Pope Leo Decries Leaders Who Invoke God to Bless Nationalism

Pope Leo on Thursday decried political leaders who invoke religious beliefs to justify nationalist policies, saying that this is “blasphemy.” Does this not ring of hypocrisy?

He says we shouldn’t invoke religion to promote political interests, yet he invokes God to push the politics of climate action, environmentalism, illegal immigration, LGBTQ inclusion, synodality, one-world unity, and other like socialist issues that offend God and tear down humanity.

In his talk, Leo referred to the blessing of nationalism as “violence,” but who ever said that nationalism was a form of violence? Who in their right mind could think that invoking God for the protection and prosperity of our land is blasphemy? God gave us America, which means we should stand by her as patriots. Tearing down a Christian nation through the above political “isms” is what is violent, whereas invoking the name of God to defend the peace and strength of nations is noble. ---More...