“Vote, register to vote (and here's how). I will not tell you who to vote for, BUT you must remember that certain issues are not acceptable and not negotiable to Catholics and you stand accountable to God on this. Those issues are:
1. Life is sacred before birth, throughout life, and until natural death. Euthanasia is evil. You cannot vote for what is evil, or for those who support it.
2. The religious freedom of all people to refuse to pay for abortion and forms of birth control that may cause an abortion must be defended.
3. The definition of marriage is defined by natural law and the word of God to be solely between a man and a woman.
I'm not sure that North Eastern Priests/Bishops have the stones to say this, but it was said clearly and unequivocally at Mass today. When the letter was finished, the congregation applauded.
Now I'd like to here from some of you in the North East, as my experience while attending Mass there in the summer has been a severe case of Catholic-lite.
I love our bishop here in St Augustine! He’s been really bold on this, and I plan to go to the overnight Adoration in the Blessed Sacrament chapel at the Cathedral.
For those of you who don’t know, our bishop (Bp Felipe Estevez) got out of Cuba as a teenager with a Catholic refugee program called Operation Pedro Pan, and was brought up by a family in Indiana until he went to seminary.
He knows first-hand what happens when government attacks.
Same response from my Parish.