Presidential Election Round-Up

Here are some quick links related to the upcoming election. Most of them are pretty serious, but the last two are somewhat light-hearted:

CatholicVote.com: Video

CatholicVote.com: Barack Obama on the Issues of Importance to Catholics

Fr. Thomas Berg: Expect Obama to Sign FOCA in the first 100 days

Associated Press: Obama's prime-time ad skips over budget realities

So Long, Democrats: A speechwriter for Obama, Edwards, and Clinton on why she's voting McCain

Domenico Bettinelli: Does campaign behind-the-scenes presage the administration?

Creative Minority Report: Obama's Secret Police

Rush Limbaugh: Don't Talk to Your Girlfriend Like Democrats Talk About America

Revelation: Obama May Have Been a Fetus

Catholic Bishops Speak on Abortion and Voting

This election season, it seems that a larger number of U.S. Catholic bishops have made clear and unambiguous statements on abortion and voting. Here are the statements that I have found so far:

USCCB Statement by Cardinal Rigali and Bishop Murphy
Archbishop Chaput
Bishop Robert Hermann
Bishops Farrell and Vann
Bishop Arthur Serratelli
Bishop Martino
Archbishop Chaput
Bishops Naumann and Finn
Bishop Robert Finn
Bishop Rene Gracida
Cardinal Rigali
Bishop James Johnston

Please note that this list does not include statements that deal with abortion in a more general way, without specifically addressing voting (such as Cardinal Egan's recent column), or those that seek to correct Catholic politicians who have misstated Catholic teaching on abortion (such as the statements listed here).

A Reminder: We are at war

With all the distractions of our modern world, it is good to be reminded from time to time that we are at war. No, I'm not talking about the War on Terrorism. I'm talking about the Culture War, which is very real, which has very high stakes, and which is heating up for a hugely important battle two weeks from now in California.

Learn more here.

And here.