Posted: Oct. 20, 2016
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has had little to say about this election. He even kept quiet when Donald Trump called Pope Francis "disgraceful" and accused him of being a "pawn" of the Mexican government.
But Archbishop Joseph Kurtz just broke his silence to issue a statement insinuating that Democrats "have sought to interfere in the internal life of the church for short-term political gain."
Kurtz is echoing the latest bizarre conspiracy theory from the Trump campaign, which alleges that John Podesta, a Clinton campaign official and lifelong Catholic, is somehow orchestrating a campaign to undermine the Catholic church - all because of a leaked email in which Podesta mentions that he helped start a Catholic social-justice organization more than a decade ago.
Every four years, conservative Catholic bishops look for opportunities to make trouble for the Democratic candidate while leaving the Republican alone. Now that the Republican candidate is this dangerous, it's time to drop the double standard.
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