The September issue of the Catholic Courier features a column by Father William Byron that touts a gathering this past July called “Convention for the Common Good“. A key sponsor of this convention was a group known as “Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good“. When this group was in the formation process, former U.S Ambassador to the Vatican, Ray Flynn, was solicited to become a board member. Mr. Flynn declined when told that this group would not support efforts to legally curtail abortion.

According to Jack Smith, who is editor of the Catholic Key(official newspaper of the Diocese of Kansas City), Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good is a front organization sponsored by the Democratic National Committee. Its purpose is to convince Catholics to vote for pro-abort Democrats.

Cardinal George has this to say about the “common good” and abortion:

The unborn child, who is alive and is a member of the human family, cannot defend himself or herself. Good law defends the defenseless. Our present laws permit unborn children to be privately killed. Laws that place unborn children outside the protection of law destroy both the children killed and the common good, which is the controlling principle of Catholic social teaching. One cannot favor the legal status quo on abortion and also be working for the common good.

Please don’t be taken in by these anti-lifers who pose as catholics.