Catholic politicians.
New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY -- In March 2006, 55 Catholic Democrats Catholic Democrats [1] is a national non-profit organization of concerned Catholics, based in Boston. The organization was founded in 2004 as an outgrowth of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' “Call to Faithful Citizenship,” [2] which in the U.S.
House of Representatives signed a "statement of principles"
which rekindled the debate on their responsibilities as Catholic
politicians when it comes to voting on abortion-related issues. The
signatories claimed that "in recognizing the Church's role in
providing moral leadership, we acknowledge ... being in disagreement
with the Church in some areas."
In an April 12, 2006, interview with Zenit news agency - For other uses, see Zenit (disambiguation).
ZENIT is a non-profit news agency that reports on the Catholic Church and issues important to it from the perspective of Church doctrine. Their motto is, "The world seen from Rome. , Fr. Joseph
Koterski S.J., professor of philosophy at Fordham University Fordham University (fôr`dəm), in New York City; Jesuit; coeducational; founded as St. John's College 1841, chartered as a university 1846; renamed 1907. Fordham College for men and Thomas More College for women merged in 1974. , pointed
out that distinctions are necessary on some issues, e.g. immigration
policies An immigration policy is any policy of a state that affects the transit of persons across its borders, but especially those that intend to work and to remain in the country. , where there is room for a variety of approaches based on
differing facts that still allow for the primacy of individual
conscience. However, on other questions such as abortion, there are
universal moral precepts, binding always and everywhere which must be
observed because of natural moral law and Revelation. Based on them, the
Church has always clearly taught that innocent human life is sacred to
God and may never be deliberately destroyed.
Politicians who claim "primacy of conscience" should work
on the correct formation of their consciences.
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