Catholic Bishops Speak Out about Election 2016!

A tale of two Catholic candidates – looking at the 2016 vice president picks.

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 in the voting booth. Blind partisanship can be dangerous, and we have to look past political rhetoric and media alarmism to make prudent discernments.

In good conscience, some Catholics might choose to vote for a candidate who, with some degree of probability, would be most likely to do some good, and the least amount of harm, on the foundational issues: life, family, conscience rights and religious liberty.

U.S. Catholic Bishops came away with three big winners in this weeks culture wars. Full article at Prolifenewsflash.org

Bishops slammed U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Chairman Martin R. Castro, a Democrat and Obama appointee for anti-religious anti Catholic statements. Full article at Catholicnewsagency.com

Bishops shot down fake Catholics (Catholics for Choice, a Washington-based group funded by wealthy donors and million-dollar investments). Full story NCRegister.com

Archbishop Charles J. Chaput challenged us to acknowledge the forces which now shake the foundations of our republic and seek to rob us of our liberty. Full article Sex, family and the liberty of the Church

Reflections on the 2016 Election by the Catholic Bishops. “All Catholics have a moral obligation to keep [the] human rights catastrophe” of abortion “at the forefront of their minds when voting.” Also Government agencies are increasingly “attempting to punish individuals and institutions that adhere to the truth that marriage can only be between a man and a woman, and that every child deserves a mother and a father.” View YouTube Video  They noted the role judges play in this crackdown. One of the most significant responsibilities of the president is the appointment not only of Supreme Court justices, but all federal judges.

“The president of the United States exercises enormous power by his or her appointments to the court, the Cabinet and federal agencies and commissions,” Naumann wrote. “Remember: In choosing a president, we are also choosing judges as well as bureaucrats who will interpret legislation by the manner in which they choose to implement it.”

“For more than 2,000 years, the church has steadfastly proclaimed that respect for all human life at every stage is foundational to the Catholic faith,” he said. “Abortion from the earliest tradition of the church has been considered immoral.” San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller  Self-identified Catholics talking about their support for a woman’s decision to safely and legally terminate a pregnancy or have a baby. It could not be further from the truth to call public funding of abortion a Catholic social justice value, García-Siller’s statement said. Abortion is not a Catholic social justice value.

García-Siller said he hoped Catholics for Choice “will take the time to acquaint themselves with basic Catholic teachings” and not misrepresent them with “false and inaccurate information and ads that only work to confuse and mislead the public.”

A full-page ad blitz with the words “Public funding of abortion is a Catholic social-justice value” has made a splash in major newspapers across the United States. Full story NCRegister.com But Catholic bishops and lay leaders have seized on the campaign as an opportunity to rebuke the abortion lobby group that is sponsoring the campaign for falsely characterizing itself as Catholic — and to unequivocally state that “social justice” and “pro-life” values are inseparably united in Catholic social teaching.

The “social justice” tagline is part of the new multiyear “Abortion in Good Faith” campaign conducted by Catholics for Choice, a Washington-based group funded by wealthy donors and million-dollar investments that dissents from Catholic teaching on the inherent dignity of human life. The campaign made its Sept. 12 debut in 20 national and local newspapers, both in English and Spanish.

Same-sex relationships cannot be considered ‘in any way similar or even remotely analogous to God’s plan for marriage and family.
Just days after United States Vice President Joe Biden officiated at a same-sex wedding ceremony, three leading bishops aimed for clarity: such actions counter Catholic teaching and aren’t a faithful witness. Full Article at CatholicNewsAgency.com