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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm curious about how Catholics are thinking about the current position of the Pope, which is decidedly against the Trump administration's immigration policies.

If you're Catholic and opposed legal abortion because the Catholic church was against it (although the government obviously supported it), are you now opposing these immigration policies for the same reason?  And if not, how can you reconcile that with being Catholic? [/quote]

Why does anyone need to reconcile this?
The Church advises examining your own conscience before voting....even though they clearly encourage voting a particular way according to one specific issue without blatantly stating it. They just always "suggest" that there are multiple priorities but one (abortion) overrides all the others. I don't vote that way; and even Pope Frances this time around noted that Americans had to choose the lesser of two evils. Well, for me, the lesser of two evils is the evil that checks more of the non-evil boxes, including compassion and charity; anti-death penalty; respect for all people; national security; civil rights; etc. The candidate who will support the most policies for the greatest common good. I'd rather err on the side of compassion than cruelty.

My siblings don't understand how I can "be Catholic and be a Democrat." I don't understand how they can be Catholic and Republican. People focus on the Church's stance on abortion - and completely ignore the fact that the church teaching has a whole segment on catholic social justice. I "reconcile" my differences by following the path that covers more of the social justice teaching, not just one issue.[/quote]

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