2006-11-09 00:06:31 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
In the USA the people are not puritan in their religious feelings and specially the Christians. Mostly they are Protestants and the American Catholics are unlike their British and Roman counterparts not that attached to the Pope at Rome. But both the Bush are at their personal level very loyal to the Pope. The Republican Party has nothing to do with this. Though on personal level while occupying such an important office Bush was helping lots of fund raising for the Pope for conversion by Missionaries operating in India. Now it may get affected from 2008 when Bush would be demitting office at White House. But it is a long way to go!
2006-11-09 13:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
American political parties do not follow religious lines.
The Catholic Church is pro-life in the widest sense. This is often called a "Consistent Ethic of Life."
This pro-life stance stresses the highest regard for dignity of human life including that of:
- All people in objecting to unjust war and nuclear arms. (closer to Democratic platform)
- The unborn in objecting to to abortion, in fitro fertilization, frozen embryos, embryonic stem cell research, and cloning (closer to Republican platform)
- The elderly, sick and dying in objecting to assisted suicide and euthanazia (not sure about this)
- Prisoners in objecting to the death penalty (closer to Democratic platform)
- The poor and minorities in supporting social justice issues. (closer to Democratic platform)
Some Catholics are enthusiastically anti-abortion and align themselves with the Republican party.
When you look at the big picture, the Democratic party supports more "Catholic" issues so some Catholics are Democrats.
Neither party follows all Catholic teachings.
The political defeat of the Republicans (due mostly to the Iraqi War) does not reflect on the Pope who has been against the war from the start.
With love in Christ.
2006-11-09 09:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by imacatholic2 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, American catholics are not really. The have adopted so much of the protestant doctrine it hard to tell the two of them apart. They are even more avid evangelists than most other fundamentalist christians. The pope has no great affection for "American Catholicism".
2006-11-09 08:23:51 · answer #3 · answered by Rja 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Pope is nothing to do with the American politics.
2006-11-09 08:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. The rest of the answer is long. See the pope's history.
2006-11-09 09:11:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋