U.S. Catholic Church and Politics

Top U.S. Catholic cardinals issued a joint statement urging the Trump administration to ground its foreign policy in a moral compass, warning that America's role in confronting evil, sustaining the right to life and human dignity, and supporting religious liberty is "under examination." They cite Pope Leo XIV’s Jan. 9 speech — which warned that diplomacy based on consensus is being replaced by "diplomacy based on force" and that "war is back in vogue" — as inspiration, and Cardinal Blase Cupich added that as pastors they "cannot stand by while decisions are made that condemn millions to lives trapped permanently at the edge of existence."