Milwaukee, Wis., Jan 29, 2004 / 22:00 pm
Bishops, Catholic leaders and people committed to a pro-life cause are glad that La Crosse Bishop Raymond L. Burke disciplined Catholic politicians who support abortion in December, said Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan.
Archbishop Dolan, a firm pro-life supporter, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel last week that he was happy that his fellow bishop put the issue back on the front burner.
“This [pro-life] is a principle that we can't waffle on,” Archbishop Dolan told the Journal Sentinel, after celebrating a mass for life with several hundred people in Gesu Church on the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. “This is … the premier cause of social justice in America today.”
The letters that Bishop Burke sent to three Catholic Wisconsin politicians made national headlines in December and sparked debate about how politicians are called to live their faith while in office. In his letters, Burke warned politicians, who supported abortion, that they were endangering their spiritual lives and scandalizing others if they persisted in supporting abortion rights.