I wish all the Catholics I worked with for so many years got that message. They voted dem for that reason, even when confronted with the abortion issue.
The democrats helped the poor. That took priority over abortion. Hence they voted dem.
By their own admission.
And these were not twice a year Catholics. They were very active in their local parishes and had quite a knowledge of Catholic history and doctrine and were very faithful in their attendance.
They are, for the lack of a better term, Bernardin Catholics. The late Cardinal of Chicago, he worked hard to keep Catholics in the Democratic Party after the pols began to turn pro—choice. So he gave them cover by making “pro-life” include opposition to the death penalty and anti-war. Cuomo’s Notre Dame speech epitomized Berdardin’s equivocation. Yes, abortion was bad, BUT what about the homeless, or any other cause that the DNC tried to bring up. The pronouncements of the Bishop’s conference were, except on the abortion issue, something that might have been issued by the DNC. So many bishops were brought up in Democratic households.