Texas bishop endorses video claiming faithful Catholics can't support Democratic candidates

[Nevilledog]

https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/texas-bishop-endorses-video-claiming-faithful-catholics-can-t-support-democratic

Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, has endorsed a video that includes anti-immigrant remarks and homophobic slurs by a priest of Wisconsin in which the priest claims, “You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat.”

The video was released Aug. 30 by Fr. James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and has since received more than 298,000 views.

In the 10-minute video, set to ominous music and dark lighting, the priest slams Archbishop Wilton Gregory of Washington D.C., for his criticism of President Donald Trump’s photo-op and appearance at the St. John Paul II National Shrine earlier this summer. He also criticizes Jesuit Fr. James Martin and his closing prayer at the Democratic National Convention; refers to participants in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which protects immigrants who entered the United States as minors from deportation, as “criminal illegal aliens"; and calls climate change a hoax.

The Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, did not immediately respond to NCR’s request for comment on Altman and the video.

On Sept. 5, however, Strickland took to Twitter to share the video and thank Altman for his “courage.”

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Tax these fuckers or shut them the hell up.

[Phoenix61]

1. Way past time to tax them. nt

[Silent3]

2. Yes, tax these fuckers, but...

...even so, I suspect that this kind of attitude will estrange people more from the Catholic church than it will serve to flip many votes.

[bullimiami]

3. Sorry. Churches want to be political. Pay taxes like every other business.

[Ilsa]

4. And you cannot be a Catholic and be a Republican. nt

[keithbvadu2]

5. For many, many decades you could be a pedophile and a priest.

For many, many decades you could be a pedophile and a priest.

A good Catholic in good standing.

They are still being exposed.

Look to these Catholics for moral guidance?

[rockfordfile]

6. Another right-wing pos