"While the primitive machismo of the Trump administration sees violence and the ability to inflict harm as power, and asserts that because it is powerful it does not need alliances and good relationships internationally, these things have not made it and our country strong, but weak"

#Trump #Hegseth #power #stupidity #ignorance #violence #machismo #history #Iran #StraitofHormuz #NATO
/4

"Will we be complicit in genocidal threats against other cultures? Will we be quiet in the face of cruelty against our immigrant neighbors?

Whether we are defined by Trump's anti-Triduum or by gross distortions of the nonviolent Christ is up to us. We can resist."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/12

"'The power with which Christ rose is entirely nonviolent,' Pope Leo said in his Easter message. 'This is the true strength that brings peace to humanity, because it fosters respectful relationships at every level: among individuals, families, social groups, and nations.'

We are being summoned by circumstance and faith to a new moment and a new space in the public square."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/11

"The U.S. hierarchy and the church at large are being drawn by dint of this administration's extreme violations of human dignity and assaults on the rule of law into a different relationship with the state than has been the case in recent history. It is a relationship no longer partisan but rather one of witness to a God of limitless love and compassion."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/10

"Seen in a larger perspective, however, those days and words represent an unsurprising result of forces intent not only on hollowing out U.S. democracy but also infusing a Christian Nationalism into the bloodstream of U.S. culture."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/9

"Those three days were perhaps the most vivid reality check Americans have yet received regarding the danger inherent in having elected such a broken, needy and amoral individual to the highest office in the land.

That three-day period was singular in the danger it posed and in the inherent betrayal of U.S. ideals it represented."

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/8

"They will go down as three of the most reckless and defining days in the history of the U.S. presidency, an anti-Triduum that began on Easter Sunday morning. Announcing to the world that we were willing to annihilate a civilization, Donald Trump led our descent into corporate evil."

~ National Catholic Reporter

#Trump #Hegseth #PopeLeo #WhiteChristianNationalism #Iran #war #morality #death #violence
/7

https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/editorial/editorial-trumps-threats-force-catholics-decide-if-they-will-be-complicit