Posted on 02/24/2023 6:43:06 PM PST by marshmallow
Boston, Mass., Feb 17, 2023 / 15:15 pm The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) responded Thursday to a leaked document from the FBI that appears to reveal that the bureau’s Richmond division launched an investigation into “radical traditionalist” Catholics and their possible ties to “the far-right white nationalist movement.”
“Let me first be clear: Anyone who espouses racism or promotes violence is rejecting Catholic teaching on the inherent dignity of each and every person,” Cardinal Timothy Dolan, chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, said in a Feb. 16 statement. “The USCCB roundly condemns such extremism and fully supports the work of law enforcement officials to keep our communities safe.”
The leaked document has been condemned by several federal and state officials, as well as clergy, including Bishop Barry Knestout of the Diocese of Richmond, who recently called the memo a “threat to religious liberty.”
“I agree with my brother Bishop Barry Knestout that the leaked memorandum was nonetheless ‘troubling and offensive’ in several respects — such as in its religious profiling and reliance on dubious sourcing — and am glad it has been rescinded,” Dolan said. “We encourage federal law enforcement authorities to take appropriate measures to ensure the problematic aspects of the memo do not recur in any of their agencies’ work going forward.”
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Just admit it, it’s fascism. Joe Bidens FBI are fascists
Dear bishops,
They are democrats, and you support them.
You won’t fight them on abortion, you support them on immigration, you reward their corrupt immoral politicians like Pelosi, Biden, Kennedy’s.
Like the snake in Trump’s fairy tale, why are you surprised when they now bite you?
Yeah, cut it out, FBI. Profiling is Francis’s job.
LOL bigot.
Yep. You’d think the so-called bishops would have sent the same message to the so-called pope.
Pretty soon they are going to have to choose sides. No more temporizing.
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