Catholic Conservatives launch new 527

From The Hill e-news:

Conservatives have launched a new 527 organization that will seek to impact Senate and House races in the 2006 mid-term election and beyond.

The group is the Fidelis Media Fund. It is connected with a newly formed 501(c)4 advocacy group, Fidelis, a new political action committee, Fidelis America, and a new 501(c)3 research organization, the Fidelis Center for Law and Justice. The connected entities represent a "family of Catholic-based organizations," said president Joseph Cella.

"We'll elect pro-life, pro-family, pro-religious liberty candidates," said Cella, who explained that the pac and 527 will become involved in the "most competitive House races and Senate races," those with a "margin of one or two or three percentage points."

He said that the group would likely be involved in Sen. Rick Santorum's (R) re-election race in Pennsylvania. The Catholic political organizations plan to be active in the battle over judicial nominees, especially fights involving nominees whose religious views are part of the debate.

Cella would not disclose the groups' expected budgets.

For more, check out the Fidelis website.