Catholic Voters Guide
“The Catholic Voter Guide was created as a means of applying the principles outlined in Faithful Citizenship to the current public debate surrounding the U.S. Presidential Election. While there exist many Internet resources that explore such connections, we strive to be unique in providing a non-partisan approach to the issues at hand.””The Christian faith is an integral unity, and thus it is incoherent to isolate some particular element to the detriment of the whole of Catholic doctrine. A political commitment to a single isolated aspect of the Church’s social doctrine does not exhaust one’s responsibility towards the common good.” – Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility
Every four years the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops releases a statement called Faithful Citizenship: A Catholic Call to Political Responsibility. The document looks at important election issues facing Catholics in the United States—the importance of voting, the role of the Church, and the moral priorities needed for public life. It also looks at seven tenets of Catholic Social Teaching, which fall into the four categories of Life, Family, Justice and Solidarity.
The Catholic Voter Guide was created as a means of applying the principles outlined in Faithful Citizenship to the current public debate surrounding the U.S. Presidential Election. While there exist many Internet resources that explore such connections, we strive to be unique in providing a non-partisan approach to the issues at hand.
If this is your first visit to the site, we invite you to take the Catholic Voter Guide quiz, in which your own beliefs about important political issues are compared with those of the two major presidential candidates and the U.S. Bishops. We also invite you to participate in our Catholic Voter Guide forums.
Like all human endeavors this site is a work-in-progress, and so we welcome your input: your opinions, comments, and especially your criticism. Please help us to create a more accurate and comprehensive representation of the richness and diversity of our Church.