For Catholics, responsible citizenship/voting, is important. However, a critical issue hasn’t been explained well to Catholic voters: a candidate’s position on just one issue disqualifies him/her from receiving votes from faithful Catholics. A “disqualifying issue” pertains to actions of intrinsic moral evil which can never be supported or enabled; this is non-negotiable, rendering a candidate unacceptable for public office at all levels.

Candidates supporting abortion are disqualified. The Conference of Catholic Bishops states that Catholics must always oppose policies that violate human life or weaken its protection; the intrinsic evil of abortion must be vigorously opposed, and abortion is “our preeminent priority because it directly attacks life itself; because it takes place within the sanctuary of the family; and because of the number of lives destroyed…abortion [is] the most fundamental human good and the condition for all others.” Without the right to life, other human rights don’t come into existence.

Neither presidential candidate is aligned with Catholic teaching on every issue. If neither is completely pro-life, then Catholics must attempt to limit abortion, by determining which candidate would cause the less damage. The vote must be for the candidate who will most likely limit the evil of abortion.

That candidate is Donald Trump.

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