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Wednesday, March 09, 2016

Catholic Leaders Speak Out Against Donald Trump

Writing in the pages of National Review on Monday, a group of influential Catholic leaders made an appeal to their fellow believers not to vote for Republican primary front-runner Donald Trump.

“We urge our fellow Catholics and all our fellow citizens to reject his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination by supporting a genuinely reformist candidate,” the letter pleads.

The primary authors of the missive, Princeton University professor Robert George and Ethics and Public Policy Center fellow George Weigel, said Mr. Trump is “manifestly unfit to be president of the United States” and does not represent Catholic values.

“His campaign has already driven our politics down to new levels of vulgarity,” the writers say. “His appeals to racial and ethnic fears and prejudice are offensive to any genuinely Catholic sensibility.”

“And there is nothing in his campaign or previous record that gives us grounds for confidence that he genuinely shares our commitments to the right to life, to religious freedom and the rights of conscience, to rebuilding the marriage culture, or to subsidiarity and the principle of limited constitutional government,” the letter continues.

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Who made them Catholic Leaders ?

Anonymous said...

Yet, they offer no positive choice? So, why speak up? We can't vote for the Pope, he failed to file in time.

Just complain. That's your strategy. Wow.

I'm voting Trump, and I am a Catholic.

Anonymous said...

I thought God was your judge, not the "middle man". After all, we all know of the errors of your "men". Just saying...

Anonymous said...

Yeah, Catholic Church, tell us more and look at how long it's been since anyone remotely like a good Catholic has been in the White House. Jack certainly didn't pattern his life as a conscientious Catholic.

Anonymous said...

Go Trump!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm a Catholic and I think the Pope should stay out of it!!!

Anonymous said...

I'm a Catholic and Trump is my choice. As an American, I must believe in what is best for all Americans, not just the Catholic religion.

Anonymous said...

I guess they want Islam rule.

Anonymous said...

I guess they want Islam rule.

Anonymous said...

Church is receiving huuuge money taking care of "dreamers" and "refugees". Mr. Trump will stop this.