By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M, CAP.
1/22/2009
Denver Catholic Register (www.archden.org)1/22/2009
When bad laws and court decisions cripple the soul of a society, Christians must work to change them as a matter both of justice and charity.
DENVER, CO (Denver Catholic Register) - Christians have an obligation to love their country, build on its greatest qualities and serve its best ideals. We also have the duty to pray for our leaders and obey the law—insofar as the law does not violate human dignity in some systematic, gravely evil way. When bad laws and court decisions cripple the soul of a society, Christians must work to change them as a matter both of justice and charity. Otherwise we risk colluding in the evil of their outcome.
Obviously with families to raise, jobs to pursue and lives to live, not all Christians can be engaged in the many important issues facing our country. But we can always at least serve the truth by not lying to ourselves and to each other.
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