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A pastor explains his politics after saying Trump has authority to attack North Korea
- Church in the US, Religion News Service
- August 15, 2017
Pastor Robert Jeffress says people have overreacted to his statement that God has given President Donald Trump the authority to “take out” North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The Baptist leader said the Bible has given government the authority to use whatever force necessary, including assassination or war, to topple an evil dictator. The remarks came just a month after an article in a Vatican-approved journal said an Evangelical fundamentalism that was “not adverse to conflicts” was exerting influence on U.S. politics.
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Trump advisor seeks meeting with Pope Francis after “incendiary” article in Jesuit journal
- Church in the US
- August 8, 2017
An Evangelical leader aligned with Donald Trump has called an article about U.S. politics in the Jesuit-run journal La Civiltà Cattolica “incendiary,” but says “rather than being offended, we have chosen to attempt to make peace,” and asked for a meeting with Pope Francis.
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A Latino/a take: Vatican’s ‘ecumenism of hate’ essay is onto something
- Commentary
- August 7, 2017
Theologian and former U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, Miguel H. Diaz, contends that the central theological insights and socio-political implications for American society voiced by Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro and Reverend Marcelo Figueroa in a controversial article on U.S. politics in a Vatican-affiliated publication find a home within the hearts of Latinos/as and other “underrepresented” communities in the United States.
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Vatican article on ‘ecumenism of hate’ in U.S. was long overdue
- Commentary
- August 2, 2017
Recently two intrepid souls, both of whom reportedly hold Pope Francis’s confidence, sought to advance a long-overdue conversation on the division of the Church in America along political lines. They’re Jesuit Father Antonio Spadaro, editor–in–chief of the Jesuit publication “La Civilità Cattolica”, and Presbyterian Rev. Marcelo Figueroa, editor–in–chief of the Argentinean edition of “L’Osservatore Romano”, and whatever the gaps in details may be, the heart of their argument is long overdue.
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Manichean-style hatred must be resisted on both left and right
- Church in the US, Commentary
- July 24, 2017
A recent ‘La Civiltà Cattolica’ article denounced an ‘ecumenism of hate’ in the U.S. between fundamentalist Evangelicals and ‘Catholic Integralists,’ but Charles Camosy says that ironically, the article trafficked in the very dualistic thinking it denounced, and that ‘Manichean poison’ of either left or right damages the Body of Christ.
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Not being afraid of controversy is part of Civilta Cattolica’s mission
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- July 24, 2017
La Civilta Cattolica at times has courted controversy, because it tries to engage culture, which by itself can lead to unpopular opinions. According to the journal’s website, part of its mission is to “read and interpret” current events and trends in culture, history, science, art and politics “in the light of the Christian faith offered by the magisterium of the church.”
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