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An Inside View of Catholics for a Free Choice.
Catholics for a Free Choice has been much in the news lately - - most of the time defending presumptive Democratic Presidential nominee John Kerry. We are sure to see more of this group between now and the November election.
It is busy, and, apparently, growing, if not in public support, at least in staff. Recent job listings posted on an Internet employment site draw a smile for what they unwittingly reveal. Each job description ends with: "Knowledge of Catholicism is a plus."
Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) is, of course, not Catholic. While it presents itself as a group of thoughtful Catholics speaking with an authentic Catholic voice - - for that reason complete ignorance of Catholicism would not do - - it is peopled with non-Catholics and ex-Catholics bent on undermining the Catholic Church; specifically, the Church's efforts to extol and defend the sanctity of human life.
The group is run by Frances Kissling who, in a flash of candor, once disclosed her true purpose in an interview with Mother Jones: "I spent 20 years looking for a government that I could overthrow without being thrown in jail. I finally found one in the Catholic Church."
Kissling is fond of "clarifying" Catholic teaching on abortion for the many media outlets who invite her alternative Catholic opinion. Most seem indifferent to the fact that, not only do her words make mincemeat of Catholic teaching, but her actions also show ties to the abortion industry far stronger than any connection she might have with the Catholic Church.
Kissling, herself, once operated two abortion clinics in New York and also founded the National Abortion Federation. Here is a woman who does not hide behind the label of "choice." She is positively, passionately pro-abortion.
The Catholic Family and Human Rights Institute's 2001 in-depth report on CFFC describes the organization's funding sources as being largely secular and anti-religious foundations which see CFFC as a convenient vehicle for undermining Church teaching. Hugh Hefner's Playboy Foundation, for instance, is a repeat grantor.
- Pro-choice protesters set sights on Catholic church.(Nation)
- Magazine article from: National Catholic Reporter Feuerherd, Joe May 7, 2004 700+ words
...Opposition from the Roman Catholic church and of the hierarchy is a major...demonstrators at the Catholics for a Free Choice-sponsored protest. "We've...its leaders are in the Roman Catholic church" which, she said, stands in...
- Catholics for a Free Choice challenges Vatican condom ban. (Round Up: Law and...
- Magazine article from: Reproductive Health Matters May 1, 2002 700+ words
...AIDS Day 2001 Catholics for a Free Choice launched a global campaign against...caused by AIDS and the role of the Catholic church in thwarting initiatives to curb...1) (1.) Catholics for a Free Choice. Media Release. 1 December...
- Papalism and religious liberty. (The Political Power of the Catholic Church)...
- Magazine article from: The Humanist Swomley, John M. September 1, 1993 700+ words
...to make a genuinely free choice of schools." According...Christian Education, free choice has nothing to do with...schools." Rather, free choice means "that public...reserved for the Roman Catholic church but, rather, is due...
- Catholic Bishops Called on to Repudiate Republican Claim that GOP Positions are...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 13, 2000 700+ words
...president of Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC), today called...of the teachings of the Catholic church. In its mission statement...to the teachings of the Catholic Church." "The task force is...off of Catholicism and the Catholic church and focus on the issues...
- Drawing lines. (columnist Anna Quindlen's defense of Catholics for a Free...
- Magazine article from: Commonweal Steinfels, Margaret O'Brien January 14, 1994 700+ words
...statement saying that Catholics for a Free Choice, a Washington prochoice advocacy...formal or otherwise, with the Catholic church." It is "associated with the...once again that Catholics for a Free Choice merits no recognition or support...
- The role of the Roman Catholic Church in the UN.
- Magazine article from: WIN News Comeau, Pauline September 22, 1995 700+ words
...role of the Roman Catholic Church at the UN. The...of Catholics for a Free Choice, told a press conference...HISTORY The Roman Catholic Church participates in the...administration of the Roman Catholic Church. It has a population...
- The church's tug of war. (Articles).(Catholic Church)
- Magazine article from: The Nation Bonavoglia, Angela August 19, 2002 700+ words
...harrowing time for the US Catholic Church. While the American...of Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) to downgrade...come to the American Catholic Church, the bishops will...in a packed Roman Catholic Church to protest her priest...
- CATHOLIC CHURCH EXPELS DIRECTOR OF ABORTION CLINIC.(Religion)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) June 30, 1990 700+ words
...Williams Associated Press The Roman Catholic Church has excommunicated an abortion...humanity and the laws of the Roman Catholic Church," said the formal excommunication...president of Catholics for a Free Choice in Washington, D.C., characterized...
