Catholics for a Free Choice Files IRS Complaint Against Archdiocese of St. Louis

October 26,2004

Washington, DC—One week before the United States presidential election, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against the Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO, for Archbishop Raymond Burke’s statements in violation of its status as a public charity and his illegal interventions in campaigns for public office. Read More...

Catholics for a Free Choice Files IRS Complaint Against Denver Archdiocese

October 25,2004

Washington, DC—With eight days remaining until Americans will choose their next president, Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) has filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against the Archdiocese of Denver for Archbishop Charles Chaput’s attempts to influence the outcome of the election. Read More...

Catholics for a Free Choice Files IRS Complaint Against Priests for Life

October 13,2004

Washington, DC—As the 2004 election draws near, certain charitable organizations are flouting their tax exempt status in their attempts to influence the outcome. Read More...

Catholics for a Free Choice Files IRS Complaint Against Culture of Life Foundation

September 28,2004

Washington, DC—Can a tax-exempt organization flagrantly disregard the prohibitions on its 501(c)(3) status and publicly target a candidate for higher office for defeat? Read More...

Catholics for a Free Choice Files IRS Complaint Against Catholic Answers’ Partisan Voting Guide

September 20,2004

Washington, DC—Catholics for a Free Choice today filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against Catholic Answers, Inc. for blatant violation of its charitable status. CFFC called on the IRS to exercise its “authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of Catholic Answers and bring an action to enjoin this organization from again distributing this guide through national newspaper advertisements in October.” Read More...

House of Representatives Undermines Women’s Health

September 10,2004

WASHINGTON DC—Women’s rights activists have repeatedly warned that reproductive rights are under attack, and last night the House of Representatives approved a measure that will put women at serious risk. Read More...

Catholics for a Free Choice Supports Proposition 71: The California Stem Cell Research & Cures Initiative

September 07,2004

WASHINGTON DC—Catholics for a Free Choice announced today its endorsement of Proposition 71, the California Stem Cell Research & Cures Initiative. Proposition 71, which will appear on the November 2004 ballot, would provide funds needed for the development of potentially lifesaving therapies and cures for diseases that could save the lives of millions of children and adults and reduce health care costs. Read More...

CFFC Calls on Republican Party to Review Relationships with Catholic Leaders

August 19,2004

WASHINGTON DC—The devastating revelations disclosed today by the National Catholic Reporter regarding past sexual harassment of a young student by Deal Hudson while he was her professor at Fordham University are deeply disturbing. Equally disturbing is Hudson’s inadequate response to these events, which focused on the claim that these matters were long ago satisfactorily concluded. Read More...

Bishops Take Extremist Position

August 04,2004

ATLANTA, GA—After a period of relative quiet, three bishops released a letter today announcing their intention to deny communion to “Catholics serving in public life espousing positions contrary to the teaching of the church” on reproductive rights in the jurisdictions of the Archdiocese of Atlanta and the Dioceses of Charlotte and Charleston. Read More...

Catholics for a Free Choice Files IRS Complaint Against Operation Rescue West’s Opposition to John Kerry

July 26,2004

Washington, DC—Catholics for a Free Choice today filed a complaint with the Internal Revenue Service against Operation Rescue West for blatant violation of its charitable status. CFFC called on the IRS to exercise its “authority to revoke the tax-exempt status of this organization and bring an action to enjoin this organization’s planned political activities in Boston” during this week’s Democratic Party Convention. Read More...

Is There a Catholic Vote?

July 13,2004

Washington, DC—Catholics for a Free Choice (CFFC) released a major new poll today indicating that litmus test issues for the US bishops have little influence on the concerns of most Catholics in this political season. Read More...

Catholic Voters Support Legal Abortion

July 02,2004

WASHINGTON , DC —Catholic voters are aligned with the rest of the nation on the issue of abortion. Read More...

Opposition to Bishops’ Politicking Pervasive Among Catholics

July 01,2004

WASHINGTON , DC —In a year when the bishops have launched an unprecedented foray into the political arena, a new poll demonstrates that the vast majority of Catholics (83%) say they DO NOT believe that politicians who are Catholic have a religious obligation to vote on issues the way Catholic bishops recommend. Read More...

Catholics Support Stem Cell Research

June 30,2004

WASHINGTON , DC— With the recent death of former president Ronald Reagan from Alzheimer’s and the upcoming California ballot initiative on stem cell research, it is likely that this controversial subject will continue to be an issue during this election year. Read More...

Bush’s Hispanic Problem

June 29,2004

WASHINGTON , DC —If one considers how Hispanic Catholics view the war and election issues ranging from taxes to abortion to stem cell research, it is clear that President Bush has a Hispanic problem. Read More...

US Catholics Split on Presidential Race

June 28,2004

WASHINGTON , DC—The most important factor in the upcoming election in determining how Catholics will vote is their confidence in President Bush’s ability to resolve the conflict in Iraq. A survey among 2,239 Catholics voters finds that level of confidence in the president to manage the war is the best predictor for whom a Catholic voter will cast their ballot in November. Read More...

Major New Poll Shows US Catholics Overwhelmingly Reject Bishops’ Effort to Control Catholic Voters and Candidates

June 17,2004

WASHINGTON, DC—As US Catholic bishops meet in Denver under pressure to craft a definitive policy on communion for prochoice Catholic candidates and parishioners, a major new poll demonstrates that Catholics overwhelmingly reject the high-risk gambit of a handful of bishops to politicize the sacraments. Read More...

Catholic Bishops Must Adhere to Federal Regulations Governing Participation in Election Politics

May 27,2004

Washington, DC—The Catholic community has been shocked by recent statements from some bishops claiming that Catholic politicians who are prochoice should be denied Communion. Read More...

Catholic Voters Resist Bishops’ Direction

April 19,2004

Washington, DC—As Election 2004 heat up, increasing attention has been paid to Senator John F. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic nominee, and his practice of Catholicism. Catholics for a Free Choice is reissuing the 2000 poll: Winning the Catholic Vote: Attitudes of Catholic Voters on Politics and the Church . Read More...

Statement of Frances Kissling on Senator John Kerry's Catholicism and the 2004 Election Campaign: “Enough Eucharistic Voyeurism”

April 12,2004

"There is something profoundly disturbing about the current media attention focused on Senator John Kerry’s religious practice. For reporters to follow whether or not the senator receives communion is an inappropriate invasion of private and sacred space." Read More...