools and other materials to strengthen and grow the support base for immigration reform. It will also seek to arm advocates with updated Catholic messages and educational pieces to continue to push for comprehensive immigration reform.

 “Comprehensive immigration reform remains a priority for the Catholic church. The convening in Cincinnati will provide the necessary training and educational tools for immigration reform and JFI supporters to continue to grow the grass roots base that seeks humane and compassionate changes to our nation’s immigration system,” said Johnny Young, executive director of the Migration and Refugee Services of the USCCB.

 “JFI is looking to draw attendees from Ohio and the surrounding states because of the region’s large population of Catholics,” said Antonio Cube, JFI manager. “We know that the majority of Catholics have heard the bishops’ call for immigration reform but have not felt compelled enough to act. By convening in Cincinnati, the JFI campaign is looking to seize upon the opportunity to educate the region’s many Catholics about the church’s position on immigration reform and urge them to act on it. We invite Catholics, other people of faith, and supporters of comprehensive immigration reform to attend the convening,” he said.

 To register or get more information about the Ohio regional convening, call 202-541-3165. 

Information can also be found on the following Web sites:

http://guest.cvent.com/i.aspx?1Q,M3,2f041b23-ed4b-4f43-9c78-63424b863ea2

www.justiceforimmigrants.org  and http://www.usccb.org/mrs/ .

Filed under: Migration, Social Justice

March 5, 2009 • 7:29 pm 0

Concerns about Sebelius HHS Nominations

More from Archbishop Naumann on the Sebelius HHS nomination

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Dennis Sadowski

Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kan., has been questioning Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius, a Catholic, for her support of legalized abortion for a year and a half now, and he has asked her on at least two occasions not to present herself for Communion in Kansas.

In his latest public comment, he now says her nomination by President Barack Obama as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services is “troubling” because of her abortion stance. The archbishop offered his most recent comments about Sebelius — summarized in a Catholic News Service report – in his column in the March 6 issue of The Leaven, the archdiocesan newspaper.

In an interview with Our Sunday Visitor, he further explains his stance.

While calling Sebelius a gifted leader who represents Catholic social teaching well when it comes to concerns such as the development of affordable housing and increasing access to health care for poor children, Archbishop Naumann strongly takes the governor to task for her long-held support for abortion. In the interview the archbishop said he can understand why Sebelius was nominated to the federal post but reiterated that he finds it troubling.

An excerpt: “But I think from the church’s point of view, it’s sad because it places another high-profile, pro-abortion Catholic into national leadership along with Vice President (Joe) Biden and Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi and a raft of others that are in the Congress. And so I think it makes our job as bishops more challenging, because we have to be even more clear that this is not acceptable for a person in public service to say that they are Catholic and then to support these policies that are anti-life, you know go against the most fundamental of all human rights, the preservation of innocent life.”

Filed under: healthcare, Medical Ethics, Social Doctrine

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