In an article for the Ocotober 10 issue of Today's Catholic, the San Antonio diocese's Catholic newspaper, our Archbishop, Jose Gomez, wrote regarding the Church's view of abortion and politics. It's an excellent article, stating the truth about how the Catholic Church views life issues, when life begins, some history of the Church's opposition to abortion, and taking to task Catholic politicians who publicly deny Church teaching. Archbishop Gomez ends the article with these words (emphasis mine): All of this has implications for our participation in the political process. A Catholic must be prepared to live and defend the truths that Christ came into this world to die for. A Catholic is duty-bound to ask: Is a candidate fit to hold office if he or she believes it should be legal to kill even a fully developed child in the last weeks of a pregnancy for undefined “health” reasons? And again, can we accept candidates who support experimentation with the stem cells of human embryos, or cloning, or euthanasia? Can we make real progress on any of the critical issues that we face as a nation if we can’t agree to protect the smallest and most defenseless among us?
To ask these questions isn’t to impose Catholic beliefs on other Americans. This is the political contribution that a morally mature people must make in a democracy. This is a bearing witness to the truths that Jesus has revealed to us — truths that, again, are enshrined in our country’s founding document.
Catholics are obliged to seek leaders who have the courage to stand up for these truths. Leaders who aren’t ashamed or afraid to pursue peaceful and democratic means to persuade our fellow citizens of this essential natural truth that it is also a foundational aspect of the teachings of the Catholic faith.
May Mary, the Mother of God and our Mother, continue to intercede for us that we will be “people of life” bringing the “Gospel of life” to our world.
I am glad that our Archbishop has spoken out. You can read the rest of his article here.
May the Holy Spirit guide us as we vote.
Amen
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