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Pope Francis' allies accuses US Catholics of forming an 'alliance of hate' to back TrumpAntonio Spadaro and Marcelo Figuerola have denounced the world view of some US Christians saying they are 'not too far apart' from Islamist jihadists
Caroline Mortimer 17 hours ago
Two people close to Pope Francis have accused ultra-conservative American Catholics of making an alliance of hate with evangelical Christians to back Donald Trump.
Catholic priest Antonio Spadaro and Protestant theologian Marcelo Figueroa published a joint article in La Civilta Cattolica, a journal published by Jesuit priests in Rome and overseen by the Vatican, in which they denounced US Catholics for supporting the extremist positions of the American right, saying the world view of hard-line Catholics is not too far apart from that Islamist jihadists.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/donald-trump-pope-francis-catholics-alliance-of-hate-la-civilta-cattolica-steve-bannon-a7875651.html
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Pope Francis' allies accuses US Catholics of forming an 'alliance of hate' to back Trump (Original Post)
workinclasszero
Aug 2017
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AJT
(5,240 posts)1. Ain't that the truth. And 4 of the SCOTUS members are hard right Catholics.
and let's not forget Pence and Paul Ryan.
Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)2. Good on you, Pope!
marylandblue
(12,344 posts)3. I don't know what's wrong with this pope
He makes it seem like Jesus taught about peace and forgiveness.
pnwmom
(108,925 posts)4. I have been saying all along that hard-right Catholics don't speak for the rest of us
and they don't represent the "correct" part of the Church -- except in their own little minds.
I'm grateful to Pope Francis for showing the other side.