Posted on 06/03/2020 5:46:25 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Washington’s Roman Catholic archbishop has roundly criticized President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saint John Paul II National Shrine on Tuesday.
One day after Trump used federal police to forcefully disperse a peaceful protest in front of a D.C. Episcopal church for a photo op with the Bible, Archbishop Wilton Gregory insisted that the former pope the shrine is named after would never have condoned the president’s tactics.
“I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles, which call us to defend the rights of all people even those with whom we might disagree,” Gregory, the first Black archbishop of Washington, said in a statement.
Saint Pope John Paul II, known for opposing communism in his native Poland during his papacy, was an “ardent defender of the rights and dignity of human beings,” the archbishop said.
“He certainly would not condone the use of tear gas and other deterrents to silence, scatter or intimidate them for a photo opportunity in front of a place of worship and peace,” Gregory added.
Trump briefly visited the Saint John Paul II National Shrine with first lady Melania Trump, who identifies as Roman Catholic. The pair posed for media photos before turning to gaze at a statue of the former pope for a few minutes. They also laid a wreath of flowers at the shrine. Trump did not make any public comments at the shrine, The Washington Post reported.
The president then returned to the White House and signed an executive order intended to promote international religious freedom.
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Let’s stipulate for sake or argument that Orange Man really is bad. Wouldn’t Jesus embrace him in His house and urge him to sin no more? Would this joker also condemn tax collectors, adulterers, prostitutes and other sinners for daring to show up at the shrine?
Well he doesn’t have boobs, that’s the clearest identifier of what the Episcopalians like to call bishops these days. That being said, he may not have them but he certainly is one.
Has this man condemned himself and those in his ranks who took the Left's silver to bring invaders into this country under the guise of helping refugees?
Will this man continue to feed at the taxpayer trough with his non-taxable properties while those same taxpayers carry his burden?
Wanna see some more depravity?
Check out the Washington National Cathedral “ Just for Fun’” pages
Printout coloring pages of cute lil’ demons ringing church bells and playing the organ ...
Broaden the minds of Christian children
See my post about about kiddie coloring pages of demons “ Just for Fun”
Offered by the Washington National Cathedral
https://cathedral.org/online/
Black first, Socialist second, Catholic third, American 55th.
https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Music-Theme_Organ-Kids.jpg
https://cathedral.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Music-Theme_Bells-Kids.jpg
“So, this guy is saying that the President had no right to do what he did?”
This Catholic Archbishop and the Episcopal bishop of Washington both have sanctioned the robbing, looting, burning and destruction of property, including the Episcopal church of St. John at Lafayette Park, the “Presidents Church.”
So THIS Catholic member of a parish in the Archdiocese of Washington terminated her annual donation to the Archbishop’s Fund. Instead, the $ will go to the local parish, which is far more Catholic, and far more Christian. Admittedly, my donation would barely cover the cost of lightbulbs for the Archbishop, but I won’t buy him a single lightbulb. (And left the Episcopal Church, so they get nothing at all).
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