View your Election Center

If you haven’t voted yet, it’s time to visit our Action Center. Look for “View Your Election Center,” where you can enter your ZIP code and address to find personalized resources with legislator and candidate information. You can also find your voting location for Election Day on the same page. Voting is also now available in the county auditor’s office and in some cases satellite locations.

As voting continues in our nation, let’s take the time for prayer.

Pope Francis’ new encyclical invites us to open our hearts to Christ

According to the Vatican News Service, “Dilexit nos,” (He loved us), Pope Francis’ fourth Encyclical, retraces the tradition and relevance of thought on “the human and divine love of the heart of Jesus Christ,” calling for a renewal of authentic devotion to avoid forgetting the tenderness of faith, the joy of serving, and the fervor of mission.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus can open our hearts to the discovery of “the immense love of the heart of Christ,” said Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), quoting the letter.

Religious Freedom is a Basic Human Right

“The Catholic Church teaches that religious freedom is a basic human right, which has even been called the ‘synthesis and summit of all other fundamental rights,’” said Bishop A. Elias Zaidan and Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades. The bishop chairmen cited the Vatican’s International Theological Commission as they underscored the importance of religious freedom in commemoration of International Religious Freedom Day (Oct. 27).