Although the IRS recently allowed religious organizations to address their faithful about electoral politics, the Church will not speak on specific candidates.
There’s also quite a few people in the US who are catholic in name only, and are actually against the pope/vatican. It’s so bad that last year the vatican ended up excommunicating an Italian archbishop and former diplomat to the US, because over the years he’d gone full blown conspiracy theorist maga. To the point where he was ranting about the new world order and called pope Francis a servant of Satan.
Yes, at first it’s weird to think that people join an authoritarian organization like the Catholic Church, ostensibly believe that if they don’t follow its teachings that they will suffer an eternity of punishment, and then switch to follow a billionaire grifter.
But if you consider that churches teach you to obey without thinking for yourself, it makes a lot more sense that people get confused and start obeying the louder person, instead.
There’s also quite a few people in the US who are catholic in name only, and are actually against the pope/vatican. It’s so bad that last year the vatican ended up excommunicating an Italian archbishop and former diplomat to the US, because over the years he’d gone full blown conspiracy theorist maga. To the point where he was ranting about the new world order and called pope Francis a servant of Satan.
I saw a car with these two bumper stickers:
That was a very confusing day for me.
Yes, at first it’s weird to think that people join an authoritarian organization like the Catholic Church, ostensibly believe that if they don’t follow its teachings that they will suffer an eternity of punishment, and then switch to follow a billionaire grifter.
But if you consider that churches teach you to obey without thinking for yourself, it makes a lot more sense that people get confused and start obeying the louder person, instead.