I’d say both of them are anti-Catholic, to the extent that neither fully embodies the full spectrum of Catholic moral and social teaching. Trump has since ‘moderated’ his stance on the protection of the unborn, while Harris continues to be the poster child for Planned Parenthood. Both candidates have shown a marked degree of idolatry towards the nation (Trump) and the state (Harris). For Americans who are going to the polls next week, it’s a matter of choosing someone who’s less damaging to the Catholic faith and morals. That choice is up to you!
I agree. For me, however, the issue of abortion and the Dems whole-hearted support of it and of forcing Americans to fund it leads me to the Republican party. While not fully pro-life, their platform is not as rigorous in promoting abortion and its public funding. The other facet that has convinced me to vote Republican is KH's bigotry toward Catholics and Catholicism - particularly in regard to her blatant prejudice and ignorance when she grilled judicial nominees in California because of their membership in the Knights of Columbus. My husband has been a Knight for 45 years, since he graduated high school. They are not only a Catholic organization, but a very patriotic organization. I think American can do far better than both presidential candidates, and I am not happy about DJT's bullying attitude. But he has proven himself to be a very good leader in terms of the economy, among other issues, and the platform of the Republicans is far superior to that of the Democrats. Peace to all here.
I think when Democratic Senators like Dianne Feinstein grilled future Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett over her Catholic faith, that is when 19th century anti-Catholic bigotry comes back. It is too bad, given that the Democrats were the Catholics' first choice. Nevertheless, certain Republicans have been openly flirting with Antisemitism (Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes) and it is up to Republican-voting Catholics to repudiate that with vigor
So this is where 2000 years of Catholic thought has brought us? I’ll just stick with Jesus—unadulterated, uncompromised, and unobsessed with disgraceful politicians and their tyranny.
Your plan to stick with Jesus is an excellent one that we all should follow. But we need to make our political preferences known by voting with our Catholic conscience. As history has shown us time and again, all it takes is bad leadership to lead a nation to ruin and to place its citizens in grave moral and physical danger.
Sooo - you would rather vote for someone who not only vigorously supports abortion, but also wants to use taxpayer funding for it? And a woman who, when she was Attorney General of California, questioned judicial nominees about their membership in the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus - because she thought this made them anti-American? As has been mentioned before on this page and on other Catholic sites, sometimes the only choice is to vote for the candidate who is closer to Catholic teaching than one who is completely the opposite of Catholic teaching. I would rather vote for someone who at least is nominally pro-life than one who is rabidly abortion, and one who seems to have some respect for our Church. The choice is yours and everyone else's.
What are we to make of Pope Francis statement that they both are “against life,” and Catholics must choose between the “lesser evil,” without saying who is the lesser? Without his judgment, I suppose either selection is a matter of one’s own conscience with no other factors considered.
His Holiness cannot very well order us to vote for one candidate rather than another. As adult Catholics with consciences, we have to go by what the Church teaches. Just as God gives us free will - we can decide which candidate best follows God's law. For me, it is the candidate who is not openly anti-Catholic and who does not rabidly push taxpayer-funded abortion, and who does not promote the transgender/gay agenda to children and everyone else. Just as you can vote your conscience and use your God-given free will, without anyone telling you for whom you should vote.
If this very current behavior is what you call more Catholic, shame on you, shame on the religion you call Catholic: “I do not know how to put this gently or tastefully, so I will factually describe what happened last night in Milwaukee: A former president of the United States held a rally, during which he used a microphone holder on his podium to pantomime the act of giving fellatio ….” Tom Nichols, reporting for The Atlantic
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No way!
I’d say both of them are anti-Catholic, to the extent that neither fully embodies the full spectrum of Catholic moral and social teaching. Trump has since ‘moderated’ his stance on the protection of the unborn, while Harris continues to be the poster child for Planned Parenthood. Both candidates have shown a marked degree of idolatry towards the nation (Trump) and the state (Harris). For Americans who are going to the polls next week, it’s a matter of choosing someone who’s less damaging to the Catholic faith and morals. That choice is up to you!
I agree. For me, however, the issue of abortion and the Dems whole-hearted support of it and of forcing Americans to fund it leads me to the Republican party. While not fully pro-life, their platform is not as rigorous in promoting abortion and its public funding. The other facet that has convinced me to vote Republican is KH's bigotry toward Catholics and Catholicism - particularly in regard to her blatant prejudice and ignorance when she grilled judicial nominees in California because of their membership in the Knights of Columbus. My husband has been a Knight for 45 years, since he graduated high school. They are not only a Catholic organization, but a very patriotic organization. I think American can do far better than both presidential candidates, and I am not happy about DJT's bullying attitude. But he has proven himself to be a very good leader in terms of the economy, among other issues, and the platform of the Republicans is far superior to that of the Democrats. Peace to all here.
I think when Democratic Senators like Dianne Feinstein grilled future Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett over her Catholic faith, that is when 19th century anti-Catholic bigotry comes back. It is too bad, given that the Democrats were the Catholics' first choice. Nevertheless, certain Republicans have been openly flirting with Antisemitism (Tucker Carlson, Candace Owens, Nick Fuentes) and it is up to Republican-voting Catholics to repudiate that with vigor
Very well stated, and I fully agree with you!
So this is where 2000 years of Catholic thought has brought us? I’ll just stick with Jesus—unadulterated, uncompromised, and unobsessed with disgraceful politicians and their tyranny.
Your plan to stick with Jesus is an excellent one that we all should follow. But we need to make our political preferences known by voting with our Catholic conscience. As history has shown us time and again, all it takes is bad leadership to lead a nation to ruin and to place its citizens in grave moral and physical danger.
In which case I wouldn’t vote. Voting for a criminal and moral degenerate is NOT the opinion of many good Catholics.
Sooo - you would rather vote for someone who not only vigorously supports abortion, but also wants to use taxpayer funding for it? And a woman who, when she was Attorney General of California, questioned judicial nominees about their membership in the Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus - because she thought this made them anti-American? As has been mentioned before on this page and on other Catholic sites, sometimes the only choice is to vote for the candidate who is closer to Catholic teaching than one who is completely the opposite of Catholic teaching. I would rather vote for someone who at least is nominally pro-life than one who is rabidly abortion, and one who seems to have some respect for our Church. The choice is yours and everyone else's.
What are we to make of Pope Francis statement that they both are “against life,” and Catholics must choose between the “lesser evil,” without saying who is the lesser? Without his judgment, I suppose either selection is a matter of one’s own conscience with no other factors considered.
His Holiness cannot very well order us to vote for one candidate rather than another. As adult Catholics with consciences, we have to go by what the Church teaches. Just as God gives us free will - we can decide which candidate best follows God's law. For me, it is the candidate who is not openly anti-Catholic and who does not rabidly push taxpayer-funded abortion, and who does not promote the transgender/gay agenda to children and everyone else. Just as you can vote your conscience and use your God-given free will, without anyone telling you for whom you should vote.
If this very current behavior is what you call more Catholic, shame on you, shame on the religion you call Catholic: “I do not know how to put this gently or tastefully, so I will factually describe what happened last night in Milwaukee: A former president of the United States held a rally, during which he used a microphone holder on his podium to pantomime the act of giving fellatio ….” Tom Nichols, reporting for The Atlantic