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Sympthsical

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50. My family is full of Democratic Catholics

Thu Apr 16, 2026, 06:27 AM

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Think blue collar union types. Even if some of them might be a touch more socially conservative than the party at large, they're still very tied to a working class Democratic identity.

Til the day he died, my father haaaaaaated Trump. And that man was a serious Catholic.

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BREAKING: The U.S. bishops' Committee on Doctrine just issued a formal statement defending Pope Leo XIV's teaching... [View all] demmiblue 22 hrs ago OP

Great, I love it. Now let's talk about women in the/your church. efhmc 22 hrs ago #1

yeah, ok. can we focus for just a minute on what the Catholic Church is in the present getting right? MadameButterfly 18 hrs ago #33

My bet is that they will never address this issue because they firmly believe we are less than men. Unless we are needed efhmc 12 hrs ago #47

LEt's talk about how Southern Baptists azureblue 3 hrs ago #56

Let's stay on topic! Grins 16 hrs ago #40

Can we avoid getting diverted from the topic at hand? summer_in_TX 12 hrs ago #48

Let's talk about women in the oval office first. ck4829 4 hrs ago #55

This is crazy obamanut2012 22 hrs ago #2

It's such an unfamiliar feeling. I'm really impressed with them. Scrivener7 22 hrs ago #5

Pope Leo is a good guy MustLoveBeagles 20 hrs ago #10

We're catholic too - just not with a capital C TommyT139 19 hrs ago #25

The Pope is basing his tenet on azureblue 3 hrs ago #57

They'll still vote for Trump who is evil personified. Irish_Dem 22 hrs ago #3

I know a lot of Catholics who vote D FakeNoose 20 hrs ago #7

All the Catholics I know are staunch dyed in the wool MAGAs. Irish_Dem 19 hrs ago #20

Joe Biden is Catholic Bristlecone 17 hrs ago #37

Unfortunately I do not run in the same circles as Joe Biden and his pals. Irish_Dem 17 hrs ago #39

So is Martin Sheen xmas74 15 hrs ago #45

You need to get out more. Grins 16 hrs ago #41

There were a lot of Catholics where I used to live. Irish_Dem 16 hrs ago #43

My family is full of Democratic Catholics Sympthsical 6 hrs ago #50

I feel you............... Lovie777 5 hrs ago #52

That is also my experience mountain grammy 4 hrs ago #53

I recall some surveys I saw years ago . . . AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #21

The church may have forbade it radical noodle 2 hrs ago #58

I hope by "they" you're not speaking of Catholics whathehell 19 hrs ago #29

Not that I give a shit but Shady is malaise 22 hrs ago #4

Maybe that's the Couch Botherer's long game? VTderry 20 hrs ago #9

Love it malaise 20 hrs ago #16

Lol. But then again, B.See 18 hrs ago #35

American Catholics are not a monolithic group, whathehell 19 hrs ago #30

PRECISELY B.See 18 hrs ago #36

Let's not put this on Catholics MadameButterfly 18 hrs ago #34

Good to see the U.S. Bishops start to wake up. themaguffin 21 hrs ago #6

Some claim this is a Christian Nation. multigraincracker 20 hrs ago #8

Sane Christians still believe in the separation of Church and State TommyT139 19 hrs ago #26

Most of the signers of the Constitution multigraincracker 16 hrs ago #42

Let's not..Up until relatively recently whathehell 18 hrs ago #31

This of course must be explained to the sociopath in Chief. Passages 20 hrs ago #11

Accomplices to crime. Six "Catholicks" of note usonian 20 hrs ago #12

Two "Catholicks" of Greater note.. whathehell 17 hrs ago #38

Are the prediction markets taking any line on a Trump War with the Vatican? rurallib 20 hrs ago #13

JD seems to have bought in to the Nativist/Klanner Warpy 20 hrs ago #14

Good. I wish they had been a defender of Pope Francis Raven123 20 hrs ago #15

It's not just Trump's attack on the Pope AverageOldGuy 19 hrs ago #17

ICE arrests in churches TommyT139 19 hrs ago #27

I might not be a believer anymore LostOne4Ever 19 hrs ago #18

Trump doesn't engage in the concept of "just war". patphil 19 hrs ago #19

Well, trump is bigger than Jesus. C Moon 19 hrs ago #22

No, that was the Beatles... nt Another Jackalope 18 hrs ago #32

Excommunicate Jethro!! paleotn 19 hrs ago #23

Thank you, Bishops. spanone 19 hrs ago #24

Direct link to statement TommyT139 19 hrs ago #28

Journalist Mike Barnicle had an interesting thought today during his time... 3catwoman3 15 hrs ago #44

There might be some truth to that. Haggard Celine 10 hrs ago #49

Excommunicate the apostate! nt Xipe Totec 13 hrs ago #46

I did not have "pick a fight with Catholics" on my bingo card Sympthsical 6 hrs ago #51

K&R ck4829 4 hrs ago #54