"Pope Francis denounces ‘trickle-down’ economic theories in critique of inequality"

[whell]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

By all means keep bash away!

We only won the Catholic vote by 50-48 last time and when you take out the Hispanics we lost the white Catholic vote by 59-40.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholi..._United_States

So we could stand to have you alienate some of them our way.

I'm not referring to how Catholics at large voted. I'm referring to the leadership of the Church: from the Vatican right through to the many of the ordained. Just hang out on any given Catholic church for a string of Sundays and listen to when comes from the pulpit. About the only divergence you'll find from standard left-wing dogma is on the subjects of abortion and birth control. Most everything else is aligned with the article in the OP.

This isn't a criticism, by the way. It just "is what it is."

[sheltiedave]

Originally Posted by whell

I'm not referring to how Catholics at large voted. I'm referring to the leadership of the Church: from the Vatican right through to the many of the ordained. Just hang out on any given Catholic church for a string of Sundays and listen to when comes from the pulpit. About the only divergence you'll find from standard left-wing dogma is on the subjects of abortion and birth control. Most everything else is aligned with the article in the OP.

This isn't a criticism, by the way. It just "is what it is."

There seems to be a disconnect between how you analyze the social works done by the Church and their political bent. The US College of Cardinals is only a shade to the left of Joseph Stalin, who was a noted conservative

Every election cycle brings out the lecture from the pulpit regarding the sanctity of life and how the membership should vote straight Republican ticket. It is funny to listen to all the twists, turns, and gyrations the priests go through to arrive at straight ticket without ever saying "Republican."