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What about the Catholic bishops in LA "endorsing" Senator Landrieu (D)?

When was this? I thought there was a big thing when a bishop in '96 made a point of saying Catholics should NOT vote for Landrieu because she wasn't pro-life?

An archbishop said that it was permissible for New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin to endorse fellow Democrat Landrieu because Landrieu could "do so much" for New Orleans as a senator. Even though Nagin has prolife views, he set those views aside to vote for Landrieu in 2002. The archbishop wrote a letter to a Catholic woman objecting to what Nagin had done. He replied essentially that Catholics could set aside the prolife issue if a lawmaker could "do so much" for a locality. So, the bishop did not endorse Landrieu, but he winked at otherwise conservative prolife Catholics who wanted to vote for her so desperately. They could vote for Landrieu and still be in good standing with the archbishop. Why? Because Landrieu allegedly has been bringing home the bacon for liberal New Orleans