https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/sep/28/nuns-on-the-bus-paul-ryan-catholic
"My organisation, founded by Catholic sisters 40 years ago, lobbies the US Congress for economic justice with a strongly progressive faith voice. This year, motivated by a disturbing proposal for a new national budget, we decided to try something new for us – a 2,700-mile bus tour through nine states that would connect us directly with people who would suffer if the budget were approved.
Catholic sisters work daily with people who live at the economic margins. We planned to stand with our sisters and the people they serve, to hear their stories, and to bring their voices back to Washington. We felt we must do this as our response to calls of the gospel and Catholic social teaching to actively challenge injustice wherever we find it.
The budget proposal we opposed was authored by House of Representatives budget chairman Paul Ryan. The so-called "Ryan budget" would slash funding for programmes that serve people in need while giving bigger tax breaks to the wealthy. He had the backing of fellow Republicans, who hold the majority in the House. His budget was also endorsed by presidential candidate Mitt Romney, who in August named Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. For two years, we had lobbied Congress to oppose such budget cuts, and we also encouraged thousands of our members to contact their elected officials to voice their opposition. It was time to go out on the road to amplify our collective voices.
Particularly appalling to us as Catholic sisters, Ryan announced that the values in his budget proposal reflected those of his Catholic faith. This is emphatically not true, and the US Conference of Catholic Bishops wrote a series of letters stating that programmes that help people in poverty must be protected.".....(more)
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