Catholic politicians should imitate Sir Thomas More

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Conscience over politics, bishop urges
Calgary’s Roman Catholic Bishop has cannonballed into the election campaign by suggesting Catholic politicians imitate Sir Thomas More and consider martyrdom before opposing church teaching on issues such as same-sex marriage.

More, who was King Henry VIII’s chancellor, went to the executioner’s block in 1535 rather than acknowledge the king’s supremacy over the pope as head of the church in England. He was later made a Catholic saint.

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“He always served God first,” Bishop Fred Henry said approvingly in an interview. “He saw no conflict between faith and culture, no divergence between politics and morality. For him, when it came down to the crunch, conscience had to be followed – and if this meant martyrdom, so be it.”

It seems to me this can’t be restricted to politicians. Everyone needs to pray for the kind of courage God gave to St. Thomas More.
 
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It seems to me this can’t be restricted to politicians. Everyone needs to pray for the kind of courage God gave to St. Thomas More.
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