Tag: elections
Priests for Life: Political Party Comparison Guide
There has been a lot of information distributed through the media and the internet on the different positions of the candidates on the issues, particularly those issues that have an impact on Christians and Catholics in particular. Priests for Life has again provided a comparison of the positions of the different political parties and candidates relating… Read More ›
Catholic vote split in midterm elections, pro-life amendments adopted
Washington D.C., Nov 7, 2018 / 02:10 pm (CNA).- The 2018 midterm elections saw the Catholic vote split evenly between the two main parties, while down-ballot measures to protect life and religious freedom were adopted by voters in several states. According to Pew Research Center, the Nov. 6 poll saw 50 percent of Catholics vote… Read More ›
Remember to Vote November 6
There has been a lot of information distributed through the media and the internet on the different positions of the candidates who are running for office and the issues being addressed, particularly those issues that have an impact on Christians. Priests for Life provides a comparison of the positions of the different political parties and candidates relating… Read More ›
Early Voting Begins today in North Carolina
“We need to participate for the common good. Sometimes we hear: a good Catholic is not interested in politics. This is not true: good Catholics immerse themselves in politics by offering the best of themselves so that the leader can govern.” – Pope Francis, 9/16/13 The Catholic bishops of the United States are pleased to… Read More ›
Responsible citizenship is a virtue
“Both [major] candidates for president are seen as having such serious flaws as to lead some people to wonder if they can vote for either candidate of the two major parties or if they should skip voting in this year’s election. In the end, people must follow their consciences, but they should also take care… Read More ›
We’re better citizens when we’re more faithful Catholics
. . . So since this is an election year, here are a few simple points to remember as we move toward November. 1. “Catholic” is a word that has real meaning. We don’t control or invent that meaning as individuals. We inherit it from the Gospel and the experience of the Church over the… Read More ›
Life is the first right
“Life is the first right. … God gives us the gift of freedom to choose what is true and good, and therefore it is never right for anyone to choose directly or indirectly what is intrinsically evil, especially when that choice destroys the gift of life. No one ever has a ‘right’ to exercise the… Read More ›
Michael Novak has defined Hillary Clinton as “unvotable” for Catholics
Leading conservative intellectual Michael Novak has defined Hillary Clinton as “unvotable” for Catholics in the upcoming presidential elections because she and her party oppose everything that Catholics hold most dear. Breitbart: In an interview with the Italian online journal Tempi on the so-called “Catholic vote” in the 2016 elections, Novak admits that Trump is not… Read More ›
Our moral obligations and the demands of the common good are abundantly clear
“[O]n some issues the moral obligations of Catholics, and the demands of the common good, are abundantly clear. For example, no Catholic can vote in good conscience to expand legal protection for abortion, or to support the killing of unborn children. … Abortion is a grave, unconscionable and intolerable evil, and we cannot support it… Read More ›
Only the truth, makes us free
“The Gospel of John reminds us that the truth, and only the truth, makes us free. We’re fully human and free only when we live under the authority of the truth. And in that light, no issue has made us more dishonest and less free as believers and as a nation than abortion. People uncomfortable… Read More ›