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Fr. Anthony Smela's avatar

I get the feeling that there are many people in power who would prefer us to put all of our energy in the liturgy wars and things like that and completley ignore things such as torture and human trafficking - things that every Catholic can agree on. The difficulty is always momentum. Things like the litugy wars get clicks, and issues such as torture do not - precicely because we do agree about it.

I would love to see a concerted effort on part of the bishops to make a nationwide push for every Catholic to reach out to their representatives to make an issue like torture a national issue. Especially with the pope putting this topic into the forefront, this would have been a great opportunity to do this. It seems like a slam dunk politically, and periodically the bishops can make a large push for a particular issue like this.

I would have loved to see a question about if torture was happening in the United States still. We know that waterboarding was happening during the Iraq War, but it certainly wouldn't surprise me if things like that were still happening behind closed doors. Congress and the Executive branch can hold the military and intel organizations accountable in that area, and should be transparent about not using torture. Something we can do is make sure that accountability in our own country occurs, as well as holding other nations accountable for war crimes as well.

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Clare K's avatar

I know it's not her fault, but it is such a sick joke that the Human Rights Council is set up in such a way that states that are *actively violating human rights* can be elected members by making empty promises. The UN is a farce.

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