Has Obama dissolved his Catholic advisory council?
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Sen. Barack Obama / Bill Donohue

, Jun 10, 2008 / 05:25 pm (CNA).- Sen. Barack Obama, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, has apparently dissolved his Catholic National Advisory Council. According to the latest information obtained by CNA, evidence of the committee’s continued existence remains elusive.

Bill Donohue, president of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said in a June 9 press release that there is no mention of the advisory council on the Obama website and Obama’s National Catholic Outreach Coordinator has not responded to Catholic League inquiries about the council.

In recent months two Catholic advisors to Obama have been the subject of controversy. One of Obama’s Catholic advisers, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius, was recently rebuked by Archbishop of Kansas City Joseph Naumann because of her pro-abortion views and asked by the archbishop not to present herself for Holy Communion.

The other Obama advisor who has drawn fire is Chicago priest Fr. Michael Pfleger who reportedly withdrew his name from the Advisory Council after video of him mocking Obama’s Democratic opponent Sen. Hillary Clinton was publicized. Amid critical media coverage, Fr. Pfleger was asked by Cardinal Francis George, the Archbishop of Chicago, to take a two-week leave of absence from his parish.

Bill Donohue had called on Sen. Obama to dissolve the campaign’s Catholic National Advisory Council because of what he said was the senator’s selection of “dissident Catholics.” Donohue said most of the public officials on the council had a 100 percent rating from NARAL, a pro-abortion group.

Noting the lack of publicity for the Catholic National Advisory Council, Donohue said “It would appear, then, that the group no longer exists.”

The Catholic League informed CNA on Tuesday that no further information on the fate of the advisory council has surfaced. The League also pointed to a report from BeliefNet in which one of the advisory council’s members said that she chats on the phone with other members, but does nothing more.

The full list of Obama’s advisory council members can be found on CNA here or by going to http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12621

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Published by: Patrick Whelan
Boston MA, US 06/12/2008 11:19 AM EST
The big unreported part of this story is that the Catholics for McCain effort has been publicly lifeless since February. Their website (www.CatholicsforMcCain.com) hasn’t had a blog posting since February 11, and their ‘subscribe’ link is non-functional. Even the McCain Campaign website has no reference to Catholic outreach other than a December 2007 press release announcing its formation. Given the importance of Catholics in this election, I think we can be sure both campaigns are taking their Catholic Outreach planning seriously.
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Published by: Jack Angelo Territo
Buffalo,ny usa 06/12/2008 07:41 AM EST
Why should any Catholic be affiliated with Obama???n He's pro-abortion and partial birth abortion and pro-homosexuality everywhere. ???
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Published by: Cornelius
Alexnadria, VA 06/11/2008 06:20 AM EST
Too bad it's been dissolved, if true. This "Catholic" advisory council would have brought this issue of pro-abort Catholics to a head simply by the sheer scandal of it.
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