Clergy group urges Catholics to vote in accord with Ten Commandments

Published: 2004-08-02

CHICAGO (CNS) -- Members of the Confraternity of Catholic Clergy meeting in Chicago in mid-July called on Catholics "to take seriously their personal responsibility before God to vote in accord with the Ten Commandments, the natural moral law and the teachings of Christ." The call was contained in one of five resolutions unanimously approved by the 700-member organization July 15. That resolution also condemned "the secular media's attack on the church's right, freedom and duty to preach the Christian Gospel by using false arguments of separation of church and state, erroneous claims of irrelevancy or other anti-religious prejudice." Other resolutions adopted by the group dealt with the recent controversy over whether Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal should receive Communion; legislative efforts against abortion and same-sex marriage; the clergy sex abuse scandal; and support for those in the military and their families.

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