At a weekend meeting with Father James Hug, a Jesuit priest out of Washington, who is president of the Center of Concern. The center is described as a “a faith-based organization working in collaboration with ecumenical and interfaith networks to bring a prophetic voice for social and economic justice to a global context.”Of course, some might say his Jesuit status makes his Catholicism questionable. Hug talked about the need to think critically about issues ranging from education to health care to housing. He talked about the evils of torture, racism and genocide.
While he said that Catholics are not single-issue voters, he did affirm the values of compassion, fairness and, yes, life. He said Catholic could disagree on the best way to achieve that culture of life. If the end is protecting life and reducing the number of abortions, the means could be to vote for someone who supports services that enable families to keep their children.
Both the bishops’ letter and Hug send Catholics to www.faithfulcitizenship.org, where all sides can find quotes to support their views.
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