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maxsolomon

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2. Popes say things like that.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 02:42 PM

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Conservative Christians, most of whom aren't Catholic, believe the Government shouldn't be the ones helping the poor, that it should be private or religious charities.

They fundamentally misunderstand the scale of the issue.

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