Just when it seemed that the U.S. bishops had forgotten that there are moral issues besides those relating to human reproduction, there's been some reaction from the bishops conference to the budget debate in Washington.
Bishops Blaire and Pates reaffirmed the“moral criteria to guide these difficult budget decisions” outlined in their March 6 budget letter:
1.Every budget decision should be assessed by whether it protects or threatens human life and dignity.
2.A central moral measure of any budget proposal is how it affects “the least of these” (Matthew 25). The needs of those who are hungry and homeless, without work or in poverty should come first.
3.Government and other institutions have a shared responsibility to promote the common good of all, especially ordinary workers and families who struggle to live in dignity in difficult economic times…
Full press release: http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-063.cfm
