Bishops struggle as flock balks at voting guidance

• Topics:
  • Politics
  • Faith/Religion
• Published:
  1. St. Louis Post-Dispatch, November 16, 2008
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  • 1254 words
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"If the Lord does not build the house, in vain do its builders labor; if the Lord does not watch over the city, in vain does the watchman keep vigil." Chicago's Cardinal Francis George used this verse from the 127th Psalm to begin a statement released last week by the nation's Catholic bishops warning President-elect Barack Obama and a majority Democratic Congress about their abortion policy.