Catholic Resources on Voting Issues

We have compiled a list of resources for the Catholic voter to be educated on the issues this election season, and to be able to make voting decisions calmly and rationally, with an informed conscience. It is important that you vote this election season. Don’t be guided by emotion, but study the party platforms carefully, and prayerfully compare them to the teachings of Christ and His Church.

Websites:

Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN)

EWTN’s Catholic Voter Guide

Ave Maria Radio

National Catholic Register

Our Sunday Visitor Newsweekly

 

Articles, Encyclicals & Pamphlets:

Voting As a Catholic, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver

The Gospel of Life, Pope St. John Paul II

Catholics in the Public Square, Bishop Thomas Olmsted of Phoenix

A Comparison of Party Platforms (downloadable for distribution in English & Spanish)

Newsgate 2016, Sharyl Attkisson’s outline of the current revelations of media collusion & bias

 

Religious Liberty Concerns:

Government commission states Religious Liberty is “discrimination in disguise,” Catholic News Agency, 10/12/16

About those unthinking, backward Catholics, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia

Fake Catholic Groups & the “Catholic Spring,” Anne Hendershott, Catholic World Report 10/13/16

 

Books:

Render Unto Caesar: Serving the Nation by Living Our Catholic Beliefs in Political Life, by Archbishop Charles J. Chaput

 

Video:

Homily on the Election, Fr. John Lankeit, 10/2/16

Voting As A Catholic, Part 1, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ

Voting As A Catholic, Part 2, Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ

Discerning Media Messages in an Election Year, Teresa Tomeo

 

Audio:

Voting As A Catholic – Teresa Tomeo interviews Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ on anti-Catholicism & threats to religious liberty, 10/12/16

Examples of Media Manipulation, Al Kresta interviews Teresa Tomeo, 10/12/16

Justin Cardinal Regali, Interview by Teresa Tomeo on what issues are most important, 10/27/08

New resources will be added when available.