Reply #19: If this is the case, no politician ever should speak

[jamesinca]

"The Christian faith is an integral unity, and thus it is incoherent to isolate some particular element to the detriment of the whole of Catholic doctrine. A political commitment to a single isolated aspect of the Church's social doctrine does not exhaust one's responsibility toward the common good" (Doctrinal Note on Some Questions Regarding the Participation of Catholics in Political Life, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, November 24, 2002, and approved by the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II).

The Catholic Church teaches that all life is sacred. A candidate for office must understand that the Church stands against any policy or course of action that diminishes life, dignity or the rights of the human person: abortion, capital punishment, war, scandalous poverty, denial of healthcare, mistreatment of immigrants and racism, to name but a few. (U.S. Catholic Bishops statement on faithful citizenship 2004)

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No politician will ever speak at a Catholic institution ever in this day and age!!!!! Of all the things listed, the repbulics have problems with all of them except abortion in the Catholic view. And as the Pope said "A political commitment to a single isolated aspect of the Church's social doctrine does not exhaust one's responsibility toward the common good" So the republics lost that one too.