In the Catholic tradition, responsible citizenship is a virtue; participation in the political process is a moral obligation. All believers are called to faithful citizenship, to become informed, active, and responsible participants in the political process. ---USCCB Statement, Faithful Citizenship: Civic Responsibility for a New Millennium (2000)
Dialogue At Notre Dame: Undermining the Abortion Debate
Most Rev. Charles Chaput, the Archbishop of Denver, had strong words to denounce this false conception of dialogue: “we…have the duty to avoid prostituting our Catholic identity by appeals to phony dialogue that mask an abdication of our moral witness.”
