Thank you for your reflection, Richard. As always, a challenging read. One comment: While I accept the separation of Church and State, we need to train leaders to be influencers. I hope that this is Pope Francis’ thinking behind moving McElroy to Washington ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. I hope our Church leaders in our two countries work with lay leaders to encourage them to be influencers and also allow themselves to be influenced by those lay leaders.
"What this means is that as Catholics, we advocate for justice and legislation stopping mass deportations. All the while maintaining the separation of church and state. It means living your values, not establishing a state church."
Thank you for your reflection, Richard. As always, a challenging read. One comment: While I accept the separation of Church and State, we need to train leaders to be influencers. I hope that this is Pope Francis’ thinking behind moving McElroy to Washington ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. I hope our Church leaders in our two countries work with lay leaders to encourage them to be influencers and also allow themselves to be influenced by those lay leaders.
Patrick, you are spot on, and I posted this on Blue Sky before the I wrote the article
https://bsky.app/profile/putzmanmusing.bsky.social/post/3lfak4bo7x22w
"What this means is that as Catholics, we advocate for justice and legislation stopping mass deportations. All the while maintaining the separation of church and state. It means living your values, not establishing a state church."