Catholic

“Catholic public officials who take God seriously cannot support laws that attack human dignity without lying to themselves, misleading others, and abusing the faith of their fellow Catholics. God will demand an accounting.

Catholic doctors who take God seriously cannot do procedures, prescribe drugs, or support health policies that attack the sanctity of unborn children or the elderly, or that undermine the dignity of human sexuality and the family. God will demand an accounting.

And Catholic citizens who take God seriously cannot claim to love their Church, and then ignore her counsel on vital public issues that shape our nation’s life. God will demand an accounting.

As individuals, we can claim to believe whatever we want. We can posture, and rationalize our choices, and make alibis with each other all day long - but no excuse for our lack of honesty and zeal will work with the God who made us. God knows our hearts better than we do.

If we don’t conform our hearts and actions to the faith we claim to believe, we’re only fooling ourselves.” Arcebispo Charles Chaput

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