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They don't need to. There's always a core of alt-right loud mouths in every parish who try to force their political opinions down everyone else's throats.

Sometimes it's the parish priest and their hard-right lackeys. Sometimes it's leaders in the Knights of Columbus council for the parish. Sometimes it's just regular church-goers. But there always seems to be a little group of them regardless.

Most parishioners just nod and smile and then disregard those guys. But my point is that even when the church officially forbids political endorsements in a higher level, others do it on a local level.

Wow, so now the church is the one enforcing separation of church and state?

Are we in the upside down?

Evangelical Churches: "Hey Pope, hold my beer."

that has never stopped the local parish from doing just that. they also have people (some of whom are employees) who sit in social media and spread the political bullshit.

This change wasn't for the Catholics. This was a change to allow for the MAGAs to become a tax exempt church. They are already a cult now it will become a protected religion.

As a Catholic and as a moderator of https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/Catholic, I think this is a good move by the bishops. The Catholic Church is not defined by modern political divisions. We have priests walking with immigrants to court to discourage ICE from kidnapping immigrants, we have prayer groups outside most abortion clinics, we have protestors at every execution (capital punishment), we are told by our bishops to care for the poor, both personally and through the government we elect, and we are told that the right to life is a fundamental issue. We oppose the legal recognition of same-gender marriage and the acceptance of gender as a self-imposed construct. My bishop has helped promote legislation targeting payday lenders and other usurers while also doing the same in opposition to assisted suicide. We are a mixed bag. We are on both sides of the aisle. And both parties really want to gain our vote. If we self-declare an allegiance to either party, that harms our position. We risk becoming like the partisans on both sides who, as we often see, change their views to fit what's convenient for the political party.

I know the new pope don't like trump, so they'll use that when the pope say he's a bad person and turn it political.

Im should make my own ~~cult~~ religion so I can spend tax free money on politics. Seems like a good time historically speeking to have your own ~~cult~~ religion

No donations for you then though. We know where this is going. Athiest numbers will surge.

Pope become US president, when?