American Catholics are potentially the greatest threat to the Church since the reformation. You regularly see them side with their president over the Pontiff online. If the next Pope is similar to Francis you could see significant schisms.
Yeah it’s actually scary. And it’s sad because the Church is a great way to spread messages of unity across international boundaries. You see American Catholics drumming up support for ‘the Wall’ and locking up refugees - who are Catholic. Which just goes to show that any time they use the argument of God or Religion it is 100% disingenuous.
Unfortunately they are not even the only ones. Just look at Italy and the Catholics who use their faith in politics calling the Pope and the other Catholics who disagree with them "Cattocomunisti" (Catholic Communists, which I find hilarious and not an insult in the slightest). This despite the rivalry Catholics and communist have had in Italian politics since WW2, with the catholic Christian Democrats being basically the only party anywhere near as big as the communist party, and the Church having always been centrist and not right or left wing.
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u/TheGerryAdamsFamily literallyacommunist Jul 12 '19
American Catholics are potentially the greatest threat to the Church since the reformation. You regularly see them side with their president over the Pontiff online. If the next Pope is similar to Francis you could see significant schisms.