Archbishop Burke addresses voting in letter

Catholics need to vote but should do so in accordance with the moral teachings of the Church, Archbishop Raymond Burke stated in a pastoral letter published this week.

Archbishop Burke said the pastoral letter affirmed and further clarified what he said earlier this summer about the sinfulness of a Catholic voting deliberately for a politician advocating abortion, as well as euthanasia, embryonic stem cell research, cloning and same-sex marriage.

"These elements are so fundamental to the common good that they cannot be subordinated to any other cause, no matter how good," the archbishop wrote.

...the Archbishop stated, "... there is no element of the common good, no morally good practice, that a candidate may promote and to which a voter may be dedicated, which could justify voting for a candidate who also endorses and supports the deliberate killing of the innocent, abortion, embryonic stem cell research, euthanasia, human cloning or the recognition of a same-sex relationship as legal marriage."

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