Tag Archives: Catholic voters
Issues for Catholic Voters (2012 edition) – Immigration
“Every human being has the right to freedom of movement and of residence within the confines of his own country; and, where there are just reasons for it, the right to emigrate to other countries and take up residence there” …
Issues for Catholic Voters (2012 edition) – The Environment
“Man, who discovers his capacity to transform and in a certain sense create the world through his own work, forgets that this is always based on God’s prior and original gift of the things that are. Man thinks that he …
Issues for Catholic Voters (2012 edition) – Religious Liberty
“This Vatican Council declares that the human person has a right to religious freedom. This freedom means that . . . no one is to be forced to act in a manner contrary to his own beliefs, whether privately or …
Issues for Catholic Voters (2012 edition) – Taxation
“In a system of taxation based on justice and equity it is fundamental that the burdens be proportioned to the capacity of the people contributing” (Mater et Magistra, 132). Every citizen has a moral obligation to contribute to the common …
Recent Comments