GUEST COMMENTARY: Jesus rode a donkey to the Grand Old Party

WASHINGTON-Church involvement in partisan politics is a bad idea. James Joyce famously defined the Catholic Church as “Here comes everybody.” When the church aligns itself with one party, it automatically cuts Joyce’s crowd in half. So much for the Lord’s mandate to “Go forth and teach all nations.” A religious house should be a refuge, […]

WASHINGTON-Church involvement in partisan politics is a bad idea. James Joyce famously defined the Catholic Church as “Here comes everybody.” When the church aligns itself with one party, it automatically cuts Joyce’s crowd in half. So much for the Lord’s mandate to “Go forth and teach all nations.” A religious house should be a refuge, where one can step away from political madness in search of peace. Church leaders need to help people develop their consciences so they can make good decisions. But taking sides in a partisan conflict often does more to obscure truth than reveal it.

(Sister Mary Ann Walsh is director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.)


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