Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Since politics fundamentally should be a moral enterprise, the church in this sense has something to say about politics.
I'm Jewish; I'm not religious at all, and I wouldn't pretend to know anything about Catholic politics.
All politics are local, and so in church.
Politicians use religion, and they get their troops riled up with religion.
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places for believing practices. Politics has once again become religious.
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
In American religious history, theological qualms tend to get pushed aside when politics intervenes.
I've noticed that some Democrats, who seldom mention their faith or maybe never mention their faith, will seize on to a phrase that Pope Francis may have said, and they want to attach themselves to that agenda. Political opportunists is what they are.
Politics in America is the binding secular religion.
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.