The days are rightly over when the Catholic Herald took it upon itself to tell its readers how to vote, or which candidates might be trusted to protect them against an erastian Anglican ascendancy. Nevertheless, even at election time we must recall that vocatus atque non vocatus, DEUS aderit – "Invoked or not invoked, God is present" – and that our choice must at least be consistent with faith and good conscience.
What, then, might the main parties and their candidates have to say on matters where conscience matters? Here are four issues to consider: our children’s education, freedom of religious speech, abortion and assisted dying.
