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Washington D.C., Nov 7, 2016 / 10:10 am (CNA).- As Americans across the country prepare to step into the voting booth tomorrow, what are the most important principles for Catholics seeking to form their consciences according to Church teaching?The answer can’t be reduced to a single issue, but is a matter of weighing candidates’ positions on the different topics at stake, examining the moral hierarchy of issues and rejecting intrinsically evil acts.The U.S. bishops’ conference attempts to offer guidance through its document, Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship.“It is our hope that by reading the document, they will inform their own consciences as to Church teachings, which require us to make sound moral judgements based on the truths and tenets of our faith,” said Norma Montenegro Flynn, assistant director of media relations at the U.S. bishops’ conference Office of Public Affairs.She said that while the document is “not a ‘vo...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Francois Gloutnay, PresenceBy Simon CaldwellOXFORD, England (CNS) -- Thespread of gender theory is misleading so many Catholics that a high-leveldocument may be required to correct the errors of the ideology, a Dutchcardinal said.Cardinal Willem Eijk of Utrecht,Netherlands, said a papal encyclical or other magisterial document "mightappear to be necessary" to counter the spread of the new theory thatgender can be determined by personal choice rather than by biology.He said even Catholic parentswere beginning to accept that their own children can choose their genderspartly because "they don't hear anything else."The church, he said, now had anurgent duty to remind them of the truth of its teaching about the human body.He told Catholic News Service ina Nov. 7 interview in Oxford that Pope Benedict XVI and Pope Francis haveaddressed the subject within the past five years as each noted that the theorywas taking root in Western societies."Perhaps a document only onthis p...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Elsa, Pool Photo via USA TODAY SportsBy CHICAGO(CNS) -- When civic leaders make friendly bets on which team will win a big championshipwith their counterparts in another city, one winner enjoys a feast, while theloser eats some humble pie.Butwhen bishops in the World Series' home cities placed their wager on the winner ofthe Fall Classic, it turns out that while only one team could win, poor people inboth cities also will win.Cardinal-designateBlase J. Cupich of Chicago said that, in celebration of the Chicago Cubs endinga 108-year World Series championship drought, he would make good on hisend of the bet and provide enough Chicago deep dish pizzas and baked goods tofeed more than 100 guests of the Bishop William M. Cosgrove Center inCleveland."Bothteams put up a great effort, both cities very much wanted this victory, andtoday Chicago is giving thanks for this blessing," said Archbishop Cupich in aNov. 4 statement. "Our city is celebrating with our Cubs, and we wan...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- The lone American off the planet has cast his vote from space, keeping with NASA's motto of "Vote while you float."...
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- When Iraqi forces pushed into Mosul's urban center last week, Derek Coleman, an American volunteer medic, was among those treating the wounded at a front-line field clinic....
NEAR BASHIQA, Iraq (AP) -- Iraqi Kurdish fighters exchanged heavy fire with militants on Monday as they entered a town held by the Islamic State group east of Mosul, while troops advancing south of the city discovered a mass grave containing some 100 decapitated bodies....
NEW YORK (AP) -- More than one competition has tightened with the approach of Election Day....
PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Straining toward the finish line of the wildly unpredictable White House race, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump blitzed through battleground states Monday in a final bid to energize supporters. Clinton urged voters to embrace a "hopeful, inclusive, bighearted America," while Trump called for support to "beat the corrupt system."...
BEIJING (AP) -- The Latest on China's intervention in a Hong Kong political dispute (all times local):...
(Vatican Radio) A week on from the Pope’s trip to Sweden for the Commemoration of the Protestant Reformation, theologians and the media are still assessing and discussing the impact of this historic visit. But what was it like to view the Pope’s journey as a Swedish Catholic journalist?Charlotta Smeds is head of Vatican Radio’s Scandinavian service. She gave us her perspective.Listen:
