Sunday, April 21, 2013

Philippine Prelate: Don’t Vote for Candidates who Support Abortion, Divorce

Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen Dagupan

Emphasizing that the Church does not endorse political candidates, the vice president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines said in a pastoral letter that Catholics should not vote for candidates who support abortion, divorce, or same-sex marriage.

“When the Church ENDORSES CANDIDATES in political elections she always ends up a LOSER,” wrote Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen Dagupan. “The endorsed candidate may win in the votes but the Church never wins with him. In endorsing candidates, the Bride of Christ the Church tarnishes her spiritual mission with the stain of the mundane. The endorsed candidate might win but religion has been reduced to a political party; religion has been used for political gain and our spiritual mission has been compromised. We will be lonesome widows after the elections for marrying partisan politics during the campaign.” 

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