Church in Mexico offers voting guidelines

The Archdiocese of Mexico City has released a set of voting guidelines for the faithful ahead of elections to be held this summer.

The pastoral guidelines do not mention any party, saying only that Catholics cannot “choose as a political option those who support or promote false rights or liberties that attack the teachings contained in the Holy Scriptures, tradition and doctrine of the Church.”

The guidelines also say Catholics “should be alert to the commitments of the candidates and their parties to respect the foremost of all rights, which is the right to life, from the moment of conception.”