I left one liberally political minefield (the Episcopal church) for another (the Catholic church). At least, in my parish, politics are kept out of the Mass and the Church bulletin. I’ve noticed that Catholic Online forum is very slow; Fournier is probably trying to build up traffic. But, it’s a shame that the unwary might go there to try to learn about doctrine and other spiritual values of the Church.
I appreciate your post. I just think any allegation against a candidate should be well-founded. I do not care for the fact that Hucklebuck is a pastor, nor do I care for him or any other candidate campaigning in a church.
Church leaders should have the integrity to stay away from political endorsements. Obviously, Hagee has a problem with integrity in that regard and, based on what you read in his book, he teaches religious bigotry.
Sounds like the kiss of death rather than an endorsement.
I am also a convert to Catholicism. I’ve been a Catholic for many years and have been a member of five parishes in as many states. I have not found the church to be liberal. Like you, I notice that politics is left out of the mass other than discussions about the right to life and general exhortations to help the poor and downtrodden, the latter not necessarily through government. I find both of these moral teachings fully in keeping with the New Testament.
Like all churches, Catholicism has its share of liberal nutjobs and no shortage of moderates who blow in the political wind, but I do believe that the church overall does a better than average job of keeping politics out of the pulpit. And no one can call the last two Popes anything other than staunch conservatives.