Bishop Stowe Blasts US Bishops For Lack Of Response To Trump’s Election

In the month or so since former President Donald Trump was elected to occupy the White House for a second term, the majority of American bishops have either not commented on the election publicly, or issued a generic statement about the importance of civility, unity, and democracy.

That extends to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, where – outside of responses to Trump’s stated plan for mass deportations – not much has been said. Bishop John Stowe, in a recent conversation with Crux, said that reality isn’t surprising considering how American Church leaders have handled the presidency of Joe Biden over the last four years.

“It was not surprising coming from the USCCB. What was surprising was the attitude when Joe Biden was elected, a Catholic president four years ago, and there was such an uproar in the conference about that election, and because of that, I really had no expectation that there would be much said about the Trump election,” said Stowe, the bishop of Lexington in Kentucky.

“Nonetheless, in President Broglio’s address to the assembly he did talk about the change of leadership in the United States, and talking about how we all have to play our parts as if we’re an orchestra and work together in harmony. There was no such harmonious recommendation during the Biden administration,” he continued. “There is a silent dissent or support for (Trump), opposed to outright resistance to (Biden).”

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