Catholic bishops don’t have much to say about Trump
Catholic bishops in the United States have had little to say about the behavior and rhetoric of Donald Trump throughout the presidential campaign, even while speaking out on issues such as marijuana legalization and the “cafeteria” Catholicism of Tim Kaine, the Democratic nominee for vice president.
As Election Day nears, and the list of Trump’s unprecedented breaches of civility grows, some observers are disturbed by the bishops’ reluctance to invoke their moral authority.
“The silence,” said the Rev. James Bretzke, a theologian at Boston College and a Jesuit priest, “is deafening.”
In recent weeks, 11 women have accused Trump of past sexual misconduct, following the emergence of a 2005 video showing him bragging about sexual assault. He asserted, without proof, that voter fraud is widespread and involves illegal immigrants and inner-city residents — largely people of color. He refused to say he would accept the election results.
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