One of the nice things about actually BEING a Catholic (as opposed to calling yourself one, like your in-laws) is that we are given specific instructions from our religious heirarchy. These include not voting for pro-choice candidates in political elections.
BTW, the Catholic faith rightly concludes that ANY human being who lives life according to Christ's principles may be saved, but that knowing Him is the easiest path. That includes pious Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans, and atheists. If Mother Teresa is not in your Heaven because she answered to the Pope on earth, then you and your religion have the wrong idea about Heaven.
I sure would like to observe another Catholic attempt to tell my church going relatives they are NOT really Catholic. They take their 'church' activities very serious and spend as much time as a person of any other denomination does inside a church. Something somewhere got lost in the translation from their religious teachings because to them 'liberalism' demonstrates a wide berth to live and love of humanity...
BTW, the Catholic faith rightly concludes that ANY human being who lives life according to Christ's principles may be saved, but that knowing Him is the easiest path. That includes pious Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Wiccans, and atheists. If Mother Teresa is not in your Heaven because she answered to the Pope on earth, then you and your religion have the wrong idea about Heaven.
Well, I doubt anyone would call Solomon a Catholic, but he penned in Ecclesiastes that the 'soul/spirit' returns to the Maker that sent them regardless of how good or bad they lived this flesh journey. I cannot find anywhere in the whole of the Book that the decision as to who is or who is NOT in Heaven has anything to do with what any flesh being declares. At this point in my flesh journey my belief and understanding is that is what we are specifically told NOT to judge. I just know that there are 'some' that I am thankful I am NOT in a position of authority to have a say on their judgment Day.
The Heavenly Father said He was NOT a respecter of persons, so I am not sure why flesh beings think He turned over to them an authority to elevate to a 'god' like status other flesh beings.