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A Brief Recap Not long ago, the IRS went after Catholic Answers and imposed fines on the ministry. Our crime? I wrote in one of my E-letters that 2004 presidential candidate John Kerry shouldn’t be allowed to receive Holy Communion because of his pro-abortion voting record and public advocacy of child-killing. Now, it’s important to note that at no time did I or anyone at Catholic Answers tell people whom to vote for or whom not to vote for. We merely stated our view that pro-abortion Catholic politicians should not be allowed to receive Holy Communion. Well, for this simple...

Defending and Explaining Catholicism In and Out of (Voting) Season A conversation with Karl Keating, founder and president of Catholic Answers IgnatiusInsight.com: What made you and the folks of Catholic Answers decide to create the Voter’s Guide For Serious Catholics? What was your goal? Karl Keating: The goal was to help Catholics apply the Church’s moral teaching when they entered the voting booth. Over the years we’ve received thousands of e-mails indicating that there was confusion among serious Catholics—those who are trying to be good Catholics--and so we wanted to give them the Church’s teaching in a way that was...