Pope Francis criticizes Trump and Harris and says voters must choose between 'lesser of two evils'
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Source: CNN
Pope Francis on Friday described the choice US voters must make in the presidential election as one between the lesser of two evils, deeming former President Donald Trumps anti-migrant policies and Vice President Kamala Harris support of abortion rights as both being against life.
One must choose the lesser of two evils. Who is the lesser of two evils? That lady or that gentleman? I dont know, Francis said during a press conference on the papal plane, referring to Harris and Trump. Everyone with a conscience should think on this and do it.
Francis has been more vocal about politics than his predecessors and has moved to make the Catholic Church more open. While he has consistently and strongly defended the Catholic Churchs teaching that abortion is the deliberate destruction of a human life, Francis has also insisted it cannot be isolated from other issues concerning human life, including immigration.
To send migrants away, to leave them wherever you want, to leave them
its something terrible, there is evil there. To send away a child from the womb of the mother is an assassination, because there is life. We must speak about these things clearly, he said.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/13/politics/pope-francis-trump-harris-abortion/index.html
twodogsbarking
(11,862 posts)Charlie Chapulin
(279 posts)Ive never had much use for any Pope, anyway.
I think he is just as afraid of a strong woman of color as the Orange Man.
Eugene
(62,565 posts)That "lesser evil" need not be named to the observant flock.
JT45242
(2,710 posts)They need to go after the RCC as the biggest child molestation racket ever.
No more hands off. It is a criminal enterprise that moves pedophiles from one jurisdiction to another. Minister and school officials are mandatory reporters and the RCC does not
Fuck him and all the upper levels of the Roma. Catholic Crime syndicate
pnwmom
(109,403 posts)have turned out to be harboring pedophiles.
Pedophiles go wherever children are left with trusted adults.
Autumn
(45,842 posts)pnwmom
(109,403 posts)His position, though, is actually more moderate than many American Bishops, who have been loudly taking the position that abortion is the worst evil.
He's actually giving permission to devout Catholics to decide Trump's Presidency would be worse than Harris's.
Autumn
(45,842 posts)Fuck him and his pseudo morality.
BOSSHOG
(39,093 posts)Mean the Catholic Church should lose its tax exempt status? Turn loose the assessors. The Catholic Church doesnt give a damn about the separation.
I was a Catholic for too long.
pnwmom
(109,403 posts)Unlike the Bishops, who largely prioritize the abortion fight, he is saying voters need to decide which candidate THEY think is worse. He's leaving open the possibility that millions will decide Trump is worse.
greatauntoftriplets
(176,553 posts)Immigrants who will be deported back to the gods know what.
Political prisoners.
Senior citizens who will lose Social Security and Medicare, possibly hastening deaths.
Living children who will likely face Medicaid/WIC type program cuts or elimination.
Veterans who will have to use a privatized VA.
etc.
pnwmom
(109,403 posts)He's leaving the door open for Catholics to decide that the well-being of immigrants is even more important than fetuses.
sakabatou
(42,795 posts)Yonnie3
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