“Corruption, the most infallible symptom of constitutional liberty, was successfully practised; honours, gifts, and immunities were offered and accepted as the price of an episcopal vote; and the condemnation of the Alexandrian primate was artfully represented as the only measure which could restore the peace and union of the catholic church.” ChurchLibertyHistoryVoteCatholicUnionsCorruptionAcceptedHonourSymptomsCatholic ChurchCondemnationRoman EmpireInfallibleImmunityPrimates Book:The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“For the church to say that abortion is not acceptable for a Catholic is fine. To say directly or indirectly that on something that is a church teaching that you must also vote according to that - that's not acceptable in a country based on the First Amendment.” FirstsCountryChurchTeachingFineVoteCatholicAbortionAcceptableAmendmentsFirst Amendment Author:Patrick Leahy
“Pope Francis said the use of contraception could be justified in regions hit by the Zika virus; a stance that could reignite a debate over the church's prohibition of the use of condoms to stop the spread of the AIDS virus. The pope also criticized Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as 'not Christian' for his immigration stance, and broke with his predecessors by suggesting that Catholic lawmakers are free to vote for same-sex marriage and civil unions if they want to.” IfsWantSaidUseChristianSexChurchTrumpRepublicanVoteCatholicUnionsSpreadAidsDebateImmigrationBrokePresidentialCandidatesRegionsPopeJustifiedVirusesProhibitionStanceSuggestingPredecessorsCondomPresidential CandidateContraceptionLawmakers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“If I were a Catholic, I'd be asking what's going on here. I really would. "The pope also broke with his predecessors by suggesting that Catholic lawmakers are free to vote for same-sex marriage and civil unions."” IfsSexVoteAskingCatholicUnionsBrokePopeSuggestingPredecessorsLawmakers Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Every Catholic parliamentarian must vote according their well-formed conscience. I would say just this. I believe it is sufficient because - I say well-formed because it is not the conscience of 'what seems to me.'” BelieveWellsSeemsI BelieveConscienceVoteCatholicSufficientThis I Believe Author:Pope Francis
“Truth is not determined by a majority vote.” HumourTruth IsVoteCatholicMajorityDeterminedMiscellaneousMajority Vote Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute - where no Catholic prelate would tell the president (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote - where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference - and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the president who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.” PeopleMenShouldBelieveStatesGovernmentMightSchoolAmericaPoliticalPoliticsI BelievePresidentChurchOfficeVoteAbsolutesCatholicI Believe InSeparationCivil RightsGrantedMinistersFundDeniedPreferenceChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateProtestantsSeparation Between Church And StatePublic OfficeCatholic Religion Author:John F. Kennedy
“A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia.” IfsWould BeEvilHolyVoteCatholicGuiltyCandidatesAbortionCooperationFormalCommunionUnworthyEuthanasiaHoly Communion Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“Finally, I believe in an America where religious intolerance will someday end; where all men and all churches are treated as equal; where every man has the same right to attend or not attend the church of his choice; where there is no Catholic vote, no anti-Catholic vote, no bloc voting of any kind; and where Catholics, Protestants and Jews, at both the lay and pastoral level, will refrain from those attitudes of disdain and division which have so often marred their works in the past, and promote instead the American ideal of brotherhood.” MenBelieveKindEndsAmericaPastReligionChoicesI BelieveChurchReligiousLevelsAttitudeDemocracyEqualIdealsVoteCatholicLaysJewI Believe InEvery ManTreatedVotingSomedayDivisionBrotherhoodIntoleranceChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateProtestantsRefrainDisdainSeparation Between Church And StateReligious Intolerance Author:John F. Kennedy
“It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth. The value of democracy stands or falls with the values which it embodies and promotes.” ValuesFallMistakeDemocracyVoteCatholicDemocraticProcedures Author:Pope John Paul II