Speaking as a Third Degree Knight of Columbus, one of the core values of the K of C is patriotism.
Not just the bishops. The Pope. I haven’t seen Trump kissing any gay couples, or posing with any tranny couples or abortionists. Also, the Pope is appointing abortion and euthanasia enthusiasts, while Trump appoints pro-lifers.
The bishops are raking in $100,000,000/year In government money to “resettle” Muslim and Mexican invaders.
Or were, under Obama.
Excellent, informative article.
The great theologian of the 13th century, Thomas Aquinas, explained that our duties are positional and depend for their intensity on the person to whom they’re owed. In Summa Theologiae, in Part II-II, Question 26, article 6, Aquinas teaches that we “ought to love one neighbor more than another.” It is right and proper that we should love our family members more than unrelated people, and fellow-citizens of our country more than aliens (Question 31, article 3).
Pope Pius XI stated in the 1930’s that “no one can at the same time be at the same time a sincere Catholic and a true socialist”.
Ultimately this is because we each as individuals are responsible for our own actions, including almsgiving that is required (sermon on the mount) by Christians and Jews.
Shared goods within a religious order in the name of Christ is not the same thing as having an elite powerful government redistributing wealth using its own secular atheist criteria.
By the way, the word nationalism is a suspect word and the word patriotism is a far better description. Nationalism implies Hitler who wanted to take over the world. Patriotism means one loves ones own country and wants the best for it without the connotation that a country feels the need to take over others.
That as many Catholics voted for Shillary is still alarming though.
Most decent people of any religion agree, or at least see the point -— I’ve noticed -— when I say that the world would be a MUCH better place if the Catholics acted like Catholics.
This points out an important point about the whole "love thy neighbor" statement, in that it's often taken out of context. Here's the context:
You neighbors whom you are commanded to love, in this context, are not the people who happen to live near you. Your neighbors are the people who you can rely upon when you are in peril.The Parable of the Good Samaritan
25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”
27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”
28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”
29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. 33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’
36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”
Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
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