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"The care of human life and happiness, and not their destruction, is the first and only legitimate object of good government." Thomas Jefferson

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YOUR FAITH, YOUR CITIZENSHIP, YOUR VOTE!

Uncle SAm Wants You To Vote CatholicAccording to the United States Catholic Bishops’ comprehensive statement, Living the Gospel of Life (1998), Catholics are “to embrace their citizenship not merely as a duty and privilege, but as an opportunity meaningfully to participate in building the culture of life. Every voice counts. Each act of responsible citizenship is an exercise of significant individual power”.

"We share in the good and evil of those we place in office. The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that, although ‘sin is a personal act, we have a responsibility for the sins committed by others when we cooperate in them (Catechism of the Catholic Church #1868).’” Fr. John Corapi, S.O.L.T., Form Your Conscience! Vote Your Conscience.
          
           Fr. John Corapi Eleventh Hour Election Alert <VIDEO>

                                        
                                   
THREE MINUTE VIDEO
"Three-minute video will help educate and inspire Catholic voters looking for guidance this election. Help spread the word and urge Catholics and all Christians of good will to live their faith in public life with renewed vigor."   (CatholicVote.com)

                         

                             En noviembre, el futuro de Estados Unidos esta en juego.
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"The majority of voters can be uninformed or biased or simply wrong. Thus, to survive, American democracy depends on people of character fighting for their beliefs in the public square - legally, ethically, and nonviolently, but forcefully and without apology. Anything less is a form of theft from the nation's health."
(Archbishop Charles Chaput, Render Unto Caesar, p. 147)

"The transcending issue of our day is the intentional destruction of innocent human life, as in abortion. We wish with all our hearts that no candidate and no party were advocating this heinous act against the human person. However, since it is a transcending issue, and even supported in its most extreme and horrific forms, we must proclaim time and time again that no intrinsic evil can ever be supported in any way, most especially when it concerns the gravest of all intrinsic evils: the taking of an innocent life."  (Cardinal Justin Rigali, Faithful Citizenship — Respect for Life)


                        
  Worthiness to Receive Holy Communion
                           
Memorandum by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger

                        What does "Catholics Vote Catholic" mean? 
                               
      
More Questions & Answers 

  A Brief Catechism for Catholic Voters  
Q & A by Fr. Stephen F. Torraco, PhD

Joint Statements of Dallas/Ft. Worth Bishops
Clear Principles on Catholic Voting

A Pastoral Letter from Most Rev. Joseph F. Martino
Bishop of Scranton, Pa.

A Letter from Most Rev. Arthur Serratelli
Bishop of Paterson, New Jersey

 
Archbishop Chaput Challenges Catholics
A Book Review: Render Unto Caesar


Catholics! Vote Your Conscience!
Statements By Church Leaders

Archbishop Raymond Burke
Our Civic Responsibility

Archbishop Charles Chaput
Church and State - What belongs to Caesar

Bishop Joseph Martino
A Pastoral Letter -  Respect Life Sunday

Archbishop John Myers
A Voters Guide

Archbishop Joseph Naumann
Catholics Called to Bring Faith to Bear on Public Issues

Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted
Catholics in the Public Square

U. S. Bishops
“Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship”

Catholic Bishops of Kansas
Moral Principles for Catholic Voters

Vatican Congregation for the Defense of the Faith
On Some Questions regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life

Bishop John Myers
The Obligation of Catholics and the Rights of Unborn Children


"I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion."(Mother Teresa, Washington, D.C. 1994

"If great things are not done by Catholics in America, the fault lies surely with themselves - not with the republic'... We create the future by our choices and our actions, here and now. That includes our choices in the public square."  
                                                  (Archbishop Charles Chaput, Render Unto Caesar)

                                                                                                                                                      
                                  
Eduardo Verastegui                     HARD TRUTH              
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          Downloadable Brochures
The Catholic Vote. It MattersMcCain vs. Obama

                            
America! This Election is About Life and Death!
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Voting With A Clear Conscience by Father Frank Pavone
Catholic | Interdenominational

Voter Guides (2008)  
Presidential Candidates
Presidential Candidates - Priests for Life
Presidential Candidates -  Quotes & Votes -
On the Issues
Presidential Candidates - AFA
Presidential Candidates - CWA
Presidential Candidates - WallBuilders

McCain, Obama, Pearce, Udall 
- ACU

U.S. Congressional Candidates (NM)
Voter Guide -Senate & House (
NEW)
Pearce and Udall - Votes & Quotes
Voter Guide - National Right to Life
Voter Guide - Project Vote Smart

State Congressional Offices (NM)  
Voter Guide - Center for Traditional
Family Values

Republican Party Platform (2008)

Democratic Party Platform (2008)

A Comparison of Democratic and Republican Party Platforms (2008) 

Prayer  For The Election Of 
Government Officials And For Citizens


Prayer to Blessed Mother Mary

                      Dedication



US Supreme Court
Elections Have Consequences.


                  The Catholic Vote                  Fr. Frank Pavone, National Director, 
Priests for Life


Terri Schiavo's Final Hours

"The night before she died, I said to the media that her estranged husband, Michael, his attorney, Mr. Felos, and Judge Greer were murderers. I also pointed out, that night and the next morning, that contrary to Felos' description, Terri's death was not at all peaceful and beautiful. It was, on the contrary, quite horrifying. In my 16 years as a priest, I never saw anything like it before."
(Fr. Frank Pavone, Priests for Life)

    "To claim the right to abortion, infanticide and euthanasia, and to recognize that right in law, means to attribute to human freedom a perverse and evil significance: that of an absolute power over others and against others. This is the death of true freedom..."  (Pope John Paul II, Evangelium Vitae)
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    "We therefore urge Catholics and all people of good will to join us in reaffirming, cell research, that “the killing of innocent human creatures, even if carried out to help others, constitutes an absolutely unaccept- able act.” (Pope John Paul IIEvangelium Vitae, no. 63).