Confidants of Pope Francis blast right-wing American evangelicals in article that mentions Trump
by Taylor Link at Salon
http://www.salon.com/2017/07/15/confidants-of-pope-francis-blast-right-wing-american-evangelicals/
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The pair warned that the politics of Bannon was “apocalyptic” and reminiscent of ISIS, the Huffington Post reported.
“We must not forget that the theopolitics spread by Isis is based on the same cult of an apocalypse that needs to be brought about as soon as possible,” they wrote.
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Spadaro and Figueroa argued that the goal of Christian fundamentalists is to “submit the state to the Bible with a logic that is no different from the one that inspires Islamic fundamentalism.”
“Francis wants to break the organic link between culture, politics, institution and Church,” the priests wrote. “Spirituality cannot tie itself to governments or military pacts for it is at the service of all men and women. Religions cannot consider some people as sworn enemies nor others as eternal friends. Religion should not become the guarantor of the dominant classes.”
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