This is an absolute must-read for every American…
“You are only a man @realDonaldTrump, and someday you will stand before our Lord Jesus Christ. You claim our Holy Father @Pontifex is weak, but it takes more strength to do what one should rather than simply what one wants,” Father Joseph DeMarzo of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey wrote on X.
“You intervened in Venezuela under the pretext of stopping drugs and criminals from entering our country, and under Nicolás Maduro you described the regime in terms of narco-terrorism,” he continued. “My qualm is the name games you play. Do you think you can simply legitimize actions by denoting terminology to suit your interest? This you did.”
“In the same way, you and Benjamin Netanyahu undermine the true meaning of justice through continued acts of unconscionable war crimes, all in the name of ‘self-defense,'” Father DeMarzo continued. “But with the Lord, there will be no altering of words and their meaning; all that will be left is the truth of what really happened.”
“You call the Holy Father weak because he calls for peace? What is weak is bombing children in Gaza in the name of national interest,” he wrote “What is weak is saying this is God’s country, yet by your actions you act as an enemy of the cross.”
Father DeMarzo went on to question Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly Operation Warp Speed and the vaccines. He said that “questions and debates” remain about the vaccines and while we don’t agree with that assessment, it was Trump who brought up COVID protocols during his attack on Leo. And, as DeMarzo pointed out, Trump was president when COVID hit.
“Inspired by Christian charity, I implore you, repent,” the priest wrote. “We are Christ first, not MAGA first. Our first allegiance is to God and His Kingdom. Are you God first or MAGA first? If God first, why do some of your actions betray that truth? If you come after the Church and the Holy Father @Pontifex_de, don’t think I’ll be silent. I only fear God.”
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