catholic health association

The critical role of the Catholic Church in passing national health care reform legislation is coming under serious media scrutiny. But the story has taken a strange turn. It has now been revealed that George Soros, the billionaire hedge fund operator and well-known atheist, has been pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into "progressive" Catholic groups that are significant players in the national debates over health care and immigration.

On the surface, it would appear that Soros would be opposed to many positions of the Catholic Church.


A major financial backer of the ACLU, Soros supports such causes as drug legalization, the rights of "sex workers" and felons, euthanasia, radical feminism, abortion rights, and homosexual rights. He does all of this in the name of promoting an "open society."

But a review of the records of his Open Society Institute finds that a group calling itself

Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) has received $200,000 from them over the last several years.

James Todd of Pewsitter.com, which represents traditional Catholics, calls such groups "CINOs," or Catholics In Name Only. He explains, "This group and several others have sprung up recently-I suspect purposely organized and funded-to counterbalance the growing influence of the faithful Catholics AND to try to deceive and mislead the middle of the road Catholics that have determined the last 13 Presidential elections."

An AIM investigation also finds, however, that Soros money has gone into the Catholic Legal Immigration Network (CLINIC), an organization established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops back in 1988. It has received at least $530,000 from the Open Society Institute.

The two issues merge in the fact that the Catholic Bishops are demanding that national health care legislation cover illegal aliens.

In a story headlined, "Religious Leaders Seek Healthcare for Illegal Immigrants," the Los Angeles Times recently quoted Kathy Saile, director of domestic social development with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, as saying that illegal immigrants should be included in any healthcare reform plan. Father Richard Estrada of Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Los Angeles was described as being part of a religious service and phone bank "to urge congressional leaders to include illegal immigrants in any healthcare reform plan." His church has in the past offered sanctuary to illegal immigrants.

CACG played a role in House passage of H.R. 3962, the bill known as Pelosicare and boasts that it had joined with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Health Association, and "dozens of other Catholic and faith-based groups in celebrating this historic vote."

The group's blog even offered a "Health Care Reform Prayer," asking for God's help in passing federal legislation.

John Gehring, CACG media director, told AIM that "We have been primarily focused on highlighting the moral dimensions of this issue and articulating how Catholic social teaching addresses health care as a human right central to a just society. Along with other faith-based groups like PICO National Network, Faith in Public Life, Sojourners and others we brought citizens and faith leaders to Capitol Hill several weeks ago to meet with representatives and they emphasized the urgency for reform and specifically the critical issue of affordability. For example, Fr. Joseph Shad, S.J., a hospital chaplain at Mercy Hospital in Portland, Maine, came to Capitol Hill and met with representatives. He shared stories we have collected from citizens across the country as part of our project, Voices for Health Reform."
http://www.rightsidenews.com/20091112727 4/editorial/atheist-soros-funds-catholic -groups.html

The Catholic Church is just a remnant of times long past. They will accept monies from anyone in order to remain in the public forum. They will also pander to the organizations that "bestow"
them with operating wealth. It would be interesting to learn what Soros's plan is re: the church and his motivation to offer monetary support.

The church is monetarily wealthy. Read about all their vineyards in the chateaus all over the world. Additionally, the church has multiple Holdings in real estate world wide. So perhaps Soros and the current pope and his "henchemen" are working a deal.

2009-11-12 14:51:43 by ANNIE

We can no longer wait for health reform. Can you? Visit us at www.ourhealthcarevalues.org and send in photos that feature people holding a sign ...

"Unprecedented Initiative Asks Catholics
"Who Is Under Your Carbon Footprint?"

WASHINGTON, DC.(April 21, 2009)--As the nation marks Earth Day, the Catholic community is launching an unprecedented initiative, the Catholic Climate Covenant, to bring together in new ways religious obligations to care for creation and care for "the least of these" as a distinctive Catholic contribution to the climate change debate.

Leading national Catholic organizations are calling on Catholic individuals and families, parishes and schools, religious communities, colleges and hospitals and other Catholic organizations to take a unique St. Francis Pledge to Care for Creation and the Poor.

Organizational partners and sponsors of the Covenant Campaign reach into every corner of Catholic life here and abroad, including:

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Catholic Charities USA serving nearly eight million people in more than 1,700 local Catholic Charities agencies and institutions

The Catholic Health Association of the United States serving one in six Americans in hospitals

Catholic Relief Services reaching more than 80 million people in more than 100 nations

The National Catholic Education Association, the largest private education system in the world

The Conference of Major Superiors of Men and the Leadership Conference of Women Religious representing hundreds of religious communities who lead with a sense of mission and real world examples of how to care for people in poverty and for God's gift of creation.

Participants also include: the Franciscan Action Network, the National Council of Catholic Women, the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, the National Federation of Priests Councils, the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities, and many others.

The effort responds to and builds upon the leadership of Pope Benedict XVI, the U.S. Catholic Bishops, and many Catholic religious communities who believe that our response to climate change must be guided by the exercise of prudence, the pursuit of the common good and a priority for the poor.

Pope Benedict most recently referenced "troubling climate change" in his Easter message to the world. Before Easter, the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change sent resource packets (in English and Spanish), including the St. Francis Pledge, to all of the 17,000 Catholic parishes and 6,300 Catholic elementary schools in the nation. The Campaign and Pledge are also being promoted by a wide range of other Catholic organizations to reach deeply into every part of Catholic life.

Pressing the issue of responsibility for the impacts of climate change, the Campaign asks the haunting and provocative question "Who is Under Your Carbon Footprint?" in mailings to every parish in the nation, posters, and print ads in Catholic publications, and in major newspapers across the country.

A new website (www.catholicclimatecovenant.org), offers concrete help in carrying out the St Francis Pledge.

"The St. Francis Pledge is at the heart of this effort," says Dan Misleh, Executive Director of the Catholic Coalition on Climate Change. "By linking prayer, reflection and learning to assessment, action and advocacy, many more Catholics will become aware of the moral implications of climate change, make the connections between their own carbon footprint and their obligation to the poor and take private and public action to address the causes and consequences of climate change."

The whole world is insane it seems.

2009-06-29 17:24:34 by Lorenzo

With the Catholic Nuns association, and the Hospitals all across the country behind the new legislation, it doesn't sound like its being rammed to me. The Catholic Health Association which represents some 600 hospitals also support the bill as well. After reading the entire bill which the Nuns say has no provisions for funding abortions, they are confident that the passage will help many who do not have health coverage in this country.
Wow, unlike many of you who would rather listen to Rush, Sean and Mark Levin telling you lies and not fact checking behind them, they actually read the bill. The tell you the American people don't want this and are using "Chicago style strong arm tactics" and making you fear this administration instead of telling you the truth. The are a whole lot of people who strongly believe that doing nothing would be more taxing on our society than not passing a bill at all.
Evil: so you trust talk show puppets instead? Nice alternative...let them tell you whats going on of all people!
Ice: Where do you get those numbers?

It's being pushed forward because if no bill passes (admittedly this bill is not great), no health care reform will be enacted before the present system health care system collapses like our financial system did.

Nuns against priests, I choose the nuns side.

2010-03-18 08:23:35 by CSnumber1

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AARP supports Obama's goals for healthcare reform
http://bulletin.aarp.org/yourhealth/poli cy/articles/health_care_reform_advertisi ng_wars_heat_up_in_august.html

The American Medical Association supports Obama's goals for healthcare reform:
http://www.ama-assn.org/

The American Nurses Association supports Obama's goals for healthcare reform: http://nursingworld.org/MainMenuCategori es/HealthcareandPolicyIssues/HealthSyste mReform.aspx

The American Pharmacists Association supports Obama's goals for healthcare reform:
http://www.pharmacist.com/AM/Template.cf m?Template=/CM/ContentDisplay.cfm&Co ntentID=20369

The three major groups that represent hospitals - the American Hospital Association (AHA), the Federation of American Hospitals, and the Catholic Health Association support Obama's plans to reform healthcare:
http://whatifpost.com/dealmaking-in-dc-o bama-and-the-american-hospital-associati on.htm

Given that so many industry insiders support the plan how do you rationalize your opposition?
Well the right-wing media machine has definitely done its job. There are so many misinformed people people here that we end up disagreeing on details of the bill that are completely made-up.
First poster - You prove my point. You claim that supporting Obama's goals is not the same as supporting "the BO solution." Obama has not personally authored a bill, he's only laid out broad goals. So supporting those goals is exactly the same thing as supporting Obama. You are a prefect example of what misinformation can do. You make emotional responses without grasping the facts and you only end up confusing the issue for yourself and everyone else.

You can fool some of the poeple all of the time and you can fool all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.

2009-08-13 14:16:41 by Felonius Monkey

Just to show that i (unlike some) am being factual

"As horrible as Sexual abuse was, the damage was arguably less then the long-term psychological damage of bringing up a child in the catholic faith"
The God delusion

now unlike mr Dawkin let us look at the actual evidence

a 1996 study found that women who were sexually abused were 3 times more likely to attempt suicide.
[J.R Davidson 'the association of sexual abuse and attempted suidice' 1996]

NOT ONLY THAT

The American Journal of Psychiatry found that people who were raised in a relion were found to be in generally better health and less likely to commit suicide

did you get that

ATHEISTS ARE MORE LIKELY TO COMMIT SUICIDE, BE SEXUALLY ABUSED AND HAVE WORSE GENERAL HEALTH
[2004- an american hournal of psychiatry 161. ]


in light of the evidence what do you think of Mr.Dawkins claim?
i think its page 317 of the God Delusion. by Richard Dawkins
someone accused ME OF LYING

HMPH- talk about double standards
(here is the exact quote)

"Once, in the Question time after a lecture in Dublin, I was asked what i though about the widely publisized cases of sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Ireland. I replied that, as horrible as sexual abuse no doubt was, the damage was arguably less then the long term psyhcological damage inflicted by bringing up the child catholic in the first place"
R.Dawkins: The God Delusion

CHECK MATE

Sounds like he is mentally challenged. We will pray for him and his family.

2008-05-16 18:58:05 by luke weiss mk.III