{"id":27840,"date":"2020-09-08T18:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T22:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=27840"},"modified":"2020-09-08T18:20:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-08T22:20:35","slug":"democrats-going-to-hell-catholic-priest-and-supported-by-texas-bishop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=27840","title":{"rendered":"<b>&#8216;Democrats going to hell&#8217;<\/b> &#8212; Catholic priest and supported by Texas bishop"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Catholic priest says Democrats are going to hell \u2014 and Texas bishop backs him up<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->BY MIKE STUNSON<br \/>\nFORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM<\/p>\n<style>.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}<\/style>\n<div class=\"mcclatchy-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/election\/article243278676.html\/video-embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>A Wisconsin priest who condemned Catholic Democrats has the support of a Texas bishop.<\/p>\n<p>Father James Altman, pastor of St. James the Less Catholic Church, lashed out at Father James Martin, who participated in the Democratic National Convention. In a 10-minute video posted to YouTube, Altman called the priest a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3-7eoTN2vNM&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">hyper, confusing spreading heretic<\/a>\u201d and had harsh words toward Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere is a memo to clueless baptized Catholics out there: You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat. Period,\u201d Altman said in the video posted Aug. 30. \u201cThe party platform absolutely is against everything the Catholic Church teaches, so just quit pretending that you\u2019re Catholic and vote Democrat. Repent of your support of that party and its platform or face the fires of hell.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tyler, Texas,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bishopoftyler\/status\/1302293048659935232\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">Bishop Joseph Strickland<\/a>\u00a0tweeted his endorsement of Altman\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy shame is that it has taken me so long,\u201d Strickland said Sept. 5 of the video. \u201cThank You Fr. Altman for your COURAGE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Strickland\u2019s tweet has garnered more than 3,800 likes and 1,700 retweets as of Sept. 8.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncronline.org\/news\/people\/how-joe-bidens-catholic-roots-have-shaped-his-public-life\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">well-known to be a devout Catholic<\/a>\u00a0and grew up practicing the religion at parishes and parochial schools in Pennsylvania and Delaware, according to the National Catholic Reporter.<\/p>\n<p>Martin, a Vatican consultant, said on Twitter last week he overheard priests saying voting for Biden is a \u201cmortal sin.\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesMartinSJ\/status\/1301532048549699584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1301532048549699584%7Ctwgr%5E393535353b636f6e74726f6c&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsweek.com%2Fvatican-consultant-urges-us-priests-refrain-telling-people-voting-joe-biden-mortal-sin-1529545\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">He rebuked that claim<\/a>\u00a0and urged priests to stop using such language.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not a sin to vote for either Mr. Biden or Mr. Trump,\u201d Martin said. \u201cNor is it a sin to be Democrat or Republican.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A Pew Research poll last month found white Catholics support President Donald Trump for reelection\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/poll-finds-catholics-divided-by-race-and-party-in-2020-election-43536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow noopener noreferrer\">by a margin of 19 points<\/a>, but Hispanic Catholics overwhelmingly support Biden, according to the Catholic News Agency.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article245560245.html\">https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/news\/nation-world\/national\/article245560245.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Catholic priest says Democrats are going to hell \u2014 and Texas bishop backs him up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27840\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}