[Irish Owl]

Its unfortunate that the Bishops Conference wrote that “A Catholic cannot vote for a candidate who takes a position in favor of an intrinsic evil, such as abortion OR RACISM..” (my emphasis). Gee, I haven’t heard of any candidates running on the racism platform. That’s because there aren’t any. Yet, “racism” is still included although it isn’t an issue. Why have the Bishops so muddied the water? It would seem to this observant Catholic that the bishops are holding out some wiggle room to leftist kooks who accuse conservatives (with no proof) of racism. If one candidate is pro-abortion and one is pro-racism, then the voter can do as he wishes, so the leftist kook would conclude. Of course, this would only really work if conservatives supported the murder of 1,000,000 non-whites a year. Otherwise, it is still not an equivalent to abortion for Catholics. There are millions of clear-headed conservatives among the ranks of Catholics. Unfortunately, few of those Catholics happen to be bishops or professors in “Catholic” universities these days.
Armydoc further writes: “Let me guess: the Bishops of the U[S]CCB are not Catholic?” My friend, you have no idea...

[Salvation]

I do believe we are witnessing the fruits of Pope Benedict's meeting with them (the U. S. Bishops) earlier this year. Following Vespers, he addressed all the bishops.

"Is it consistent to profess our beliefs in church on Sunday, and then during the week to promote business practices or medical procedures contrary to those beliefs? Is it consistent for practicing Catholics to ignore or exploit the poor and the marginalized, to promote sexual behavior contrary to Catholic moral teaching, or to adopt positions that contradict the right to life of every human being from conception to natural death? Any tendency to treat religion as a private matter must be resisted. Only when their faith permeates every aspect of their lives do Christians become truly open to the transforming power of the Gospel. "
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[Salvation]

Cardinal Ratzinger (now the Pope) wrote in his letter to Cardinal McCarrick back in 2004:

“A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate’s permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia. When a Catholic does not share a candidate’s stand in favor of abortion and/or euthanasia, but votes for that candidate for other reasons, it is considered remote material cooperation, which can be permitted in the presence of proportionate reasons.”