St. Louis, Mo., Jul 13, 2004 / 22:00 pm
The St. Louis Review, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, revealed this week that Archbishop Raymond L. Burke will issue a pastoral letter addressing Church teachings on voting.
James Rygelski, the Review Editor, said that Burke's letter will address "more fully questions raised by his reported statements last week that Catholics commit a mortal sin by knowingly voting for a candidate who advocates abortion."
Archbishop Burke stated that Catholics sin by voting for candidates who favor abortion during an interview June 24 on local radio station KMOX (AM-1120). It was in response to one of many questions he was asked about a variety of subjects.
He said later that his answer to the question on voting for candidates who favor abortion merely reiterated what the Church teaches.