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How to vote as Catholics?

9/17/2019

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An authentic faith – which is never comfortable or completely personal – always involves a deep desire to change the world, to transmit values, to leave this earth somehow better that we found it. – Evangelii Gaudium, 183
 
As the federal election approaches on October 21, 2019, the Diocese of Calgary has compiled a set of resources to assist our faithful in making a faith-informed decision at the ballot box.
 
While we are all called to perfection (Mt 5:48), each one of us falls short. Similarly, no political party or candidate will embody all that we seek in leadership. Despite this challenge, Catholics “cannot relinquish their participation ‘in the many different economic, social, legislative, administrative and cultural areas, which are intended to promote organically and institutionally the common good.’” (Deus Caritas Est, 28)
 
As a consequence, each Catholic is morally obligated to exercise the right to vote. (CCC 2240)
 
The decision you make will be a personal one, but we pray it will be one which is prayerfully discerned, takes into consideration the fullness of the gospel message and will result in the election of those representatives who will fight for justice, religious freedom, the common good and a moral ordering of the affairs of our nation.
 
If indeed “the just ordering of society and of the state is a central  responsibility of politics”, the Church “cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice” - Evangelii Gaudium, 183
 
 Resources:

  • Voting as Catholics: 2019 Federal Election Guide (Canadian Catholic Conference of Bishops)
  •  Canada’s Federal Election and the Catholic Church: Educate, Reflect, Act (Archdiocese of Toronto) 
  • Federal Election Debate from a Catholic Perspective on Human Dignity (Archdiocese of Toronto) | Watch the entire debate here
  •  A Canadian Catholic Voters Catechism (Archdiocese of Vancouver)
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Maureen Remus
9/18/2019 12:15:33 pm

The Archdiocese of Vancouver's guide is not up to date. It says that euthanasia is not yet legal in Canada. It was legalized in 2016 and to date over 7000 people have been killed by euthanasia in Canada, the overwhelming majority by lethal injection. See: Fourth Interim Report on Medical Assistance in Dying on the Government of Canada website: https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/publications/health-system-services/medical-assistance-dying-interim-report-april-2019.html

Also, last week Quebec Superior Court Justice Christine Baudoin made a decision invalidating federal and Quebec legislation which restricts euthanasia to terminally ill patients.
See here: ( https://globalnews.ca/news/5888949/quebec-court-medically-assisted-dying-law/ ) and here: https://www.bioedge.org/bioethics/a-judge-loosens-canadas-euthanasia-belt-another-notch-or-two/13219

Now that euthanasia is legal, Catholics must work towards making it illegal again.

Also, Catholics must keep themselves up to date on what is going on in Canada regarding decisions by courts to further attack human life and the family.

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Marlene Yanchula link
9/28/2019 11:27:58 am

Jesus wanted us to help the poor. I find no political party is better at that than the New Democrat Party. The Green Party is similar to the NDP, but the Green Party has no policy on abortion.

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Barry Saunders
9/23/2020 07:32:14 am

You are incorrect about the conservative party. The conservative party promotes abortion. It is a mortal sin to vote for abortion parties. A better choice is the Christian Heritage Party. Do some research and look them up. Do not vote concertative and do not vote Liberal. Both are mortally sinful.

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