Catholic leaders press GOP to heed pope on climate, poor

Associated Press ^ | July 2, 2015 | Rachel Zoll, Thomas Beaumont

[familyop]

The vocal pivot from such traditional social issues marks the first time U.S. Catholic bishops have publicly asked those seeking the White House to heed the admonitions of Francis' June encyclical, said Bishop Richard Pates of Des Moines. In Francis' major teaching document, the leader of the world's 1.2 billion Catholics called for a "sweeping revolution" to correct a "structurally perverse" economic system that allows the rich to exploit the poor and has turned the Earth into an "immense pile of filth."

[Alex Murphy]

"These are going to be difficult decisions that have to be made," said the Rev. Bud Grant of Davenport, joined at a news conference by bishops from central and eastern Iowa. "Politicians have to have the courage to do the right thing, and not necessarily the politically expedient thing." The push from bishops threatens to disrupt the historically reliable alliance of evangelical Christians and conservative Roman Catholic voters, putting pressure on Republicans who have leaned on their religious faith to guide them on social issues. It will also focus attention on how the six Roman Catholics seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination will wrestle with a pope's teachings on economics and climate change that clash with traditional Republican ideology. Bishops beyond politically important Iowa plan to do so as well. Church leaders in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Richmond, Virginia, plan events related to the encyclical in August, according to the Catholic Climate Covenant, which works with American bishops on the environment....In Florida, Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski is planning sermons and events to amplify the pope's call for action to curb global warming....

PFL

[HarleyLady27]

...the Pope needs to stick his nose in ‘Church’ business and keep his nose out of ‘State’ business....

[Vigilanteman]

You can say that again!

[jjotto]

There’s no alliance of Evangelicals and Catholics in Iowa.

[aquila48]

“Catholic leaders press GOP to heed pope on climate, poor”

Tell the economically ignorant pope, bishops and priest that the GOP (or at least the conservatives) want to do exactly that and the way you do that is through a free market and the rule of law - something that conservatives are 100% for.

Socialism/Marxism is not the answer neither for the poor nor for the environment.

[98ZJ USMC]

The Roman Catholic Church has been thoroughly infiltrated by the Marxist/Statists. Ever wonder why nothing was done FOR DECADES about the pedo-problem?

Look no further than the stated goals of Communism. There's your answer. This Catholic will not comply and will not return to that Church.

[Red in Blue PA]

Trade in your Popemobile for a bicycle.

Lead by example.

If you don't you are simply another hypocrite.

[icwhatudo]

Why not put pressue on GOP to to heed Church on Pro-life and Man/Woman Marriage issues?

[afraidfortherepublic]

What about gay marriage? God takes care of the climate, and the poor we shall always have, according to Jesus. It seems to me that theonly thing the GOP could do would be to save the populace from sin.

[C. Edmund Wright]

True that....all of it.

[ansel12]

You know, because a denomination which has just about lockstep voted for the Democrats since the Kennedy presidency will switch to voting Republican if they drink the socialist kool-aid. Or something.

Before JFK, depending on the polling, Catholics had either never voted republican, or had only voted republican in 1956, which had Eisenhower as an incumbent.

[Paladin2]

I suspect that most conservatives are decended from those who were part of the reformation and in general are protestors in their daily lives.

[Paladin2]

Mecca?

[familyop]

"It will also focus attention on how the six Roman Catholics seeking the 2016 Republican presidential nomination will wrestle with a pope's teachings on economics and climate change that clash with traditional Republican ideology."

So those who've flooded in from Europe during the past few generations don't like Scott Walker or his record of cutting big government spending. They believed that everyone could simply get a degree and a government-connected job--no American ingenuity required and no private sector?

Well, here we are, in this situation, potentially worse than that of Greece, Italy and Spain.

[kenmcg]

“U.S. Catholic bishops have publicly asked those seeking the White House to heed the admonitions of Francis’ June encyclical”

Those seeking the presidency should strike a blow for democracy and tell the Pope to shove his encyclical where the sun don’t shine.

[jch10]

And the rest of the world would be where if not for America??? The Vatican and the Pope need better educations.

[SunkenCiv]

;’) There’s an article from this week, someone got busted for trying to sell bottles of water as Zamzam spring water.

[Just mythoughts]

Well, we are in for some kind of one more public sacrifice.... Saint in the worldly making boehner has invited his commie pappy to address the people's house in a few weeks. I cannot wait to find out what saint in the making boehner, has in mind to offer the unholy pappy of commies.

[Jeff Chandler]

the Middle Ages when the world was flat according to the Popes

That is an embarrassingly ignorant statement. Have you ever actually read a book on the history of cosmology?

[Jeff Chandler]

The Vatican and the Pope need better educations.

Amen.