NI Catholic Bishops’ message before election. But should the church keep its nose out of politics?

Apr 28, 2016, 10:44 AM

Voting is a moral act. That's the message from Catholic Bishops in a lengthy statement on next week's Assembly election. The pastoral reflection sets out the church's position on moral issues like abortion and same sex marriage, as well as childhood poverty, education and politics here. Is this the church sticking its nose into politics, or giving moral guidance to Catholics? Stephen got the views of Boyd Sleator from Atheist NI and David Quinn director of the Iona Institute