Election day is Nov. 6: U.S. bishops promoting political responsibility with online resources for Catholics

Election day is Tuesday, Nov. 6. Blog posts, YouTube videos, an online quiz and resources on Facebook are among the ways U.S. Catholics can learn about the Church’s teaching on issues and involvement in the political process, as part of an initiative of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).

These resources promote the document, "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship," the call to political responsibility issued by the U.S. bishops in 2007 and reissued last fall.

Resources include:

— An issues quiz, which will help Catholics form their consciences through statistics and facts related to key moral issues including abortion, poverty, embryonic stem cell research and immigration. One quiz question will be posted every Tuesday and Thursday at http://www.facebook.com/usccb
 

— Video reflections by bishops, including Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles, Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami and Archbishop-designate William Lori of Baltimore, discussing different issues of importance for Catholic voters: http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/videos-for-faithful-citizenship.cfm

-- A “Catholics Care. Catholics Vote.” blog series, which explores different aspects of the bishops’ document, including its assertion that political involvement is a moral duty for Catholics, the questions of conscience formation and a range of issues highlighted by the bishops ahead of the 2012 Elections: http://usccbmedia.blogspot.com/2012/04/catholics-care-catholic-vote-series.html

Link to a summary of "Forming Consciences for Faithful Citizenship": http://www.usccb.org/issues-and-action/faithful-citizenship/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&pageid=36092