"Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter. I started to read the updates about the service from various news sites that were were live reporting. And I was not surprised to see the words Jesus, Christ, Christianity, God, martyr, etc. bandied about again and again,and again, because I knew that would happen. It galled me."
"As far as I could tell, there were no mentions of the poor, the sick, the downtrodden. The images, video, and live video backed this up, and more. As far as I could see, it was a sea of white people wearing in-your-face hats. As I let all of this ruin my day, I thought of two things. How the nuns who taught me in Catholic school must have been turning in their graves,"
A memorial service for Charlie Kirk prominently featured religious language invoking Jesus, Christ, Christianity, God, and martyrdom. Attendees appeared predominantly white and wore conspicuous partisan hats, and live images and video reinforced those impressions. The service contained no mentions of the poor, the sick, or the downtrodden. Catholic teaching emphasizes caring for the poor and vulnerable, citing Proverbs 19:17 and Matthew 25:35-36. Catholic schooling instills Jesus’s focus on helping the oppressed and his opposition to wealth. Memories of nuns and Bishop Mariann Budde’s inaugural sermon were invoked in response to the service’s tone.
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