Addressing claims that overturning Roe v. Wade will not end abortion, the video informs viewers that, “the truth is that Roe v. Wade denies the protection of the law to the unborn. Overturning it will certainly reduce the amount of abortions in this country.”
Catholic citizens ‘are faced with a number of important issues this year,” many of which can be reasonably debated among Catholics. “However there can be no debate on the relative gravity of issues involving the taking of a human life,” the diocese’s video says.
The Diocese of Scranton also warns its faithful against Catholics United and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good, calling them “neither united nor allied with authentic Catholic teaching.” “Catholics and non-Catholics alike should not be misled by them.”
“Let us pray for the wisdom and good judgment to be faithful citizens precisely because we are faithful to the teachings of the church,” the video concludes.
Bishop Martino also released a pastoral letter in early October to members of his diocese reminding them that as Americans, all men are “created equal” with the right to “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
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“The Church’s teaching that all life from conception to natural death should be protected by law is founded on religious belief to be sure, but it is also a profoundly American principle founded on reason,” he wrote. “Whenever a society asks its citizens to violate its own foundational principles – as well as their moral consciences – citizens have a right, indeed an obligation, to refuse.”