Posted on 11/10/2016 11:26:39 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o
WASHINGTON — Bishops in the United States called on Catholics to pray for elected officials on the morning following the 2016 presidential election, exhorting them to work for unity and to promote the common good.
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According to New York Times exit polls, Catholics overall voted 52% for Trump and 45% for Clinton. NBC News exit polls showed the results fell sharply along racial lines: Trump won white Catholics by 23 percentage points, 60 to 37, while Clinton won Hispanic Catholics 67% to 26%.
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In his statement, Archbishop Kurtz reaffirmed the bishops’ commitment to upholding the sanctity of all human life, welcoming “migrants and refugees” and defending religious freedom at home and abroad.
In addition, pro-life groups applauded the victory of pro-life Senate candidates and expressed their desire to work with Trump’s administration to pass pro-life legislation.
Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony List, called it “an historic moment for the pro-life movement” and said that “four critical pro-life goals [are] now within our reach: end painful late-term abortions, codify the Hyde Amendment, defund Planned Parenthood and appoint pro-life Supreme Court justices.”
“Acknowledging the divisiveness in our country, we also commit to working for the day when all Americans know that abortion is unthinkable and to building a lasting culture of life,” Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, stated Wednesday morning.
“We applaud candidates that took a stand on the most critical human-rights issue of today: abortion,” she said.
And In Defense of Christians, an advocacy group for persecuted Christian minorities in the Middle East and North Africa, congratulated Trump on his victory and asked that he “make the plight of religious minorities in the Middle East a foreign-policy priority for the United States.”
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According to New York Times exit polls, Catholics overall voted 52% for Trump and 45% for Clinton. NBC News exit polls showed the results fell sharply along racial lines: Trump won white Catholics by 23 percentage points, 60 to 37, while Clinton won Hispanic Catholics 67% to 26%.
Unity with what? With those who insist on a holocaust of the unborn?
No.
You Bishops need a revolt of your own. Until then, there is no reason to follow your guidance.
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