Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholic leaders calling out evil where they see it…

Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/catholics-trump-archbishops.html

The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. Their critique of the Trump administration’s principles — while not mentioning President Trump by name — escalates the American Catholic Church’s denunciations of the country’s top leaders.

In 2026, the country has entered “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War,” read the unusual statement issued by Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark.

Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland as having raised fundamental questions about the use of military force, the cardinals call for a “genuinely moral foreign policy” in which “military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy.”

Good for them. It's about time. Now let's see other "faith groups" stand up for decency.

Episcopal Bishops have also spoken out.

As has Presbyterian clergy. ICE shot one of them in the head and his collar with pepper spray bullets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholic leaders calling out evil where they see it…

Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/catholics-trump-archbishops.html

The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. Their critique of the Trump administration’s principles — while not mentioning President Trump by name — escalates the American Catholic Church’s denunciations of the country’s top leaders.

In 2026, the country has entered “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War,” read the unusual statement issued by Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark.

Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland as having raised fundamental questions about the use of military force, the cardinals call for a “genuinely moral foreign policy” in which “military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy.”

Unless Evangelicals speak out, it probably won't make any difference.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tax the Catholic church.
Separation of church and state.
Their little mailed collection envelopes go right in recycling at our house now..
You think they'd take the hint.

Psst, not taxing churches IS separation of church and state. Jeez.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about Catholic charities' role in breaching our southern border and distributing illegal invaders across the US? They have no credibility or moral authority.

Fake news, but glad to see MAGA finally realizes the Chruch is not and has not been on their side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholic leaders calling out evil where they see it…

Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/catholics-trump-archbishops.html

The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. Their critique of the Trump administration’s principles — while not mentioning President Trump by name — escalates the American Catholic Church’s denunciations of the country’s top leaders.

In 2026, the country has entered “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War,” read the unusual statement issued by Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark.

Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland as having raised fundamental questions about the use of military force, the cardinals call for a “genuinely moral foreign policy” in which “military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy.”

Unless Evangelicals speak out, it probably won't make any difference.

They are Protestants, and many Protestant leaders are also speaking out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well better late than never, I guess.

Did the Catholic Church opine on the Epstein file?

Thought not.

LOL
That would never happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax the Catholic church.
Separation of church and state.
Their little mailed collection envelopes go right in recycling at our house now..
You think they'd take the hint.

Psst, not taxing churches IS separation of church and state. Jeez.

So you think it would be wrong to tax churches? Of course churches should pay taxes. They make money! Only churches that don't make money should not have to pay taxes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax the Catholic church.
Separation of church and state.
Their little mailed collection envelopes go right in recycling at our house now..
You think they'd take the hint.

Psst, not taxing churches IS separation of church and state. Jeez.

Do churches not pay sales tax on anything they buy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax the Catholic church.
Separation of church and state.
Their little mailed collection envelopes go right in recycling at our house now..
You think they'd take the hint.

Psst, not taxing churches IS separation of church and state. Jeez.

Do churches not pay sales tax on anything they buy?

Interesting how some church-goers like to exempt churches from paying any taxes.

[Anonymous]

Wonder what Fake Catholic JD Vance will say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what Fake Catholic JD Vance will say.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what Fake Catholic JD Vance will say.

+1

Will JD realize that Church hierarchy and teachings are more than just cosmetic trappings for trad men who liked its patriarchal vibe? Or will JD somehow find a way to claim that the authorities of the Catholic Church are a woke schism that only he (as a Fake Catholic) has a right to proclaim? Or maybe he will regret the belated realization that he joined a church with a 2-millennia history and structure that isn’t just there for his trad cosplay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what Fake Catholic JD Vance will say.

+1

Will JD realize that Church hierarchy and teachings are more than just cosmetic trappings for trad men who liked its patriarchal vibe? Or will JD somehow find a way to claim that the authorities of the Catholic Church are a woke schism that only he (as a Fake Catholic) has a right to proclaim? Or maybe he will regret the belated realization that he joined a church with a 2-millennia history and structure that isn’t just there for his trad cosplay.

You obviously think more. highly of the Catholic Church than I do

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Catholic leaders calling out evil where they see it…

Top Catholic Clerics Denounce U.S. Foreign Policy

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/us/catholics-trump-archbishops.html

The three highest-ranking Roman Catholic clerics who lead archdioceses in the United States said in a strongly worded statement on Monday that America’s “moral role in confronting evil around the world” is in question for the first time in decades. Their critique of the Trump administration’s principles — while not mentioning President Trump by name — escalates the American Catholic Church’s denunciations of the country’s top leaders.

In 2026, the country has entered “the most profound and searing debate about the moral foundation for America’s actions in the world since the end of the Cold War,” read the unusual statement issued by Cardinal Blase Cupich, archbishop of Chicago; Cardinal Robert McElroy, archbishop of Washington; and Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of Newark.

Citing recent events in Venezuela, Ukraine and Greenland as having raised fundamental questions about the use of military force, the cardinals call for a “genuinely moral foreign policy” in which “military action must be seen only as a last resort in extreme situations, not a normal instrument of national policy.”

Unless Evangelicals speak out, it probably won't make any difference.

Evangelicals (and Mormons and Southern Baptists) are all in on this hellscape. They’re getting what they want, eternal damnation be damned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Tax the Catholic church.
Separation of church and state.
Their little mailed collection envelopes go right in recycling at our house now..
You think they'd take the hint.

Psst, not taxing churches IS separation of church and state. Jeez.

NP.

There is no such thing as separation of church and state. It's a farce.

Tax them all - it's not like churches are even coy about political allegiances.