Human dignity, human rights, morality in the election

It would have been best if all the presidential candidates had come to attend the mass celebrated by Manila Archbishop Luis Antonio Cardinal Tagle at the Manila Cathedral last Monday, May 2, even if only for the symbolic unity they would have presented to the nation at this time of such great discord and conflict in the closing days of the election campaign. In his sermon, Archbishop Tagle called on the candidates to make it clear to themselves what human dignity and human rights means to them. As for the voters, he said, the Catholic bishops of the country are not asking them to vote for any particular candidate, only that they be guided by the common good. Human dignity, human rights, common good – voters should keep these in mind when they make their choices, the archbishop said. The day before, Sunday, May 1, Catholic Bishops Conference of the [...]