“Not voting is ugly,” the 87-year-old pontiff said. “It is not good. You must vote.”
“You
must choose the lesser evil,” he said. “Who is the lesser evil? That
lady, or that gentleman? I don’t know."
"Everyone, in conscience, (has to)
think and do this.”
-- Pope Francis, quoted here
Since your most serene majesty and your highnesses require of me a
simple, clear, and direct answer, I will give one, and it is this: I
cannot submit my faith either to the pope or to the council, because it
is clear that they have fallen into error and even into inconsistency
with themselves. If, then, I am not convinced by proof from Holy
Scripture, or by cogent reasons, if I am not satisfied by the very text I
have cited, and if my judgment is not in this way brought into
subjection to God's word, I neither can nor will retract anything; for
it cannot be either safe or honest for a Christian to speak against his
conscience. Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me. Amen.
-- Martin Luther, quoted here