• A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion and/or euthanasia.

    Pope Benedict XVI: A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to 
present himself for Holy Communion, if he were to deliberately vote for a 
candidate precisely because of the candidate's permissive stand on abortion 
and/or euthanasia.
    Memorandum to Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick of Washington, D.C., 2004.