At today's Catholic Prayer Breakfast, as Bishop Barron lauded religion in the public square--bracketed by Atty Gen Barr and President Trump--I could not help but think of how, with Barr's help, tear gas, and rubber bullets, Trump cleared the public square to pose with a Bible.
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The issue is not whether religion belongs in the public square—but there are different kinds of religion: the kind that is expressed in justice and mercy, and the kind that provides a sacred canopy for “law and order.”
It is allowing faith and religion to become a tool of power. Jesus recognized the problem well.
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