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61. Yep. The Catholic Church in the U.S.A. is divided along political lines...

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 04:56 PM

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... just as the nation is as a whole. If you've ever attended Mass in "Blue" and "Red" political regions the differences are glaring. Parishes in liberal places are liberal. Parishes in "conservative" places can be downright fascist. The conservative church is the same crowd that had no problem supporting Franco and Mussolini or appeasing Hitler. (A similar phenomena occurs in the Russian Orthodox church as it relates to Putin.)

This article is advertising the anti-intellectual fascist version of Catholicism. Anyone converting to that church is either lost and looking for someone to tell them what to do or they are an opportunist seeking some political gain. It could be both.

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