"Of all the American princes of the Church, outside of that ridiculous popinjay Raymond Burke, Dolan is among the most insufferable. He plays the jocular, backslapping Irishman while his rap sheet on burying the ongoing sexual-abuse scandal is one of t...

[opalmirror@hachyderm.io]

@wdlindsy Another reason why I congratulate myself on being an ex-Catholic.

[jenzi@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Just your specific point about the confluence of Trump and his rhetoric and the charities they are raising money for. What I saw was fairly gross, they kissed up to Trump more than God himself.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@opalmirror I'm sure you're in very good company there.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jenzi That was actually Jonathan V. Last writing that sentence. He's a very conservative Catholic who is also a never-Trumper — and you perhaps knew all that, so I'm probably telling you things you knew. I agree wholeheartedly: totally gross, how they kissed up to Trump. And very much in line with Timothy Dolan's history and the behavior of many American Catholics, Vance included.

[davidpnice@mastodon.online]

@wdlindsy Look at that so-called man of God grinning. Normalisation like this is part of the USA's massive problem.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@davidpnice Yes, I agree. As Charles Pierce says, speaking as a lifelong Catholic himself, Dolan has long been a disgrace to many of us who see something very different in Catholic teaching and practice than Dolan does.

[luv_wins@mstdn.social]

@wdlindsy The Catholic Church FAILED to be what they pretend to be. It wasn't about charity; it was about supporting a facist!!!

[vfrmedia@social.tchncs.de]

@wdlindsy its interesting to note that Project 25 plus the behaviour of USA tradcaths appears to have quietly shifted ETWN to be more *liberal*, something I didn't expect would happen!

(They've even dumped Gab and Trump Social from their social media presence on the "yoof" site ChurchPop). Its not an overt "mea culpa", but they do appear to be regretting some choices..

[tafkak@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Shocked that the Catholics would be open to authoritarianism. Has anyone alerted the Pope?

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@luv_wins I'd say a certain sector of the Catholic church has royally failed to live up to what it professes to believe — the sector represented by the US Catholic bishops and the 60% of white Catholics that keep voting for Trump. Latino Catholics and Catholics of color move in a very different direction.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@tafkak The trend to authoritarianism among white Christians in the US, with 81% of white evangelicals and 60% of white mainline Protestants saying they'll vote for Trump, does not surprise me. It's a deeply rooted trend in US culture — as is anti-Catholicism.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@vfrmedia Interesting. I had not been following those developments. I understand your surprise!

[joczechowska@mas.to]

@wdlindsy Catholic church is rotten to the core.

[mamiyaman@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy Indeed. And the hierarchy yukking it up with him to boot.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@mamiyaman Absolutely. Absolutely disgusting.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@JoCzechowska I'm going to keep my sights on the broader perspective as I see that 81% of white evangelicals and 60% of white mainline Protestants are poised to vote for Trump this election.

[tobecarey@mstdn.party]

@wdlindsy Don't look under the stain.

[darwinwoodka@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

Every Catholic should be thoroughly ashamed of their church leadership and this "charity" organization. I think the only charity the Catholic cardinals serve is themselves.

[darwinwoodka@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy

Their religion has become simply an excuse for their racism. It's shameful.

[shonin@mastodon.world]

@wdlindsy The Penguin and the Joker are easier to look at