"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...

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

"It is tragic that the guest of honor this year will be someone whose personal example and policy wishes are in a collision course with the principles of Catholic social teaching."

#Trump #CardinalDolan #Catholic #AlSmith
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[jenzi@mastodon.social]

@wdlindsy I don't know of a group that helps migrants more than The Catholic Charities.

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

And lest we be tempted to succumb to the very old and tired trope of anti-Catholicism that remains alive and well in some sectors of American (and British) culture, let's keep in mind PRRI's recent finding that this election cycle, 81% of white evangelicals and 60% of white mainline Protestants are poised to vote for Trump.

Trump and the fascism the GOP now peddles are brought to us by white US Christians.

#Trump #Christians #WhiteEvangelicals #MainlineProtestants
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Challenges to Democracy: The 2024 Election in Focus | PRRI

The 15th annual American Values Survey reveals deep political divisions and emerging challenges to democratic norms as well as Americans’ attitudes about the 2024 election, the overall direction of the country, the state of the economy, and the broader health of our democracy.

PRRI | At the intersection of religion, values, and public life. (www.prri.org)

[wdlindsy@toad.social]

@jenzi Yes, Catholic Charities has long done outstanding work to assist migrants. Not sure if you're responding to a particular statement in the thread, but I agree with your point.

[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.