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\u201cToo many Catholics just don\u2019t really care. That\u2019s the truth of it. If they cared, our political environment would be different. If 65 million Catholics really cared about their faith and cared about what it teaches, neither political party could ignore what we believe about justice for the poor, or the homeless, or immigrants, or the unborn child. If 65 million American Catholics really understood their faith, we wouldn\u2019t need to waste each other\u2019s time arguing about whether the legalized killing of an unborn child is somehow \u2018balanced out\u2019 or excused by three other good social policies.\u201d<\/div>\n

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— Archbishop Charles Chaput, March 21, 2009,
delivering the keynote address<\/a> at a conference marking the Year of St. Paul in Detroit.<\/div>\n

UPDATE:<\/b> You can read an interesting take on Chaput’s remarks — and the Q&A after — along with more thoughts on Catholics and pro-life politicians at this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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