“Diaconate Ordination"
In preparation for the 2008 U.S. elections, experts at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops have drafted essays on several topics to guide voters in decision-making.
Please select any or all of the essays by clicking on the title.
"Americans want to be fair and humane. They do not seek out the most unethical way to pursue medical progress—rather, they want science and ethics to move forward hand in hand. It is not too much to ask the same of our researchers and policy makers."
"The issue is first a question about the nature and purposes of marriage as fundamental social structure and civil institution. It is not fi rst a question about civil rights or discrimination or achieving the full social enfranchisement of homosexual persons."
"The voices of the Catholic community should be loud and clear in public discussion on health care in this election and beyond. The health care status quo is morally unacceptable. Our nation can and must do better."
"It is imperative that both parties and both chambers of Congress work hard to produce a bill that creates an immigration system predicated on the rule of law and that upholds values all Americans cherish—hard work, opportunity, and compassion.”
"The issue is fi rst a question about the nature and purposes of marriage as fundamental social structure and civil institution. It is not fi rst a question about civil rights or discrimination or achieving the full social enfranchisement of homosexual persons."
"Although our nation should learn from the decisions that were made prior to the war, now that our forces are in Iraq we face new moral questions. The occupation of Iraq has brought with it new responsibilities toward the Iraqi people."
The bishops urge Catholic voters to focus not on political questions such as ‘Are you better off than you were two or four years ago?’ Rather, each of us should enter the voting booth focusing on the ethical and moral dimensions of public policies that affect the whole community."
"Developing countries are expected to suff er the most from the negative impacts of climate change. Increased drought, storm intensity, disease, species extinction, and flooding will only exacerbate the conditions of those living in poverty."
"How we treat ‘the least among us’ (Mt 25:40) is a moral measure of our lives, as individuals and as a nation. In Scriptures, this is the question on judgment day. It should be a central question on election day."
Conscience insists that human dilemmas are moral concerns long before they are political points of view."
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