Many will claim that the Church should never get involved in politics. The Church (such people will say) should not seek a place at the table of political power or even get involved in debates about civil rights, climate change and public housing. It’s not the Church’s business to go around singing the praises of the West, or yelling tirades against the West. Our Lord said, ‘My kingdom is not of this world’22 because the kingdom is spiritual and timeless, and belongs to the heavenly realm.23 Many will wag a finger at us as meddlesome clergy planting their pulpit in places it does not belong.
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