To all my Christians, Catholics, and Non- Christian friends & family,
we have our own qualities and criteria in choosing the United States 🇺🇸 of America Presidential candidates…
To all Trump supporters, “Never” that I shared a video about Biden & Harris in your messengers unless you send me first your videos about trump that I need to answer you through factual news and articles because I respect your choices. Never that, I insinuate, persuade, influence, and nor manipulate your choices even how close we are as friends, as relatives, and as a family because I have the decency to respect your choice and care for you as a dear friend, family and considered you as part of my life.
I am vocal, bold, and transparent of my choices & our family’s choices as you’ve seen in my FB posts. I expect you to respect my choice, our family’s choice as we respect yours. Thank you.
I would like to share with you a message of an American Jesuit Priest and Vatican Consultant, Father James J.Martin, who urged his fellow Catholics and Priests or Clergy AGAINST saying and claiming, that a VOTE FOR JOE BIDEN is a MORTAL SIN, IT IS NOT.
Grateful for Pope Francis and Father James Martin, SJ for their compassion, for being the salt of the earth and the light of the world…
According to Father James Martin, SJ that he and fellow Catholics feel compelled to help on “any issues where life is endangered,” which he said, SHOULD INCLUDE CARING FOR THE POOR, the HOMELESS and LGBTQ community -NOT JUST ABORTION.
“Vatican Consultant Urges U.S. Priests To Refrain From Telling People Voting for Joe Biden Is A ‘Mortal Sin’ “
(BY BENJAMIN FEARNOW ON 9/3/20 AT 3:39 PM EDT)
American Jesuit priest and Vatican consultant, Father James J. Martin, urged fellow Catholics and clergy against claiming a vote for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is a “mortal sin” on Thursday.
Martin, who Pope Francis appointed as a Vatican communications consultant in 2017, warned other Catholic priests against intertwining secular politics and their faith in God. Posting to social media, Martin said he has overheard an increasing number of priests and U.S. Catholic leaders making the claim that a vote for Biden—who is Catholic—amounts to one of the gravest offenses against God. Father Martin told Newsweek Thursday that he and fellow Catholics feel compelled to help on “any issues where life is endangered,” which he said should include caring for the poor, the homeless, and the LGBTQ community – not just abortion.
Martin offered followers and fellow Catholics guidance on how to separate one’s faith from divisive political topics including abortion or euthanasia.
“Dear friends: I’m seeing more priests saying that voting for Joe Biden is a mortal sin. It is not. It is not a sin to vote for either Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump. Nor is it a sin to be Democrat or Republican. Listen instead to what the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops says in their helpful document Faithful Citizenship about the role of conscience,” Martin wrote, before quoting the USCCB guidance on “forming consciences” in the modern, secular political world.
“[We] bishops do not intend to tell Catholics for whom or against whom to vote. Our purpose is to help Catholics form their consciences in accordance with God’s truth. We recognize that the responsibility to make choices in political life rests with each individual in light of a properly formed conscience, and that participation goes well beyond casting a vote in a particular election.
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#knowledgewisdomcompassion❤️🙏🏼
I was encouraged to post this news article, when one of our friends, send us a video of a certain Catholic Priest in my messenger 4 hours ago, speaking about “Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and abortion” the priest is giving his personal views of not voting the candidacy of Joe Biden & Kamala Harris. (this video is possibly circulating now in the messenger as Pope Francis discourages the posting of this kind on Facebook or any form of social media).
We pray, support, and care for our priests and spiritual leaders not only in words but also in deeds, in action supporting the good causes of the parish, of the church.
As Saint Francis of Assisi said,
“It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.”
#prayerforglobalhealing🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼