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Conscience: The Newsjournal of Catholic Opinion

Summer-Autumn 2008
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press release

Population Research Institute, Inc. "expressly advocated the election of John McCain and the defeat of Barack Obama" in Presidential Election
Catholics for Choice Files Complaints with IRS and FEC

20 November 2008—Washington, DC—Catholics for Choice today filed complaints with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Federal Election Commission (FEC) over a pre-election edition of Population Research Institute’s Weekly Briefing. Read more...

Click here to read the complaint to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)

Click here to read the complaint to the Federal Election Commission (FEC)

Statement

Catholics for Choice Statement on the Common Good:
Five Inconvenient Truths for the Bishops

12 November—Washington, DC—Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued a statement today in response to discussions about abortion at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops fall assembly. Read more...

Statement

Catholics for Choice Statement on the US Election and Priorities for the Next President

5 November —Washington DC—Jon O’Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued a statement today on the US election results and the priorities for the next president. Read more...

catholic voter opinion survey

Major New Poll Demonstrates that Catholic Voters are Divided on President, United against Church Influence in Politics

21 August - Washington, DC—A major new poll today released by Catholics for Choice reveals that Catholic voters, who make up 25% of the American electorate, are currently splitting their vote for president between Barack Obama and John McCain, but are united in their aversion to mixing religion and politics.  Read more...

humanae vitae

Examining Humanae Vitae on the anniversary of the Catholic hierarchy's ban on contraception

July 2008

statements and Press Releases

CFC in the News

Click here to see media coverage of the Humanae Vitae anniversary.

Click here to see op-eds written by Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice.

New Publication

Truth & Consequence - A Look behind the Vatican's Ban on Contraception

14 April - Catholics for Choice released a publication examining the impact of 40 years of Humanae Vitae, the Vatican document that cemented the ban on contraception. Widely acknowledged as a defining moment in modern church history, Humanae Vitae became a source of great conflict and division in the church. To read Truth & Consequence—A Look behind the Vatican’s Ban on Contraception, click here [PDF].

Podcasts

April 2008 - Catholics for Choice organized a telephone conference call with four noted Catholic theologians to launch Truth and Consequence (see  above). Below are links to podcasts of the four theologians’ contributions.