| Over 100 Bishops Have Spoken Out on Priority of Life Issues |
| by Deal W. Hudson |
| 10/28/08 |
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The list of U. S. bishops who have spoken out on the priority of the life issues in this election is now over 100. The list now contains 70 individual bishops and three joint statements. I would like to continue updating this list until the day of the election. I have tried to incorporate all the comments thus far. If I dd not get them all, I apologize. (For a few of the suggestions, I could not find a suitable link.) Please continue using the comments section to let us know what bishop is not on this list who should be. This would include any bishop who has individually, or jointly, published a statement about this election pointing out the primacy of the life issues. Thank you for your help. 1. Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver 2. Bishop James Conley, auxiliary of Denver 3. Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. 4. Justin Cardinal Rigali of Philadelphia, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities 5. Bishop William Lori of Bridgeport, chairman of the Committee on Doctrine 6. Edward Cardinal Egan of New York 7. Bishop Samuel Aquila of Fargo 8. Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh 9. Bishop Michael Sheridan of Colorado Springs 10. Archbishop Jose Gomez of San Antonio 11. Bishop Oscar Cantu, auxiliary of San Antonio 12. Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Centre 13. Bishop Edward Slattery of Tulsa 14. Bishop Kevin Farrell of Dallas 15. Bishop Gregory Aymond of Austin 16. Sean Cardinal O'Malley of Boston 17. Bishop Thomas Wenski of Orlando 18. Archbishop John Nienstedt of Saint Paul/Minneapolis 19. Francis Cardinal George of Chicago, President of the USCCB 20. Bishop Robert Vasa of Baker 21. Bishop Jerome Listecki of La Crosse 22. Bishop Richard Lennon of Cleveland 23. Bishop Ralph Nickless of Sioux City 24. Archbishop George Niederauer of San Francisco 25. Bishop Glen Provost of Lake Charles, LA 26. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn 27. Bishop Joseph F. Martino of Scranton 28. Archbishop Raymond Burke, Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura 30. Bishop Peter J. Jugis of Charlotte 31. Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh 32. Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, KS 33. Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, MO 34. Bishop Robert C. Morlino of Madison, WS 35. Bishop Ronald Gilmore of Dodge City, KS 36. Bishop Paul Coakley of Salina, KS 37. Bishop Michael Jackels of Wichita 38. Bishop Gerald M. Barbarito of Palm Beach 39. Bishop Kevin W. Vann of Fort Worth 40. Bishop Rene H. Gracida, retired, of Corpus Christi 41. Daniel Cardinal DiNardo of Houston 42. Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington 43. Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo of Richmond 44. Bishop William Murphy of Rockville Center 45. Bishop Robert McManus of Worcester 46. Bishop Arthur Serratelli of Patterson 47. Bishop Robert Herrmann of St. Louis 48. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien of Baltimore 49. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix 50. Bishop Thomas D. Doran of Rockford 51. Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Camden 52. Bishop Robert J. Baker of Birmingham 53. Archbishop Alexander J. Brunett of Seattle 54. Bishop J. Peter Sartain of Joliet 55. Bishop John M. Smith of Trenton 56. Bishop Earl Boyea of Lansing 57. Bishop Leonard R. Blair of Toledo 58. Bishop Frances J. Dewane of Venice 59. Bishop W. Frances Malooly of Wilmington 60. Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison 61. Bishop John Yanta , retired, of Amarillo 62. Bishop James V. Johnston of Springfield-Cape Girardeau 63. Archbishop John Vlazny of Portland 64. Bishop Blase J. Cupich of Rapid City 65. Bishop Lawrence Brandt of Greensburg 66. Bishop Dennis M. Schnurr of Cincinatti 67. Bishop Larry Silva of Honolulu 68. Bishop Paul Swain of Sioux Falls 69. Bishop Michael J. Sheehan of Santa Fe 70. Bishop Eusebius Beltran of Oklahoma City 71. Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Harrisburg 72. Joint Statement by the bishops of New York State (22 bishops) 73. Joint Statement by the bishops of Pennsylvania (16 bishops) 74. Joint Statement by the bishops of Kansas (4 bishops) 75. Joint Statement by the bishops of Florida (9 bishops) Readers have left 12 comments. Could you please define "life issues"? Written by Martin E. Dybicz It looks to me as if some of your links are to the bishops' criticism of Nancy Pelosi's comments about Catholic teaching on abortion, but not about voting specifically. But in some cases the same bishop has also spoken about abortion and voting. For example, you have a link to Bishop Kevin Farrell's condemnation of Pelosi's remarks, but he and Bishop Vann also have a statement which is more explicit on abortion and voting, here: http://www.cathdal.org/img/Flash/EngFarrellVann.pdf Written by Paul H As I have been reading Catholic blogs over the past few weeks, I have been bookmarking bishops' statements that directly address the issues of abortion and voting. Here is a link to a blog post where I have listed all of the statements that I have found so far: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/65zgfy">Catholic Bishops Speak on Abortion and Voting</a> Written by Paul H It looks like HTML comments don't work. Sorry about that. The URL in my previous post should be the following: http://tinyurl.com/65zgfy Written by Paul H Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan has made a statement as well. http://tinyurl.com/5uarv6  Written by Michael R. Garcia Not that it materially matters, but does your "100" count twice those who signed both an individual statement and one of the four joint statements? Written by theophilus The correct url for Bishop John Smith's statement (#55) is http://tinyurl.com/5kn8d8. Written by Fr. Jim O'Neill I agree with Paul H. Perhaps there should be two lists, one listing the bishops who have spoken out about Church teachings on abortion, such as those who have corrected Pelosi and Biden and another that lists the bishops who have spoken out about voting pro-life. http://tinyurl.com/57klnh Written by Fredi D'Alessio I agree with Paul H. — Fredi D'AlessioThanks. :) Perhaps there should be two lists, one listing the bishops who have spoken out about Church teachings on abortion, such as those who have corrected Pelosi and Biden and another that lists the bishops who have spoken out about voting pro-life. — Fredi D'AlessioA version of the first list you mentioned, of bishops who have corrected Nancy Pelosi, [link=http://preview.tinyurl.com/59k5yp]can be found at American Papist[/link]. Written by Paul H A version of the first list you mentioned, of bishops who have corrected Nancy Pelosi, [link=http://preview.tinyurl.com/59k5yp]can be found at American Papist[/link]. — Paul HI'm just having no luck whatsoever with figuring out how to format an active link in these comments! I guess it can't be done. Anyway, here is the "tinyurl" URL for the American Papist list that I was referring to: http://tinyurl.com/59k5yp Written by Paul H I've been posting much of them as well - see http://tinyurl.com/5qy87e I also have additional statements posted at http://tinyurl.com/57klnh Written by Fredi D'Alessio In a memo dated October 21, 2008, to his clergy of the Byzantine Catholic Eparchy (diocese) of Van Nuys, Bishop Gerald Dino wrote to express his concern: "about the fact that many Catholics, even some Catholic priests, nuns and laity … are teaching that it is perfectly acceptable to vote for candidates who are pro-abortion, pro-same-sex marriages, pro-embryonic stem cell research, etc., while they themselves claim to accept Church teachings on these issues. They base their position on a misunderstanding of a document issued by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops…entitled FORMING CONSCIENCES FOR FAITHFUL CITIZENSHIP.” Bishop Gerald encourages the pastors of our Eparchy to share with their parishioners the joint Pastoral Letter issued by the Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell, Bishop of the Diocese of Dallas (TX) and the Most Rev. Kevin W. Vann, Bishop of the Diocese of Fort Worth (TX). Bishop Gerald recommends the letter: “To help set the record straight. This letter very succinctly lays out the correct teaching contained in the document [i.e., Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship].” Written by Father Anthony Hernandez |
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