According to the UK Catholic weekly Tablet, https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13005/pope-criticises-destructive-violence-of-floyd-protest “we recognise the efforts by people of great power to divide us, opposed to the plan God has for this world... “[Cardinal Tobin of New Jersey] the murder of George Floyd, the needless deaths of so many people of colour, the exploitation of social division for political gain simply take our breath away ... “Cardinal Cupich of Chicago said he had spent the last few nights ‘in great personal pain, horrified at the violence...
https://www.thetablet.co.uk/news/13005/pope-criticises-destructive-violence-of-floyd-protests “Pope Francis spoke of his great concern at the disturbing social unrest following the tragic death of George Floyd. “we cannot tolerate or turn a blind eye to racism and exclusion in any form “At the same time, we recognize that the violence of recent nights is ‘self-destructive and self-defeating’. The Pope prayed for the repose of George’s soul and of others and through the sin of racism. Note that the Pope or Bishops will not criticize western leaders like Trump or condemn police brutality. They never go through the specific horrors of racism experienced by brown & black people for centuries. They always resort to banal or abstract terms in describing the crimes of the white authorities. For the clerics, racism is just a ‘sin’. The Church itself has been openly racist in India and Africa. For example, white people were given seating preference at Wodehouse Church in Bombay or at the Holy Family Church in Nairobi. Pope John Paul did not hesitate to call Saddam Hussein a terrorist but not US President Bush who destroyed Iraq on fake evidence. The fact is that the Western Church is part of the Western scheme of global control. The former Jesuit scholar, Stan Lourdesamy explained neatly why the Vatican is lukewarm on social justice issues. "The efforts of the Vatican to quench the cry of oppressed people must be historically situated in its true political context. From 1976, the Vatican has been trying to discredit Liberation Theology (which is about the struggles of the poor against the forces of oppression) and has been pressing bishops to condemn particular theologians… The hierarchical church of which the Vatican is the apex cannot tolerate any initiative (like Lib Theo) that bypasses its authoritarian power structure. It is suspicious of anything that springs from the life experience of the people… Their struggles have to be ignored. “The Vatican is much more at home with liberal capitalism. It is a major shareholder in several national and multinational corporations of the West. The Catholic hierarchy, by way of properties owned and money at its disposal, is a rich church among poor people of the Third World. Given this economic base, it has to function according to the logic of capitalism… For this reason the Vatican can only point out general facts about mass poverty, injustice or inequality but cannot name those responsible. It is ready to find fault with socialism but cannot censure the capitalists for exploiting the working classes… " That says it all. Eddie
