The church is not a political power; it's not a party, but it's a moral power.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.
The teachings of the Church line up more with the Democratic Party than the Republican Party.
The church, inserted and active in human society and in history, does not exist in order to exercise political power or to govern the society.
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.
We must never forget what government is not. Government is not a philanthropic organization. Government is not the family. And government certainly is not the church.
All politics are local, and so in church.
Churches should not be directly involved in politics.
People take sides on political things, such as the Vietnam War. War is immoral and war is wrong, but I don't think the clergy ought to bring it before the Church.
The Church, however, is a self-governing society, distinct from the State, having its officers and laws, and, therefore, an administrative government of its own.
I believe that Catholics involved in politics carry the values of their religion within them, but have the mature awareness and expertise to implement them. The Church will never go beyond its task of expressing and disseminating its values, at least as long as I'm here.
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