A reader asks: “The Church says it will not tell the faithful which party to vote for. Fine, but doesn’t the Catechism of the Catholic Church warn Catholics that it is a grievous sin to cooperate with evil? Some bishops have started
"A good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of himself, so that those who govern can govern."
With the U.S. midterm elections just around the corner, it seems timely to recall these words from a homily Pope Francis delivered at a daily
Russell Shaw writes that The U.S. bishops in their quadrennial guide for Catholic voters Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship correctly emphasize that conscience formation as being at the heart of responsible voting. Their aim, they say, is not “to tell Catholics for
When it comes to the Catholic view on abortion and life issues, voting is complicated. As David Mills writes in his latest essay, “Catholics aren’t single-issue voters. The Gospel of Life isn’t just the Gospel of Unborn Life. But we are voters
In an new essay, David Mills writes that despite what you might have heard, the Church does not teach that it is sinful to vote for a candidate who supports abortion. He writes that, “In almost every election, especially at the national
A series of long-planned videos that supplement the U.S. bishops' quadrennial "Faithful Citizenship" document that provides guidance to voters during a presidential election year have been finalized for viewing. Posted on the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' website at faithfulcitizenship.org and the
“An authentic faith … always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better than we found it … . If indeed ‘the just ordering of society and of the state is a central