Is not being a citizen sinful?

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Hello. My mom wasn’t born in the US, so she’s not a citizen, but a registered “alien”. Therefore, she doesn’t vote. Because it’s (apparently) a Catholic’s obligation to vote, is she sinning by not voting? She’s very much Catholic, and I’m pretty sure she prefers her current status, but I’m worried for her.

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Hi Grey,

Ordinarily one is not obliged to become a citizen of a particular country. You mother is not morally obliged to become an American citizen. It is not a sin for her to be a registered alien.

Fr. Vincent Serpa, O.P.
 
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