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Article: Catholics Prove Hard to Convert to the Politics of Coalition
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- The Washington Post
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- September 2, 1996
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The Christian Coalition, whose ranks are predominantly
evangelical Protestant, has embarked on a campaign to recruit
Catholic members with the intent of building a united bloc of
conservative religious voters who could dominate electoral politics
into the next century.
The Coalition's creation of an affiliate called the Catholic
Alliance 10 months ago has prompted an outcry from some in the
Catholic church hierarchy who warned that the Coalition's political
agenda contradicted Catholic teaching that charity and compassion
for the poor and dispossessed is the highest ideal.
Colorado's three bishops last January sent a letter to the
faithful in their state warning them that "THE ...