London, UK - Senior Catholic bishops are urging British worshippers to carefully consider candidates' policies toward marriage and abortion when they vote in the looming national election - a move likely to benefit the opposition Conservatives.
In a guide to the election Wednesday, Archbishop of Westminster Vincent Nichols urges voters to back lawmakers who "support marriage as a key building-block of a stable society" and who oppose abortion and euthanasia.
Although Nichols insists the Roman Catholic Church does not endorse any individual party, the document is critical of the record of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Labour Party, which has held office for 13 years. The vote has not yet been set, but must be held by June 3. It is expected to be May 6.