Pope Francis Announces That God Agrees With Whatever It Is Democrats Want To Do Right Now https://t.co/BKrizggieu pic.twitter.com/sccswN1RGa

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) February 13, 2025

I like Bishop Joseph Strickland's response to the Pope's letter.

Bishop Joseph Strickland's response

Bishop Joseph Strickland said:

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On February 10, 2025, Pope Francis wrote a letter to the bishops of the United States expressing strong criticism of the Trump administration's deportation policies and directly challenging Vice President J.D. Vance's theological justification for these actions. However, Pope Francis remained relatively silent during the last administration to President Biden's clear and repeated advocacy for abortion, gender ideology and other policies that directly and egregiously contradict Catholic teaching.

Catholic doctrine upholds the dignity of every human being, including migrants, but it also unequivocally opposes abortion and the redefinition of marriage and gender. When Pope Francis chooses to intervene forcefully on matters of prudential judgment (such as immigration enforcement), but he fails to take a firm stance against a leader who openly promoted grave moral evils contrary to natural and divine law (such as President Biden's abortion policies), it demonstrates what appears to be a selective and politically motivated concern rather than being doctrinally consistent.

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He is a faithful Bishop who is willing to call the Pope out when necessary.

Ordo Amoris was more fully developed by Aquinas' Order of Charity in the Summa Theologicia (c.1274). In it Aquinas notes that this order, which closely follows Augustine's - may change in certain circumstances.

" And yet this may vary according to the various requirements of time, place, or matter in hand: because in certain cases one ought, for instance, to succor a stranger, in extreme necessity, rather than one's own father, if he is not in such urgent need."