Timothy Dolan urges Catholics to become more politically active

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8. The question in my mind currently is can one ask if the Church is currently

a rightwing Republican political organization? I ask this as a Catholic. I remember sometime around the election of GW Bush's second term, a Catholic magazine I had (probably Columbia from the Knights of Columbus) that had an exerpt from the author of the book "The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life". At the time, I was working to get John Kerry, a Catholic by the way, elected to stop the Bush wars and torture, etc.. That is around the time I just quit going to church. I still volunteer at Catholic Parish Outreach to help the poor but just couldn't keep going to church. I feel bad because my wife wants things back to the way they used to be including the family going to church on Sundays. But to be honest, I see no reason to be put in an angry mood for the rest of the day on Sundays. But I think the question is a valid question.