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Commentary: Time s up to decry wacky theories
Rafael Castillo, For the Express-News
Feb. 24, 2021
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The U.S. House recently removed Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from two committees over past incendiary remarks. She’s not the only problem the GOP has with conspiracy theories; extremists continue cultivating chaos in the name of former President Donald Trump.ALEX EDELMAN /AFP via Getty Images
Conspiracy theories have warped today’s GOP in Congress: U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has a history of endorsing twisted right-wing conspiracies which include “Pizza-gate,” “deep state” Trump-haters and blood-sacrificing pedophile Democrats.
Conspiracy theories have long been part of the political landscape. The theories are rife with bizarre speculation, convoluted thinking and absurd ideology, feasting on our doubts and fears. They lurk in the deepest, darkest depths of the unconscious, fed by lies and innuendo until they bubble up to erode our faith in
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On Dec. 30, 1840, John M. Hopkins, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Vermont, penned a letter to Bishop Benedict J. Fenwick of the Diocese of Boston. The subject of the letter was the proposed construction of a new Catholic church in Burlington, Vermont. I call your attention, he wrote, to a matter which I think important to the comfort and satisfaction of the Roman Catholic Church in this village, as well as the Church which is under my own pastoral care.
At the time the letter was written, the Catholic Diocese of Boston was expansive, encompassing all New England, yet it was also small in terms of the number of its parishes, priests, and laypeople. It was not unusual for Bishop Fenwick to deal personally with administrative issues as they arose. The letter from Bishop Hopkins merited his careful attention, since it concerned the only extant Catholic parish in Vermont, St. Mary in Burlington.