How Catholic bishops fail their country

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

71% : Two prelates played prominent roles at the inauguration of President Trump.
55% : Now that Trump is putting his plans into action, where are those loud voices?
53% : Overall, 53% of Catholics supported Trump.
41% : Budde minced no words, speaking directly to the new president seated just a few feet away:"In the name of our God, I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now, ... on those in our communities whose children fear that their parents will be taken away and that you help those who are fleeing war zones and persecution in their own lands ..."But Budde's courage stands in marked contrast to Dolan's silence, even after Trump fulfilled his pledge to go after undocumented immigrants, even in churches and schools.
34% : In 2024, more than six out of 10 devout white Catholics -- 64% -- preferred Trump over Kamala Harris. Latino Catholics voted for Harris, but by much smaller margins than for Joe Biden in 2020.
30% : In the 2016 campaign, Trump pledged to appoint Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade, ending the nearly 50-year-old constitutional protection for legal abortion.
27% : Bishop Seitz ultimately did decry Trump's decision to empower federal immigration agents to enter churches, schools, and possibly even hospitals to round up the undocumented.

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