US bishops again declare abortion 'preeminent priority' for Catholic voters
The U.S. Catholic bishops decided on Nov. 15 at their general assembly here that "the threat of abortion" will remain the "preeminent priority" for their political guidance to Catholic voters in the year leading up to the 2024 presidential election.
In voting to approve language that echoes their 2019 introductory letter to a document known as "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," the bishops chose to continue prioritizing their outspoken anti-abortion advocacy over what they describe as "other grave threats to life," such as climate change, gun violence, racism and health care inequities.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-bishop...lic-voters
The U.S. Catholic bishops decided on Nov. 15 at their general assembly here that "the threat of abortion" will remain the "preeminent priority" for their political guidance to Catholic voters in the year leading up to the 2024 presidential election.
In voting to approve language that echoes their 2019 introductory letter to a document known as "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," the bishops chose to continue prioritizing their outspoken anti-abortion advocacy over what they describe as "other grave threats to life," such as climate change, gun violence, racism and health care inequities.
https://www.ncronline.org/news/us-bishop...lic-voters
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"