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Ambassador Ray Flynn Speaks to the Cleveland Catholic Forum
On October 18th, 2004, Ray Flynn, a former mayor of Boston, Ambassador to the Vatican and honorary boardmember of the Cleveland Catholic Forum spoke at the Cleveland Catholic Forum’s inaugural event to an audience of hundreds of concerned Catholics about the importance of voting for the “Culture of Life” on November 2.
The Ambassador explained the fact that over 1.3 million abortions are legally performed in the United States every year despite new legislation that has helped to protect the unborn in the past few years. With love, compassion, and charm Ray Flynn emphasized the sanctity of human life, the fact that each human life from the moment of conception is precious and that lawmakers who are opposed to the “Culture of Life” described by Pope John Paul II, should not be given any Catholic’s vote.
At the close of this event, Ambassador Flynn was available for a book signing and met with all of those in attendance who wished to meet with him. Later that night, Ambassador Flynn, was seen on The O’Reilly Factor.
On October 19th, 2004 Ambassador Flynn spoke to the young men of St. Ignatius High School about the fact their generation was the future of America. He told them that it is their personal duty to stand up for the Culture of Life. Afterward, a large group of enthusiastic and ideological students met with the Ambassador and asked serious and informed questions about their Catholic Faith, values, and the issues facing our nation today.
We at the Cleveland Catholic Forum would like to extend a sincere thank you to all of those who have helped us out so much. Thank you to Ambassador Flynn for his time and energy. Thank you to our donors, our affiliated groups, the priests, sisters, pastors, lay volunteers, and all of those that simply came in attendance. The outpouring of support has been overwhelming. We truly have been blessed. Thank you!
We look forward to putting on new events in the Cleveland area very soon. Please visit this web site often and join our mailing list by filling out the sign up form on the upper right side of this web site.
May God Bless you,
Sincerely,
The Cleveland Catholic Forum
About Ambassador Ray Flynn:
Raymond Flynn is a best selling author and national public speaker. He is a regular political commentator and frequent political and religious analyst on national and local television, including Meet the Press, Night Line, ABC, NBC, CTV, PBS' Jim Leher News Hour, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, EWTN, BBC, CBS News, as well as many other national newspaper, magazine and radio programs. He has been praised as one of the most insightful and foremost experienced political - religious analysts in the United States.
As U.S. Ambassador, Flynn served as America's Envoy to the Vatican, the government of the worldwide Catholic Church. Democratic and Republican U.S. Presidents alike have selected him to represent our nation at official Vatican events. On behalf of the United States, he assisted the Vatican in the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the Vatican and the State of Israel. He also represented the U.S. efforts that helped win Vatican support for the nuclear non-proliferation treaty, for U.N. peacekeeping efforts in the Balkans, and for U.S. - backed efforts to restore democracy in Haiti. Ambassador Flynn also served as the United States representative in relief efforts around the world and helped establish a compact between the U.S. government and the Catholic Church with other religious and non-profit organizations to deliver humanitarian aid to countries suffering from natural disasters, famine, disease, and political unrest.
Flynn was first elected Mayor of Boston in 1984, and won reelection twice each time by record margins. The Flynn administration was known as both competent and caring. Despite inheriting a $40 million deficit and a low bond rating, Flynn went onto balance eight consecutive budgets, raise the city's bond rating to the highest in its history, implement a billon dollar capital improvement plan, expand access to healthcare, and spur over $16 billion dollars in private development. By the time he left office, a newspaper poll showed that his favorability rating was nearly 80% and almost half of the city's residents had actually met him!
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