Watch: Voting Catholic
We’ve been hearing about this year’s presidential election for a long time. Emotions are running high on all sides, and as the election draws closer,…
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3 Reasons You Should Vote (Even If You Don’t Want To)
Do you know what Pope Francis’ biggest miracle was during his trip last year to the United States? For one week, Americans didn’t have to…
Video: Voting Catholic
Voting is important. And when elections roll around, there’s always a lot for voters to consider. Different issues are important to different people. However, the…
Loving God on Election Day
It is an unseasonably warm morning in Northeastern Ohio. The pickles Kim (shorthand for the three little people who live at our house) are running wild in a choppy sea of motley leaves. (Raking is on the list. The list is long.) I ask our 4-year-old — the one loping around with a Tyrannosaurus Rex strapped across his torso in a self-styled Baby Bjorn whilst brandishing a stick/pirate sword — what I should write about voting. Without stopping, without so much as lowering his wooden scabbard he yells, “Tell everyone about how you love God.”
What resources exist to help me vote as a Catholic beyond the USCCB’s Faithful Citizenship?
If you’re already familiar with the US Bishops’ document Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship, you’re off to a good start. This document, reissued in 2011…
Prayer for the Election 2008
Almighty and ever–living God, bound in faithful love to Your people, be attentive to our deepest needs; for as a nation we place all our trust…
Catholic in the Voting Booth
There’s no better place to start at this time in history than with the upcoming election and moreover, the issues that Catholics are most concerned about. Catholics are never single-issue voters and this guide will help Catholics in forming their consciences during election season to make the best possible choice they can make keeping their faith in mind alongside their political decisions.
