Joseph Cella, Fidelis - crititical of Senator Reid - but gets Catholic Teaching wrong.

Joseph Cella of the Ultra Neo Conservative Group "Fidelis" like Dirty Deal Hudson, wants us to believe he is a expert Catholic Commentator....when in fact he is nothing more than a political hack for the GOP who uses Catholicism for political gain. (Cella is pictured to the right of his President at a recent breakfast for Neo Con Republican pseudo Catholics -we hope Cella went to confession after this photo op)

In a so called recent "press release" from "Fidelis" Joe states " Senator Reid’s sudden decision to invoke the moral authority of Pope Benedict on the subject of the Iraq War is wholly disingenuous and it is unfortunate that Senator Reid is using the Pope as a political football." Then he goes on to turn the release into a tirade on the recent Senate Stem Cell bill. Well if Senator Reid is playing "political football" with the Popes words, then Joseph Cella kicked off in the game. Fidelis is nothing more than a front for GOP operatives looking to co-opt the Catholic vote with divisive issues such as Stem Cell Research, while deflecting criticism from their boss - President Bush - on such as issues as the War in Iraq.

See our prior posts on the previous and current Popes statements on the war.

Pope Benedict XVl "nothing positive comes from Iraq"

IRAQ - 4 years of WAR - "This war is ... an offense against God."

What is it that Joseph Cella does not understand about the Vatican's opposition to the war and why is Fidelis avoiding the subject? If this organization ever wants credibility, they must accept all of our Churchs rich tradition and not just a few wedge issues they hope to use to get Republicans elected.

Here are Joseph Cella's GOP credentials: President of the ultra neo conservative group Fidelis, whose political action committee gave exclusively to Republican candidates in 2006, primarily Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania. Cella is a former member of the Ave Maria List political action committee, which contributed more than $50,000 in the 2002 and 2004 election cycles exclusively to Republican campaigns, including those of Saxby Chamblis, Wayne Allard, Norm Coleman, Jim Talent, Elizabeth Dole, and John Thune - all Pro Iraq War Republicans - the same war the Vatican HAS ALWAYS CONDEMMED.