David Brody at CBN has the details.
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April 11th, 2008 at 2:20 pm
The Catholic Advisory Council released today by Sen. Obama’s campaign is surprisingly deep in credible Catholic leaders, including academic stalwarts, a canon lawyer, women religious, and many individuals that have worked with the US Bishops conference for over a decade. Heading up the group are prominent pro-life Catholics.
McCain’s Catholic outreach list seemed to composed mostly of political actors, RNC Catholic outreach volunteers and college Republicans.
I think the seriousness of this Advisory Council reflects very favorably on Sen. Obama authentic desire to connect with Catholic voters, including pro-life Catholics. This will bode well for him in the fall.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Here is the entire list:
National Co-Chairs
Senator Bob Casey
Representative Patrick Murphy (PA-08)
Former Congressman Tim Roemer, President of the Center for National Policy
Governor Kathleen Sebelius of Kansas
Governor Tim Kaine of Virginia
Tom Chabolla, Assistant to the President, Service Employees International Union
Victoria Reggie Kennedy, President, Common Sense About Kids and Guns
Sr. Jamie Phelps, O.P., Director and Professor of Theology, Institute for Black Catholic Studies, Xavier University
Sr. Catherine Pinkerton, Congregation of St. Joseph
National Steering Committee *
Mary Jo Bane, Professor, Harvard Kennedy School
Nicholas P. Cafardi, Catholic Author and Scholar, Pittsburgh, PA
Lisa Cahill, Professor of Theology, Boston College
M. Shawn Copeland, Associate Professor of Theology, Boston College
Ron Cruz, Leadership Development Consultant, Burke, VA
Sharon Daly, Social Justice Advocate, Knoxville, MD
Richard Gaillardetz, Murray/Bacik Professor of Catholic Studies, University of Toledo
Grant Gallicho, Associate Editor, Commonweal Magazine
Margaret Gannon, IHM, A Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Scranton, PA
Don Guter, Judge Advocate General of the Navy (2000-2002); Rear Admiral, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Pittsburgh, PA
Cathleen Kaveny, Professor of Law and Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame
Jim Kesteloot, President and Executive Director, Chicago Lighthouse
Vincent Miller, Associate Professor of Theology, Georgetown University
David O’Brien, Loyola Professor of Catholic Studies at the College of the Holy Cross
Peter Quaranto, Senior Researcher and Conflict Analyst, Resolve Uganda (Notre Dame Class of 2006)
Dave Robinson, International Peace Advocate, Erie, Pennsylvania
Vincent Rougeau, Associate Professor of Law, University of Notre Dame
Mary Wright, Inter-Faith Liaison, Louisville, KY
National Leadership Committee
Governor Jim Doyle of Wisconsin
Former Senator Majority Leader Tom Daschle
Senator Richard Durbin of Illinois
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts
Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts
Senator Patrick Leahy of Vermont
Representative Xavier Becerra of California
Representative Mike Capuano of Massachusetts
Representative Lacy Clay of Missouri
Representative Jerry Costello of Illinois
Representative Bill Delahunt of Massachusetts
Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut
Representative Anna Eshoo of California
Representative Raul Grijalva of Arizona
Representative Patrick Kennedy of Rhode Island
Representative John Larson of Connecticut
Representative George Miller of California
Representative James Oberstar of Minnesota
Representative Linda Sanchez of California
Representative Carol Shea Porter of New Hampshire
Representative Peter Welch of Vermont
May 10th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
Catholic in name only. They care not a whit about the millions of human lives that were aborted under their watch. The name Catholic in association with these actors becomes but an empty label.
Thank God there are US Bishops who will refuse Communion to the likes of Kerry and his ilk.
And what is it about Obama that causes such a foolish hysteria? There certainly is no experience to speak of, and when his associates and mentors are scrutinized one is left with nothing but a big question of just who is Barrack Obama and what does he really believe?
Therefore there is little surprise that the empty suited politicians listed as Obama’s Catholic Advisory Council will blindly support the well packaged and marketed purveyor of Hope, himself a suit filled with empty cliches. Hope in what? Hope for what? Sadly the answer seems to be simply, power, and its ever increasing government controls.