Returning Catholics FAQs: About Voting

O n Mondays, I answer questions frequently asked by those considering a return to the Catholic Church. How do I know this stuff? I was away for more than 30 years myself, and am the co-author of When They Come Home: Ways to Welcome Returning Catholics , a book for pastors and parish leaders interested in this ministry.

Now that I’m back with the Church, are the powers that be going to tell me how I have to vote?

While some priests may desire to direct you that way, in my experience most do not....