Archive for category: U.S. Elections

In November 2024, voters will elect local, state, and national leadership. In addition to electing a new president, U.S. citizens will vote on all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 34 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate. People of faith are called to prepare for voting by reflecting on values articulated by Catholic Social Teaching (CST). To understand the perspective of CST as we prepare for these elections, we invite you to research and consider the declarations of popes, bishops, and CST scholars on the responsibilities of participating in voting and ensuring voting
rights for all citizens. 

This post-election prayer asks for openness to walk a path towards peace and unity as a country and to choose light over division in the days, weeks, and months after the election.

Catholic tradition calls for faithful citizenship—the moral obligation and responsibility to participate in political life. As the 2020 election cycle comes to its conclusion, the American people are called more than ever to engage in the political process. Rather than relying on party politics, Catholic voters are encouraged to use guiding CST principles to examine and evaluate the candidates’ rhetoric, philosophies, and policies, in order to elect those who best reflect the values of the Church.

This Bingo card resource lists various policies, issues, and ideas consistent with Catholic social teaching and social justice. As you watch debates between presidential or local candidates before Election Day, use this game to follow along. See how often the candidates raise these issues on the national stage, and mark off the corresponding squares with checkmarks.