Monday, April 29, 2019

Your Peter's Pence Money is Being Used to Meddle in US Affairs

The pope is sending $500,000 to assist the Mexican parishes and charities that are taking care of the Guatemalans,  El Salvadorans, and Hondurans in the caravans who are attempting to flood into the US.  How much, if any  of the Peter's Pence money is being sent to Sri Lanka or to help the Nigerians Catholics has not been reported. I've been  looking at the reactions on Twitter and news forums and you know what?  People wrote that their Faith had been battered in recent years but this was the final straw and they are leaving the Church. Others wrote that they aren't putting anything in the collection basket not only on Peter's Pence day but any day.  I also saw a lot of comments from non Catholics who now see the Church as a force that is actively working against our country. This is very bad. Americans give more to Peter's Pence than any other country and our money is being used to meddle in our affairs and drive a wedge between us and our countrymen. This whole scenario looks like ten miles of bad road to me and it's not going to end well.