Vatican City, Nov 3, 2008 / 22:59 pm
In an interview with Inside the Vatican Magazine’s correspondent Andrew Rabel, Archbishop Raymond Burke, former Archbishop of St Louis (MO) and Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura at the Holy See, called on Catholics to cast their vote knowing that abortion is the fundamental moral issue, and praying to Our Lady of Guadalupe to help put an end to abortion in the U.S.
During the interview, Rabel asked the Cardinal-to-be about Archbishop Chaput’s description of Senator Obama as the biggest supporter ever of abortion rights in a presidential race.
“My fellow citizens of the United States of America – Archbishop Burke responded- should be deeply concerned about any candidate for the presidency who supports legislation which permits the destruction of human life at its very beginning, the killing of babies in the womb, or legislation which violates the integrity of marriage and family life.”
“A good citizen –he added- must support and vote for the candidate who most supports the inalienable dignity of innocent and defenseless life, and the integrity of marriage.”
“To do otherwise, is to participate, in some way, in the culture of death which pervades the life of the nation and has led to so much violence, even in the home and in educational institutions,” Burke explained.