August 7th, 2016: Faithful Citizen
The Stephen Colbert Report recently had a parody of both the Democratic National Convention and the Republican National Convention in relation to the Hunger Games. The political bantering I have seen from both of these parties feels like a reality tv show, with no obvious choice of who is the best or most qualified candidate to trust. Perhaps the lense in which we are looking at these presidential elections needs to shift from the candidates to the principles they embody. Let me be clear, no political party embodies Christ and His teachings. We must remember that we need to be Catholic first and should vote as Catholics, not by our political leanings. What does this mean? Faith and intellect are important components to this question. Faith and intellect help to form our Christian conscience ( Gaudium et Spes , 16). We must pray to God for clarity and we must engross ourselves in the knowledge of what the Church teaches. Catholic Social Teaching and the document Forming Cons