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How VP Vance Uses Catholicism To Justify Mass Deportations

2025/2/12
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Jane Koston: 作为一名天主教徒,我认为特朗普政府的移民政策与天主教的价值观背道而驰。教皇方济各对特朗普政府的移民政策提出了严厉批评,认为建立在强权而非人人平等的真理基础上的政策,其开端不好,结局也不会好。我对特朗普政府利用天主教语言来为不人道的移民政策辩护感到困惑和不安。 Tom Homan: 作为一名终身天主教徒,我认为教皇应该专注于解决天主教会自身的问题,而不是干涉美国的边境执法。教会应该处理好内部事务,把边境安全问题留给我们这些专业人士。 Terence Sweeney: 特朗普政府滥用天主教的语言,例如利用古老的拉丁语表达来为政府的行为辩护,同时却削减对难民的援助。这种“自助餐式天主教”选择性地接受教义,忽略了教会关于帮助穷人和难民的教导。真正的基督教精神是欢迎陌生人,并利用我们的财富来帮助那些需要帮助的人。我们应该优先考虑那些最需要帮助的人,而不是优先考虑富人。 J.D. Vance: 我认为基督教的概念是先爱你的家人,然后爱你的邻居,然后爱你的社区,然后爱你的同胞,之后你才能关注和优先考虑世界上的其他人。

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More than two dozen Christian and Jewish organizations sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its decision to let immigration agents make arrests at places of worship. Also Tuesday, Pope Francis issued a stinging rebuke of President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan in a letter to U.S. Catholic Bishops. And he had some seemingly pointed words for Vice President J.D. Vance, who in recent weeks has used his Catholic faith to justify the White House’s immigration crackdown. Terence Sweeney, an assistant teaching professor at Villanova University, breaks down the holes in the Trump administration’s interpretation of Christianity and Catholicism. 

Later in the show, Scott Lincicome, vice president of general economics and trade policy at the Cato Institute, explains why Trump’s threats to a trade loophole could blow up your online shopping habits.

And in headlines: Trump and Elon Musk defended the Department of Government Efficiency’s draconian cost-cutting actions during a joint press conference, DOGE said it cut $900 million in Department of Education contracts, and a federal judge blocked the administration’s order to cut billions in funding for medical research.

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