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Is it a sin for Catholics to not vote in elections?

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The year 2024 is considered the biggest election year in history, with more than 60 countries — representing almost half of the world’s population — holding elections. This historical moment raises the question for Catholics: Is it a sin not to vote?

To provide some insight into this question, ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, spoke with Fray Nelson Medina, a Dominican priest who holds a doctorate in fundamental theology from the Milltown Institute in Dublin, and Father Mario Arroyo, who holds a doctorate in philosophy from the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome.

Elections and ‘the common good’​

Medina stressed that “the general criterion for the Christian is always that his action (or decision not to act) leads to, or favors, or at least does not hinder, achieving the common good.”

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