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Bishop John Stowe rebukes Trump as 'anti-life'
National Catholic Reporter ^ | Aug 7, 2020 | Lucy Grindon

Posted on 08/10/2020 4:40:24 PM PDT by Robwin

In unusually direct terms for an American church leader, Bishop John Stowe of Lexington, Kentucky, publicly criticized President Donald Trump during a July 31 webinar.,/i>

"For this president to call himself pro-life, and for anybody to back him because of claims of being pro-life, is almost willful ignorance. He is so much anti-life because he is only concerned about himself, and he gives us every, every, every indication of that," Stowe said.

Though the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops often criticizes Trump administration policies, especially those concerning immigration and environmental protection, Stowe's comment was one of the sharper criticisms a Catholic bishop has made of Trump himself.

The webinar, on the topic of the church's future after 2020, was hosted by the International Catholic Movement for Intellectual and Cultural Affairs, or ICMICA-Pax Romana, a global lay community of Catholic intellectuals.

Pope Francis has given us a great definition of what pro-life means," Stowe said at the webinar. "He basically tells us we can't claim to be pro-life if we support the separation of children from their parents at the U.S. bordOn March 12, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Stowe bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky.er, if we support exposing people at the border to COVID-19 because of the facilities that they're in, if we support denying people who have need for adequate health care access to health care, if we keep people from getting the housing or the education that they need, we cannot call ourselves pro-life."

(Excerpt) Read more at ncronline.org ...


TOPICS: Catholic; General Discusssion; Moral Issues
KEYWORDS: prolife; racism; socialjustice
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I may have found the source of the problem: "On March 12, 2015, Pope Francis appointed Stowe bishop of the Diocese of Lexington, Kentucky."
1 posted on 08/10/2020 4:40:24 PM PDT by Robwin
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To: Robwin

The bishop of the synagogue of Satan speaks


2 posted on 08/10/2020 4:42:08 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until The PIAPS is legally executed)
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To: Robwin

Any Catholic cleric that supports Biden is a phoney.


3 posted on 08/10/2020 4:42:44 PM PDT by allendale
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To: Robwin

My church needs some major housecleaning.


4 posted on 08/10/2020 4:43:33 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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Trump is pro life. The Democrats support the massacre of infants, ripped out of the womb becasue they are unwanted. I’ll take Trump any day over Joe Biden with his dementia and a history of enriching himself and his family from his public office.


5 posted on 08/10/2020 4:44:09 PM PDT by RetiredScientist
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To: Robwin

Invasion of the United States is not a sin?


6 posted on 08/10/2020 4:44:42 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Robwin

Sounds like a political statement, so I guess that tax exempt status needs to be revoked.


7 posted on 08/10/2020 4:45:52 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Polls are no longer designed to measure public sentiment but to influence it.)
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To: Robwin

TRANSLATION: “We want our immigrant-invader resettlement money!”


8 posted on 08/10/2020 4:45:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (You are in far greater danger from authoritarian government than you are from a seasonal virus.)
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To: Robwin

Truth doesn’t need a defense...it just is. God will take care of this. God knows PDJT’s words and actions and they have been stellar.


9 posted on 08/10/2020 4:46:40 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich ( "Where they delete tweets, they will in the end also delete people."-unseen1_unseen)
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To: Robwin

Pharisees


10 posted on 08/10/2020 4:46:55 PM PDT by Cold Heart (Legalize Hydroxychloroquine)
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"Pope Francis has given us a great definition of what pro-life means"

Life has been redefined. It no longer means breathing, or the state of being alive, as in the case of a healthy baby. It now means illegally crossing the U.S. border. So all you "pro-lifers" just shut up because you're not that anymore.
11 posted on 08/10/2020 4:47:27 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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I am going to guess this guy is in full support of the embrace by Notre Dame of homosexuality cemented by its recent formal association with Buttigieg.

Shame.

Shame.


12 posted on 08/10/2020 4:47:36 PM PDT by rlmorel ("Truth is Treason in the Empire of Lies"- George Orwell)
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Is it pro-life to support doctors separating babies from limbs?


13 posted on 08/10/2020 4:48:49 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Robwin

news flash CHILDREN ARE ALWAYS SEPARATED FROM THEIR PARENTS when the parent is arrested for committing a crime and the children are with them!

Doesn’t matter if it’s at the border or not, if its a 10th generation US citizen that robs a bank with their child and is caught.. the CHILDREN ARE TAKEN away and the adult sent to jail without them. Works this way EVERYWHERE in the world. Not aware of ANY “family” jails in the world


14 posted on 08/10/2020 4:49:26 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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“Pope Francis has given us a great definition of what pro-life means”


Does it include being against the abortion of babies—human souls, or only for arresting those who enter a nation illegally?


15 posted on 08/10/2020 4:54:49 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Robwin

And ya wonder why the church pews are empty every sunday. /s


16 posted on 08/10/2020 4:57:54 PM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: Robwin

He should go back to molesting young boys, something I’m sure he know’s a lot about !!


17 posted on 08/10/2020 4:58:06 PM PDT by bestrongbpositive
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To: hanamizu

Sounds like the lavender mafia might be getting nervous.


18 posted on 08/10/2020 4:58:58 PM PDT by CMSMC
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To: Robwin

You Know Nothing, John Stowe.


19 posted on 08/10/2020 5:00:47 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Robwin

Another Catholic showing their roots.


20 posted on 08/10/2020 5:04:15 PM PDT by caver
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