Though I consider myself a deist, I am glad that there are liberal Catholic groups like Catholics United trying to do the right thing and fight back against the the Catholic Right represented by groups such as the Catholic League.

This is what Catholics United is up against:

For decades, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) has worked to end poverty by empowering people in low-income communities. Despite CCHD’s organizing successes, the Catholic Right is now working to discredit the program and take away its funding. Just last week, a coalition of anti-social justice groups launched a new petition campaign calling on the U.S. Catholic Bishops to suspend all national CCHD grants.

These conservative groups say that CCHD money is being used to support abortion and same-sex marriage, which is not true. What is true is that the Catholic Right’s attacks are political in nature. One member of the anti-social justice coalition mocks CCHD for funding groups that support community organizing and a strong role for the federal government in ending poverty.

They have a petition going on here which you can sign to ask that the CCHD (Catholic Campaign for Human Development) continue to fund the important work of fighting poverty and community organizing. If there is one thing I associate Catholicism with is fighting poverty and support for labor! I may not agree with them on some social issues, but I support them on these matters.