To: Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York
Open Letter to Archbishop of New York, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
Gist of the Open Letter:
To Your Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
We ask you to:
1. Reexamine how the USCCB is endangering the religious freedom of women by trying to restrict health insurance that covers contraception.
2. Remind Vatican agencies that have sharply criticized American nuns for focusing on the plight of the poor that their action endangers the Church’s commitment to social justice for the poor.
3. Remind all Catholics that critics of actions by the official Church leadership should be treated with respect and dialogue, not with attack and condemnation.
A selection of the initiating signers include:
Rev. Bob Edgar, president, Common Cause; former general secretary of NCC USA
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rector, American Jewish University
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lt. governor of Maryland
Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms.
To Your Eminence, Timothy Cardinal Dolan
We ask you to:
1. Reexamine how the USCCB is endangering the religious freedom of women by trying to restrict health insurance that covers contraception.
2. Remind Vatican agencies that have sharply criticized American nuns for focusing on the plight of the poor that their action endangers the Church’s commitment to social justice for the poor.
3. Remind all Catholics that critics of actions by the official Church leadership should be treated with respect and dialogue, not with attack and condemnation.
A selection of the initiating signers include:
Rev. Bob Edgar, president, Common Cause; former general secretary of NCC USA
Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Rector, American Jewish University
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, former Lt. governor of Maryland
Gloria Steinem, founder of Ms.
Why is this important?
This petition asks Catholic church leadership and people of all faiths to consider actions by the Church leadership that threaten the sustenance of the poor and attack religious freedom, especially of women.
Archbishop Dolan can address these issues with other US Catholic officials. This campaign began June 8, 2012 with an e-mail by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Shalom Center, entitled Bishops Attack Religious Freedom; Vatican Attacks Nuns. Subsequent Shalom Reports built on related topics and can be viewed at www.theshalomcenter.org
The full open letter is available at https://theshalomcenter.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=1&reset=1
Archbishop Dolan can address these issues with other US Catholic officials. This campaign began June 8, 2012 with an e-mail by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, director of the Shalom Center, entitled Bishops Attack Religious Freedom; Vatican Attacks Nuns. Subsequent Shalom Reports built on related topics and can be viewed at www.theshalomcenter.org
The full open letter is available at https://theshalomcenter.org/civicrm/petition/sign?sid=1&reset=1