Welcome to
the Catholic
Voter Resource Center
THE CATHOLIC VOTE
YOUR FAITH, YOUR
CITIZENSHIP, YOUR VOTE!
 According
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.
Greetings!
Please
download and promote the Catholic
Coalition of NM 2010 Mid-Term Election Voter's Guide
as widely as
possible.
CATHOLIC
COALITION OF NEW MEXICO
2010 Mid-Term Election Voter's Guide
CCNM Voter's Guide Candidate Ratings
CCNM
prepared and distributed a brief candidate survey by email, mail, phone
and personal interviews and consolidated the responses of 121 candidates
in this report. The survey questions addressed the non-negotiable moral
evils that have plunged our nation into a deep moral crisis: legalized
abortion, euthanasia, same sex marriage, human cloning, and the
destruction of human embryos for research. Actual
Survey Questionnaire
Candidate were rated based on their responses to the survey, a review of the candidates’ campaign material, speeches, press interviews, public statements, and public records to ascertain incumbents’ voting records. The CCNM board and political action committee also reviewed voter guides published by other pro-life and pro-family organizations, consulted with trusted pro-life/pro-family congressmen, and knowledgeable conservative citizens in districts around the state. Candidates whose responses and/or record (votes, statements, speeches) were in accord with Catholic moral principles were recommended.
In instances where a candidate’s record and statements were mostly in line with Catholic moral teaching but imperfect while his/her opponent’s record showed an anti-life voting record and allegiance, we accept the counsel and wisdom of faithful Church leaders including Cardinal John O’Connor
(rip), Archbishops John Myers and Charles Chaput, Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, who reminds Catholic voters that “Where every candidate endorses positions contrary to non-negotiable principles, choose the candidate likely to do the least harm. If several are equal, evaluate them based on their views on other, lesser issues.”
For more information on the principles of Catholic voting, please
review the
resources on this home page, reference and key resources sections.
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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
Living
the Gospel of Life:
A Challenge to American Catholics
Catholic Bishops of Kansas
Moral Principles for Catholic Voters
Vatican
Congregation for the Defense of the Faith
Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect
Doctrinal Note
On Some Questions regarding
The Participation of Catholics in
Political Life
Bishop John Myers
The
Obligation of Catholics and the Rights of Unborn Children
More Informative Statements and Articles
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
Clear
Principles on Catholic Voting
Joint
Statements of Dallas/Ft. Worth Bishops
A
Pastoral Letter from Most Rev. Joseph F. Martino
Bishop
of Scranton, Pa.
A
Letter from Most Rev. Arthur Serratelli
Bishop
of Patterson, New Jersey
Archbishop
Chaput Challenges Catholics
A Book Review: Render Unto
Caesar
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Special
Election Prayers
Take the Pledge
 
Downloadable Brochures
The Catholic
Vote. It Matters \ CCNM
Brochure
Voting With A Clear Conscience by Father Frank Pavone
Catholic | Interdenominational
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
Elections Have
Consequences.
Political Responsibility Center
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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"Abraham Lincoln recognized that we could not survive as a free land when some men could decide that others were not fit to be free and should therefore be slaves. Likewise, we cannot survive as a free nation when some men decide that others are not fit to live and should be abandoned to abortion or infanticide."
(Ronald Reagan, Abortion and the Conscience of the Nation)
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DURA REALIDAD HARD
TRUTH
VIDEO VIDEO
"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)
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"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)
The Hard
Cases. New Facts. New Answers
Elliot
Institute:AfterAbortion.org
Forced
Abortion in America
Elliot Institute: A
Special Report
"I'm
pro-life but I support exceptions for abortion!"
QUICK FACTS ABOUT ABORTION HARD CASES
A defense against abortion
"exceptions"
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