The throne and the altar do not go together.

The merging of church and politics is a dangerous thing. Religion is religion, and politics is politics. Just think back to the Spanish Inquisition. Few people today remember that it arose because the king was short on funds.  Another example could be the exploration of new continents.  At the forefront were the Church with crosses, followed by royal developers and entrepreneurs. Politics belongs to the Church, just as the Church belongs to politics. However, they should maintain a discreet distance from each other. We know what they are capable of.  When American Cardinal Blasé Cupich decided to honor Illinois Senator Dick Durbin for his immigration policies, a wave of criticism ensued. It turned out the senator was prohibited from receiving the sacrament due to his pro-choice views. Pope Leo XIV also joined the debate, emphasizing the Church’s teaching on the protection of life from conception to natural death. However, he added a caveat. If you are against abortion but simultaneously agree with inhumane treatment, you are not truly pro-life. No one is purely evil, and no one is purely good. One journalist said. That church of yours has done many bad things in the past. Yes. You are right. Thanks to this. Does it have a chance to be today? Beyond measure, instructed. There are two traditions in the church. Apostolic tradition is derived directly from Jesus Christ and is ecclesiastical. If the first one is unchanging, the second one changes and develops. Within the church tradition, a certain flaw has been preserved; we condition our relationship with  God and the  Church by sin. The  Church of our time faces an important challenge. Understand that it neither belongs to the field of gynecology nor to police stations; it should not be a place of division but of acceptance, especially for the sinful. The Church made many mistakes in the past. A dark period of frightening people with God. Thanks to this, she has the opportunity to be educated more than anyone else. We should inspire others to God. The best way is by our own example.   Scaring people with sin will resonate with very few. Sin cannot be more important than the joy and hope that  Christ brings us.