Catholic Conscience

Our primary programs continue to include publication of election guides educational materials for individuals and schools and news commentary provided through our newsletter. Election Guides: In 2024 we published non-partisan bi-lingual election guides for: • The October 2024 B.C. General Election receiving 1400 visitors who downloaded 5000 related documents. https://catholicconscience.org/canada/british-columbia/2024-provincial-election/ • The October 2024 New Brunswick Provincial Election receiving over 100 visitors who downloaded 3500 related documents. https://catholicconscience.org/canada/newbrunswick.2024-provincial-election/ • The October 2024 Saskatchewan Provincial and School Trustee elections receiving over 2400 visitors who downloaded above 5000 related documents. https://catholicconscience.org/canada/manitoba/manitoba-election-2023/ • The November 2024 U.S. Presidential Election receiving about 16 000 visitors who downloaded over 14 000 related documents. https://catholicconscience.org/usa/2024election/ • The April 2025 Canadian Federal Election. By year’s end more than 23 000 visitors accessed the page downloading over 20 000 documents. https://catholicconscience.org/canada/federal/2025federal/ Educational Materials: We continued to publish materials explaining principles of Catholic social thought and their application to civic and social issues online and in downloadable form. They continue to be used by schools and universities across Canada and elsewhere. Examples include: • Catholic Just War doctrine – approximately 6 200 views in 2024: https://catholicconscience.org/just-war/ • Social Sin - approximately 9 800 views: https://catholicconscience.org/social-sin/ and https://catholicconscience.org/reflection-seven-social-sins/ • Catholic Civics – approximately 9 000 views: https://catholicconscience.org/principles-values-virtues-of-catholic-social-thought/ https://catholicconscience.org/catholiccivics/ • The Catholic duty to partic