Posted on 07/10/2021 7:08:37 PM PDT by marshmallow
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As news events made headlines across the United States for months last year — particularly the 2020 election, the coronavirus pandemic and racism in America — priests’ homilies did not mention these events nearly as much as did sermons by Protestant preachers, according to a report issued July 8 by the Pew Research Center.
Compared to their Protestant counterparts — whatever the stripe, be it mainline, evangelical or historically Black — Catholics brought up the rear when it came to sharing at least one sermon about the election last fall. Overall, 67 percent of churches did, but just 41 percent of Catholics. And just 19 percent of Catholic parish websites mentioned the election, compared to 28 percent of all churches surveyed.
While 20 percent of Catholics’ election-referenced homilies encouraged voting — on par with all Christian sermons surveyed — just 36 percent discussed issues, candidates or political parties, the lowest percentage of all Christian groups.
During the time period studied — which not only included the election but the pandemic and months of racial protests spurred by the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer — Catholics came up last in those two categories as well.
While 69 percent of Catholic parishes heard at least one sermon relating to COVID-19, at least 82 percent of other Christian denominations registered hearing a sermon on it. And just 32 percent of Catholics heard a sermon mentioning racism, while 44 percent of Protestant Christians did.
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Good. Politics don’t belong in homilies.
Merely mentioning those topics can put you in hot water with a Bishop. Ref Fr Altman
I guess that makes francis-cardinals Wilton Gregory, Night-nite Tobin and Cupcake Cupich all Protestants.
Elections and racisms hardly seem all that important when attending Church. Though I would prefer if they brought up stuff like faggot marriage and abortions because it seems too many Christians support these things nowadays.
Our Anglican priest said - not in a sermon but in general announcements - to read the platforms of each party and compare them to the Gospel before voting. He then added that, if that was too much, then before voting just imagine what things would be like if the Austin city council ran the country.
Of course elections are important when attending Church. Christians are supposed to be impacting the culture—including elections, politics and legislation—not becoming absorbed by it. And, yes, this does include confrontation with abortion and sodomy.
I’ve witnessed this. No more.
Well, they may not even be protestants, if they don’t believe in God.
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