Catholics living in a state where both of the major party’s gubernatorial candidates oppose key Church teachings have difficult choices to make on Election Day, a theologian told CNA.
The Catechism of the Catholic Church is clear that “the inalienable right to life of every innocent human individual is a constitutive element of a civil society and its legislation.” Issues such as abortion and assisted suicide are, therefore, of special concern to Catholics in deciding who they want to shape a state’s laws.
