Washington, DC, Jul. 18 (CWNews.com) – Six months after the release of a strongly worded Vatican statement on the responsibilities of Catholic politicians, an American pro-life group has complained that “the message is not getting through.” The American Life League (ALL) pointed out that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith had “spelled it out quite clearly six months ago: you can’t be Catholic and pro-abortion.” Judie Brown, the organization’s president, observed that the January statement from Rome “has encouraged American Catholics that our bishops will now take concrete actions” to discipline Catholic politicians who continue to support unrestricted abortion on demand. However, the pro-life group noted that there have been few signs of movement among leading Catholic politicians, and also few indications that bishops are prepared to press the issue. Joe Starrs, the director of ALL’s “Crusade for the Defense of our Catholic Church remarked: “The bishops need to step up to the plate and directly engage these wayward members of the flock.”
In January, ALL’s Crusade inaugurated a public campaign to identify “deadly dozen” Catholic members of the US Senate who have persistently supported abortion. Starrs commented that the Crusade was intended “to remind our bishops that their leadership is desperately needed in this debate.” See ALL’s Catholic Crusade Web page https://www.catholiccrusade.com