Our troubled, endangered democracy

[John Raymaker]

Hi all,

What would Lonergan say if he were still with us and had to comment on what is going in American and global politics and policies. How would he address the following question:

                                                                         "Is Trump a fascist a la Mussolini and Hitler?" 

To make a long story short, I believe impartial democratic observers need to SOUND AN ALARM. Yes, Trump is acting  like a fascist. He threatens our liberties as he unscrupulously tries to take revenge on those who oppose his predatory policies with whatever means at his disposal. The stakes could hardly be higher at this moment. Much courage and dogged perserverance are needed to resist Trump's encroachments. This is absolutely necessary, is it not? Trump is in league with the unscrupulous dictators now threatening our liberties and social contracts. Our new pope is duly upholding the imperatives of caring love, but we need caritative resources and God's grace to "pull through"..........Unfortunately, the US Supreme Court majority is allowing Trump to get rid of, or take revenge on his detractors even more "efficiently" than did Nixon in the early 1970's,     John

[John Raymaker]

Dear all, immediately after sending the above message, there came in my in-box the following message with reinforces my comments on what Pope Leo XIV is trying to do in trying "to care for the poor and HELP ERADICATE SYSTEMS OF POVERTY and INEQUALITY." I quote:

"Pope Leo XIV this week showed new signs that, contrary to those who hoped he'd slow down or even reverse the forward-looking vision Pope Francis set out for Church reform and pastoral/social action over the past dozen years, he's actually intent on bolstering his Jesuit predecessor's agenda.

The 70-year-old Leo published the first major document of his fledgling pontificate on Oct. 9, a lengthy text on the duty of Christians to care for the poor and to help eradicate systems of poverty and inequality.

Issued as an apostolic exhortation, the approximately 20,000-word document was mostly written by Francis before his death in April. But Leo, an American missionary who served as priest and bishop for many years in Peru, added his own strong words and advanced the original vision of his predecessor, who had been Bishop of Rome since March 2013.

Leo's missionary experience in South America and his 12 years as worldwide head of his Augustinian religious order offer an obvious contribution to Francis's original text."    John

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