Faith and Politics

True Life: I am Catholic. I am a Politics Major.

        Being from the Catholic tradition and being a student of politics - I more than anyone else - understand how personal morals and politics isn't a black and white thing.
        I believe there is nothing wrong with faith being intertwined with politics. In politics, it's all about public service and uniting for the common good; which goes along with the universal call to holiness.

photo by: me, Katrina Marie

        Everyone should be trying to build each other up not down and in politics, it's about promoting that sense of solidarity that can lead to peace. Yes, I understand we live in the United States where there is separation of Church and State as well as religious freedom. But in all honesty the basic fundamental promotion of the dignity of the person goes along with the universal call to holiness.

photo by: me, Katrina Marie

        The individual is to be valued because when we objectify them then they can be alienated – which goes against God, or in a political sense goes against basic human rights. We are all unique, unrepeatable, and it is not our place to destroy that, no matter what differences in political and religious ideology there might be.
        Our fundamental right is the right to life and with that we cannot just pick and chose who has that right. Which brings me back to faith interweaving with politics. As citizens of earth let alone the United States we should be thinking of each other not just ourselves. We are not unattached individuals from society and that's why its important to offer ourselves through our work to serve God. In order for us to live together we must agree on the absolute minimum and as a student of politics I understand my responsibility as a American citizen and as a daughter of Christ - that I need to make sure that government is preserving peace among people, which in turn preserves our government.