.- Chris Korzen, Executive Director of Catholics United, told CNA in an e-mail last Friday that his group is getting ready to launch a news organization of its own.
CNA had contacted Korzen to confirm whether or not the organization Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good (CACG) had gone out of business. Korzen refused to answer any questions about the status of CACG, claiming that CNA has not made clear "what your real motivations are" in asking questions about Catholics United and CACG.Nevertheless, in his e-mail, Korzen revealed that "Catholics United is moving into the news business."
Korzen did not say when the news business will be launched or how it will be financed, but noted that one of the tasks of the new entity will be "reporting on the activities of CNA and EWTN."On July 16, Catholics United committed $500,000 to support Catholic Democrats who voted for the health care reform bill; in particular, John Boccieri (OH-16), Kathy Dahlkemper (PA-03), Steve Driehaus (OH-01) and Tom Perriello (VA-05.) Perriello, a founder of Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, is a freshman congressman whose election was highly praised by Korzen. After two years of questionable voting on the life issues, Perriello is at risk of loosing his seat to a Republican contender.
Whether the news business will be part of the effort to get key Catholic Democrats re-elected in November, has not been yet clarified. "More to follow on that front," Korzen said in his response to CNA.
Given the plight of news organizations nowadays, I don't expect success for this endeavor. How many sources of anti-Catholic bias and half-truths regarding the Church can the market support? Besides, they'd be competing with America, Commonweal and the National Catholic Distorter. Along with the NY Times, Time, Newsweek, the LA Times....
Who wants to bet that somehow, someway, the invisible hand of George Soros will be involved with the financing of this news business - should it even get off the ground? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller?
If I had to guess (and I will), this news business will have a purely political bent - because Catholics Untied believes that everything is political - even the faith. Especially the faith. Their mantra will be "conscience" - it's the only card in their deck they can play. They can't defend their erroneous positions any other way. Long-standing Church teachings on abortion, artificial contraception and authentic social justice issues are either summarily ignored or minimized, subject to the idolatry commonly referred to as "following one's conscience" - another Catholic principle egregiously misapplied. Thus, the group has no problem encouraging other Catholics to subjugate their faith for the sake of politics - because at their very core, Catholics United isn't Catholic. They're no better than snake oil salesmen of a bygone era - they know what they're selling is worthless, but they have no compunction about profiting from it anyway. Catholics United is the 21st century electorate carpetbagger.
In addition, Catholics United vehemently protested the Susan B Anthony List bus tour held for a week in August. SBA traveled throughout the Midwest, highlighting those Catholic Democrat representatives up for re-election, who voted "yes" on Obamacare, despite the fact the package provides funding for abortion.
Catholics United cannot afford to lose the support they garnered for Obama back in '08, when they tricked uninformed Catholics into believing that a vote for him was consistent with Catholic ethics - and they are determined to help Catholic Democrats keep their seats this fall. Apparently, they believe that starting this news business is the way to go about that.
It is obvious that pro-Obama Catholics United are threatened by CNA, EWTN and the Susan B Anthony List. That's the standard reaction when those who politicize their faith are confronted by the truth. I have a hard time believing that a tough woman of Mother Angelica's stripe, who trusted everything to God's providence, will feel equally threatened by Catholics United, who are all too trusting in Obama's munificence.
