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 USCCB opts out of human rights group over ‘expanded agenda’
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has withdrawn from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, citing the group’s “expanded and broadened agenda” that fails to “reflect the principles and policies of the bishops’ conference.” In announcing the withdrawal May 19, Bishop William F. Murphy of Rockville Centre, N.Y., chairman of the bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice and Peace, pointed to the rights group’s support of the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court as the most recent example of how the concerns of the two organizations’ have diverged in recent years. Traditionally, the bishops have been neutral on court nominees, said Mercy Sister Mary Ann Walsh, director of media relations for the bishops’ conference. Kagan, U.S. solicitor general, was nominated by President Barack Obama May 10 to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. “In light of recent events,” Bishop Murphy said in a statement, “it has become increasingly clear that the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ continued membership ... is not possible.
(2010-05-26/ CNS)
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