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CBHagman

(16,984 posts)
Sat Jan 9, 2021, 01:04 PM Jan 2021

NCR Editorial Staff: Editorial: Catholics need to confess their complicity in the failed coup

I just found out that NCR editorial staff issued this piece in the wake of the assault on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, and I'd be interested in your analysis and response.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/editorial-catholics-need-confess-their-complicity-failed-coup?fbclid=IwAR1DRlO4b0K-9HBtP3illU7QsDpeFTw2UtdF5Z1VJERbF25PpF2NNROXrxM

This is the culmination of what this presidency has been about from the beginning — and some Catholics have remained silent, or worse, cheered it along, including some bishops, priests, a few sisters, right-wing Catholic media and too many people in the pro-life movement.

We're talking to you CatholicVote.org, Attorney General William Barr and other Catholics in the Trump administration, Amy Coney Barrett, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Bill Donohue of the Catholic League, rogue prolifer Abby Johnson. Sadly, the list goes on.

And what about the everyday Catholics — some 50% of them — who voted for Trump this year, after four years of incompetence, racist dog whistles and assaults on democratic norms? Not all were at the "protest" in Washington, but many have supported organizations that fanned the flames. Too many Catholic voters were content to cozy up to Trump in exchange for tax breaks, or Supreme Court judges, or subsidies for Catholic schools.


There's more at the link.


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NCR Editorial Staff: Editorial: Catholics need to confess their complicity in the failed coup (Original Post) CBHagman Jan 2021 OP
the occasional reminder of why I left catholicism so many years ago rurallib Jan 2021 #1
Please remember this is a group for Catholics and Orthodox. shrike3 Jan 2021 #2
my apology rurallib Jan 2021 #3
No worries. It's pretty easy to click on a post and not realize where you are. shrike3 Jan 2021 #4

shrike3

(3,572 posts)
2. Please remember this is a group for Catholics and Orthodox.
Sat Jan 23, 2021, 11:34 PM
Jan 2021

Certain remarks belong in the Religion forum, not here.
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