And Now, A Special Message From Catholic Vote

From catholicvote.org: I have not shared this publicly before. But yesterday’s news prompted me to reconsider. Back in January I received a phone call from a friend. He was connected to the RFK campaign and thought some of the things I was saying about the pro-life issue could be of help to “Bobby.” I was skeptical. Who wouldn’t be.   Bobby Kennedy wasn’t exactly saying things that would immediately attract the Catholic voters I know. Or was he? He was a Democrat, turned independent, best known at the time for his vaccine skepticism, with some challenges in his personal life to boot. Most importantly, he was publicly pro-abortion — and we were on the cusp of endorsing Trump. Pro-abortion politicians aren’t usually eager to talk to me. But this was different. I learned quickly that RFK was no ordinary politician. He wasn’t simply interested in money or support. He was genuinely curious. He wanted fresh ideas on how to break the partisan stalemate on abortion. I also learned that RFK was still very much attached to the faith of his childhood — albeit not in the same way as you and me. I was told that while he doesn’t regularly attend Mass (if at all), he still prays daily — including the rosary.   Several months after we began talking, he was interviewed by EWTN. In that interview he talked about growing up Catholic:   “We said the Rosary at least once a day, oftentimes three times a day. We prayed before and after every [meal]. We read the Bible every night. We read the lives of the saints. We went to church…it was our whole family, and it was really our whole community. It was part of me growing up.”   Over the course of several months, I had countless conversations with his team, including several calls with his family, and calls with RFK directly. We obviously disagreed on the question of whether abortion should remain legal. But he wanted to explore how we could reduce abortions — and more importantly — genuinely help women who feel coerced into having an abortion.   In a breakthrough moment (which the media ignored), while speaking to a group of supporters earlier this year, he said out loud what we did discuss and agreed on — it’s time we spend as much money on helping women who want to keep their child as we do on accessing abortion.   In the course of my conversations with his advisors, his family, and Bobby himself, we talked about prayer, faith, the Catholic principle of solidarity, Pope Francis, IVF, and many other topics. On IVF, for example, one of his closest advisors suggested that the IVF controversy raging at the time ignored the question of why IVF was perceived to be needed in the first place — namely, why our culture and our economy penalize getting married young, and discourage having children young. Further, why women are waiting until their mid to late 30’s to begin having children, after spending years being told to fill their bodies with chemicals — and then are shocked at their inability to conceive. Why am I sharing this?   Yesterday RFK gave one of the most substantive and powerful speeches of this electoral cycle. It was powerful because it was so different from what we typically hear from our political leaders. He called out those forces aligned against our children and our way of life. He spoke truth to power. And he talked about how the Democratic Party is a big part of the problem.   While he focused on chronic disease, mental health, governmental censorship, and endless wars, his real point was that a massive government-corporate complex now seeks to run our lives, censor our speech, and control our children. And that these governmental agencies, aligned with big business monopolies, are not only making billions of dollars — they are utterly failing us (even killing us).   Perhaps his most powerful line: “we need to choose to love our children more than we hate each other.”   He didn’t call them out, and likely doesn’t realize it yet, but he perfectly described Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. And Anthony Fauci and the global health tyrants that sought to bring about a “great reset” with COVID.   RFK doesn’t agree with us on many things. He also doesn’t agree with Trump on many things. But he understands the threat posed by Kamala Harris.   The culture of death that we are fighting relies on a massive system of control and profit — crony capitalism aided by governmental regulation and power that enriches its adherents, and punishes dissent. It may not seem directly related to the issue of abortion and marriage, families and religion. But it is. Donald Trump and J.D. Vance — and now RFK  — are bravely willing to call out the corruption and failures of our ruling class. They want to break up the new oligarchy that seeks to rule us. And give us back our freedom.   And our country. They deserve the support of every Catholic in America.   And we intend to help deliver it. Brian Birch, Presdident, catholicvote.org. P.S. The events of the last 24 hours just made the 2024 election more important than ever. We’ve had an assassination attempt, a coup, and now a dramatic “team of rivals” unity ticket. Your prayers, fasting, activism and support remain crucial.