The Catholic Church Should Burn

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian (@theguardian.com)

Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/robert-morris-trump-megachurch-pastor-charged?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu

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Who in the press will be asking Trump his thoughts on Morris and his behavior?

 

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The Catholic Church in America 20 years back were the pro-immigration organization. Where the fuck are they during this time of abductions by masked ICE agents, upending of due process, and the El Salvadoran concentration camp shit going on?

 

[Innula Zenovka]

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[Soen Eber]

The Catholic Church in America 20 years back were the pro-immigration organization. Where the fuck are they during this time of abductions by masked ICE agents, upending of due process, and the El Salvadoran concentration camp shit going on?

Pope John Paul came down pretty hard on the 'liberation theology' movement, and I think he shifted some of the principals around. And then there was Ratzinger, but I'm just guessing. There are missing puzzle pieces on immigration and Catholicism and am dealing with a foot issue and insurance red tape so ... not really much into doing a deep dive right now..

 

[Beebo Brink]

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“There is an absence of forgiveness; we don’t treat our leaders as human. We expect them to be perfect. If you want perfect leaders, you won’t have any leaders.”

People are funny that way, when it comes to sexually abused children.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Catholic Church in America 20 years back were the pro-immigration organization. Where the fuck are they during this time of abductions by masked ICE agents, upending of due process, and the El Salvadoran concentration camp shit going on?

I just Googled "catholic church us immigration crackdown" and "catholic church us el salvador Venezuelan deportations" and got plenty of hits like

Bishop condemns Trump’s ‘war on the poor’ at border vigil - The Tablet

Bishop Mark Seitz of El Paso, the chairman of the US Catholic Bishops Conference’s Committee on Migration, delivered strong words and a warning on Monday to

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and

Catholic migrant advocates 'deeply alarmed' by Trump use of Alien Enemies Act - Catholic Review

President Donald Trump on March 15 invoked the Alien Enemies Act for the first time since World War II, granting himself broad authority under a wartime law to deport people allegedly associated with a Venezuelan gang, sparking a legal battle and prompting concern from Catholic immigration...

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Cardinal McElroy, immigration advocates warn US at a moral crossroad with migrants - OSV News

Washington's Cardinal McElroy grappled with the need to send a clear moral message on the dignity of migrants at an event in the nation's capital.

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There seem to be plenty of Catholics doing something, or trying to, or at least protesting, about the kidnappings and deportations, but they're maybe not getting much publicity.

Though since Trump and his administration don't seem to care much about what the federal courts think of all this, they're probably not particularly interested in what Catholic cardinals, bishops and lay activists think about it either.

 

[CronoCloud Creeggan]

Pope John Paul came down pretty hard on the 'liberation theology' movement,

You mean JP2? Yeah, he equated that with Communists. Which is also why he tended to go easy on the excesses of Capitalism. And of course conservatives in the US loved JP2 because of how anti-commie, and anti-socialist he was. Cold War politics and all that. And how he cracked down on lefty clergy "south of the border" in places where the US supported capitalist dictatorships.

Modern American right wingers just want Francis to demonize the gays and trans and not talk about poverty and the excesses of capitalism. If the Catholic Church started doing that more, Evangelical Protestants would turn on the Catholics right quick. And it would be just like the old days.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

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