shout out to all Catholics?

Works for me. There's entirely too much time and energy wasted in wrangling over doctrinal differences. We don't have to agree on them, but occasionally -- and this certainly applies as one of those times -- we should set those differences aside and focus on working together.

If we want unity instead of conflict, it would seem to me we need to understand the first three chapters of Genesis. Chapter one tells us that God gave man dominion over the fish of the sea, the fowl of the air, and the beasts of the field. Notice He did not give man dominion over other men.

The next two chapters explain how Adam and Eve got kicked out of Eden for becoming "as gods." Why is this important? Because gods, big or little g, have dominion over man. To sum it up this means that NO ONE has the right to impose their will on God's children except God Almighty.

Catholics believe that life is a sacred gift from God and needs to be treated with all human dignity from the moment of conception to the point of natural death.

The Catholic Church is pro-life in the widest sense. This is often called a "Consistent Ethic of Life."

This pro-life stance stresses the highest regard for dignity of human life including that of:

+ All people in objecting to unjust war and nuclear arms.

+ The unborn in objecting to to abortion, in vitro fertilization, frozen embryos, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning

+ The elderly, sick and dying in objecting to assisted suicide and euthanasia

+ Prisoners in objecting to torture and the death penalty

+ The poor and minorities in supporting social justice issues.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 2270 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt3sect2chpt2a...

With love in Christ.

Amen.

Good to see their priorities for the president are all wrong. I think abortion should be issue number 28,910 on his list.

He needs to care as much about the already born as the unborn - then I'd give what he says some credence e.g cover-up of child abuse by priests.

on the other hand, you could try using your brain