The photograph of a Donald Trump supporter on the cover of the Nov. 11 edition of the Catholic News Herald did not go with the words “heal” or “promote peace and unity.”
Pope Francis called Trump out as un-Christian for promoting the building of a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border, and I was proud of him for speaking out.
Trump’s rhetoric has told us who he is, and we need to pray. We also must put pictures of real people who promote peace, unity and healing on the cover of a newspaper that is supposed to endorse those values.
Margaret Childress lives in Advance and attends Holy Family Church in Clemmons.
Voting records indicate that a majority of Catholics vote for Democrats in national elections. It is indisputable that the Democratic Party’s platform and its politicians openly support and promote abortion. The Catholic Church teaches that abortion is the killing of an innocent child. Politicians who say they are personally opposed to abortion, but believe it is unfair to deny abortions to those who want one, are not true believers of the Church’s teaching.
Jesuit Father Francis Canavan, who wrote “Pins in the Liberal Balloon,” wrote, “Rightly understood, personally opposed is a code word that means … I’m with you; I don’t see anything really wrong in abortion, either.”
No other issue in our country is more important than the killing of a baby in a mother’s womb. Many evils in society today are a direct result of the acceptance of abortion during the past 43 years, especially the lack of respect for human dignity. Also, the breakdown of the family, rampant immodesty, pornography, euthanasia, homosexuality, and the wanton murder in the streets of our cities can all be traced back to this lack of respect for human life.
How you vote Nov. 8 will greatly affect the future of abortion and its effects on our country.
Joseph Margio is a member of St. Francis of Assisi Church in Jefferson.