Throne and Altar Time
It
is election season again. Inevitably, it’s also the season for many of
our Catholic brethren to do some theological mangling of the political
issues at hand. Last week, three different Catholic organizations
emailed me a voter guide that claimed to show how Pope Francis would be
approaching the American presidential election. I was not aware that
Francis had endorsed anyone, so I read the document with interest. When I
finished reading the guide—mute on family policy and school choice,
tepid on abortion and religious liberty—I concluded that the sponsoring
organizations would have better spent their money simply sending me
Ready-for-Hillary buttons and bumper stickers. Undoubtedly, thinly
disguised Republican “Catholic” leaflets will soon fill up the mailbox
as well. In truth, teasing a Trump vote out of any papal
utterance will require Herculean literary skills, but I am certain that
some earnest Catholic group will attempt to do so.
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