Your Holiness, What are You Waiting For?
re: "The ‘Big Bill’ in Congress Imperils the Poor, U.S. Bishops Warn" (Matthew Gambino, CatholicPhilly, 7/2/25)
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Longtime voice of Philly8 bishops Matthew Gambino warned that the Big Beautiful Bill was not good for the "common good," but he neglected to provide a Catholic explanation of that frequently confused term. As per the Catechism:
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1924 The common good comprises "the sum total of social conditions which allow people, either as groups or as individuals, to reach their fulfillment more fully and more easily" (GS 26 § 1).
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1925 The common good consists of three essential elements: respect for and promotion of the fundamental rights of the person; prosperity, or the development of the spiritual and temporal goods of society; the peace and security of the group and of its members.
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1926 The dignity of the human person requires the pursuit of the common good. Everyone should be concerned to create and support institutions that improve the conditions of human life.
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1927 It is the role of the state to defend and promote the common good of civil society. The common good of the whole human family calls for an organization of society on the international level.
Respect for and promotion of the fundamental rights of the person certainly means being unapologetically against abortion.
As per Google, the following pro life organizations were in favor of the Big Beautiful Bill
Americans United for Life (AUL)
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America
March for Life
Students for Life Action
Faith & Freedom Coalition
American Principles Project
Family Policy Alliance
Concerned Women for America LAC AAPLOG (American Association of Pro-life Obstetricians & Gynecologists) Action
ACLJ Action
Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Christian Employer Alliance
Early Care & Education Consortium Investment Company Institute (ICI).
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Joe Tevington is a proudly orthodox Catholic, a husband since 1986, a dad to two adult children, a grandpa to two, and a civil service retiree. He is a sign language fluent certified rehabilitation counselor with graduate degrees in deafness rehabilitation, religious studies/moral theology, & Christian counseling psychology, as well as a catechetical diploma and certificates in benefits planning and Catholic social ministry. He deeply appreciates Catholic teaching on the sanctity of human life and the sanctity of the transmission of human life, as well as how they are to inform us in our apostolates and ministries.
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