I'm very hopeful that this will help preserve our political dominance in New England. New England Catholics have felt increasingly isolated from the larger American church, causing many of them to drift rightward politically to maintain their connection. This would have been far more pronounced with a more traditional, less-MAGA GOP and …
I'm very hopeful that this will help preserve our political dominance in New England. New England Catholics have felt increasingly isolated from the larger American church, causing many of them to drift rightward politically to maintain their connection. This would have been far more pronounced with a more traditional, less-MAGA GOP and without Francis enlarging social issues beyond abortion and LGBT+. With a pope that will hopefully continue to do so and is even more demographically similar to them, I'm optimistic he'll help in NE as well in the restoration of a politically moderate church in the rest of the country.
I'm very hopeful that this will help preserve our political dominance in New England. New England Catholics have felt increasingly isolated from the larger American church, causing many of them to drift rightward politically to maintain their connection. This would have been far more pronounced with a more traditional, less-MAGA GOP and without Francis enlarging social issues beyond abortion and LGBT+. With a pope that will hopefully continue to do so and is even more demographically similar to them, I'm optimistic he'll help in NE as well in the restoration of a politically moderate church in the rest of the country.