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Chasstev365
(7,818 posts)Where are other religious leaders in denouncing Trump's illegal war?
ybbor
(1,752 posts)I am sure my MAGA Catholic school classmates and relatives are pissed that this woke Cardinal would dare to speak this way about their dear leader and his regime.
It makes me feel like leadership of the Church has come a long way
since pope brown shirt took us backward with his ideology. I like the current pope, for the most part, and pope Francis, prior to him. They at least seem to embrace the Sermon on the Mounts teachings, and arent fans of the POS in Mayo Lardo.
Arthur_Frain
(2,373 posts)No matter what religion.
Theyre always the sane voice in the maelstrom.
benfranklin1776
(7,017 posts)It is profoundly evil to celebrate death and destruction as if it were a sporting event or video game. The celebrators are bereft of all conscience and morality and humanity. But profoundly evil is this demonic administrations brand. 😡🤬
Haggard Celine
(17,834 posts)Squaredeal
(733 posts)I believe that the Cardinal has the authority to instinct all his priests in the Diocese of Chicago to read his letter to their congregations. Too many Catholic priests have openly supported Trump from their pulpits. Its time that the Church puts an end to it, excommunicating any priest who continues to support a perpetrator of murder.
They not only openly supported the orange pedophile, some bishops castigated President Biden. Assholes.
Vinca
(54,012 posts)sanatanadharma
(4,089 posts)The US military is currently conducting live ammo, live action war games training and research under the cover of a demented Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.
The generals know trump is demented, delusional, and dangerous but they do not care because the military-industrial-complex is supreme; power over paper. Chaos over Constitution.
wnylib
(26,067 posts)refuse to follow illegal orders.
It would mean the end of their careers, but once the first one refused, others might follow.
Same with the pilots under their command.
highplainsdem
(62,245 posts)From the archdiocese:
https://www.archchicago.org/statement/-/article/2026/03/08/statement-of-blase-j-cupich-archbishop-of-chicago-a-call-to-conscience
From the Vatican, an article that links to the statement:
https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2026-03/cardinal-cupich-call-to-conscience-war-social-media-technology.html
Swede
(39,545 posts)NNadir
(38,092 posts)niyad
(132,559 posts)Ponietz
(4,343 posts)peggysue2
(12,534 posts)I commend Cardinal Cupich for speaking truth to power. We need a daily dose of this, a reminder of what is being done in Iran and elsewhere is being done in our names, fueled by our tax dollars.
Enough!