WaPo Op-Ed: Does Obama risk losing Catholics?

Finally some mainstream awareness that Obama is no friend of the Catholic Church, despite what he says:

[During the November election,] a number of Catholic thinkers set out a "pro-life, pro-Obama" position -- disagreeing with Obama's pro-choice views but trusting in his moderate instincts and conciliatory temperament.

So far, Obama has done little to justify this faith. His initial actions on life issues -- funding overseas abortion providers, removing restrictions from federally funded medical experimentation on human embryos, revisiting conscience protections for pro-life health-care professionals -- have ranged from conventional to radical. And this may be one reason Obama's support among Catholics has eroded

... Catholics are having second thoughts, but it could get much worse. If the president and Congress are not careful on several issues, these concerns could open a major rift between the Catholic Church and the Democratic Party.

... Obama's Catholic supporters would feel betrayed and discredited -- and rightly so. The Catholic hierarchy and Catholic health professionals would feel assaulted by the president -- and they would be correct. And President Obama would not need to worry about future invitations from Notre Dame. - Michael Gerson in The Washington Post

Mind you - there's another alternative: Obama and the democrats could seriously revisit their commitment to abortion "rights."

In the meantime, the Church is not backing down. And she has a good history of not blinking.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal details the fine work of CatholicVote.com (to which I contributed during the election as a blogger) and other online innitiatives promoting a culture of life online.