‘It is critical that we keep eternal truths at the forefront as we vote,’ wrote Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas.
By Clare Marie Merkowsky, LifeSiteNews, August 4, 2020
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Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas
TYLER, Texas, August 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – On Wednesday Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler, Texas exhorted Catholics to vote “with a well formed conscience” for candidates who “respect life, morality, marriage, family [and] our basic freedoms.”
“It is critical that we keep eternal truths at the forefront as we vote,” he wrote. “Study the issues & choose candidates who respect FAITH.”
In a recent interview with LifeSiteNews, Father Frank Pavone, the national director of Priests for Life, said that he felt compelled to speak out as the Democratic Party has “allied itself with evil.”
“The Democrat Party has made a covenant with evil. They are in bed with the abortion industry. They want absolutely no restrictions on abortion,” he continued. “They consider it a basic right, and they want us to pay for it.” ….