Opinion: Catholic Bishops Engage in Toxic Mix of Religion and Politics by Frank DeFilippo
The Roman Catholic Church is the world’s largest precinct organization. Civilization’s oldest Christian religion has 1.33 billion constituents scattered around the globe. They are arranged geographically into 223,129 parishes on the seven continents and other land masses, with more than 17,000 here in America, where Catholics make up the largest religious denomination in the nation. The ... [Continue Story]
Op-Ed
Opinion: Catholic Bishops Engage in Toxic Mix of Religion and Politics by Frank DeFilippo
The Roman Catholic Church is the world’s largest precinct organization. Civilization’s oldest Christian religion has 1.33 billion constituents ... [Continue Story]
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