US Viewpoint: Reasons for promoting issues, not candidates

Source: Global Sisters Report

In an article entitled: 'Sisters: The wisdom in not endorsing politicians' Soli Salgado writes for Global Sisters Report:

As Americans cast their ballots for president in the waning days of a bitterly contentious election, they've been bombarded by messages from campaigns, interest groups, the media and church pulpits - including the lingering, contrasting portraits of two women religious who took the stage when the parties officially nominated their candidates.

Both Catholic sisters - one in a nun's habit - elevated Catholic concerns at the August Democratic and Republican conventions. They diverged in how they presented their messages, yet they both illustrate the line women and men religious must navigate while publicly engaging in politics as well as how this campaign season is different.

To read on see:

www.globalsistersreport.org/news/politics/religious-life/news/sisters-wisdom-not-endorsing-politicians