Dear Friend, 

Catholic Action’s past support for Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, Archbishop of San Francisco, is set to skyrocket once again. He, along with Cardinal Burke, have served as Episcopal Advisors of Catholic Action since before its inception. 

Immediately following the mid-term election, His Excellency responded to the tragic outcome of voters in five different states ratifying pro-abortion amendments to their state constitutions. As most of us know, California’s Proposition 1 was the worst of these efforts because it legalized abortion up to the moment of birth and effectively turned California into an abortion haven.

We can now look back on Roe v Wade as antiquated law. After half a century, science and technology caught up with the barbaric procedure of murdering the innocent child in the mother’s womb. When a mother sees her child on the screen of an ultra sound machine, the vast majority of mothers decide to not have an abortion.  

Please take a moment to view His Excellency’s video statement which is only 2:41 long and literally one for the ages:

These are a few highlight from the Archbishop’s statement:

• He cites recent surveys which indicate that, even in California, 10% more women identify as pro-life while the percentage of women who identify as pro-choice has fallen by 7 full percentage points.
• He unambiguously calls the struggle we are involved in a “spiritual battle” that will continue due to measures like this.
• His Excellency said that the Archdiocese will continue to do the essential work of accompanying mothers in distress through life-saving crisis pregnancy centers and healing ministries; and
• He ends with a rousing testament to the Church’s charitable efforts:  “The response to a women in a crisis pregnancy is not violence, death, and isolation, but support and tender-loving care.”

Certainly we as Catholics must continue to stand side-by-side with the Church in the ongoing battle for life and double our prayers and efforts.

There is indeed much work to be done!

More than a half-century after the completion of the Temple, the governor Nehemiah looked at the broken down walls of Jerusalem, and the scripture says he “sat down and wept,” fasting and praying before God (Neh. 1:4). But rebuilding the walls was a dangerous and arduous task. As the rebuilding got underway, a point came when the laborers had to do their work with one hand while holding a weapon with the other hand. And they stood side-by-side in the effort!

And should there be any doubt about our commitment to this fight, we at Catholic Action want to re-state our pledge:

Your Excellency, Archbishop Cordileone, we and all our Catholic Action allies are not only fully behind you, we stand side-by-side with you in this battle!

Your friend in Christ,

Thomas McKenna

Founder and President

Catholic Action for Faith and Family
http://www.catholicaction.org/

P.S. With tremendous gratitude on Veterans Day, the Catholic Action staff and community extend our prayers, honor and thanks today and every day to all military personnel who are currently serving or have served in the past.