Bishop Robert Barron Warns Democrats' Leftward Shift Endangers 2-Party System

2 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 15

Robert Barron said the Democratic Party has moved so far left that "explicit socialists" and even "borderline communists" are now treated as serious candidates, calling that a threat to American democracy.
Bernie Sanders' rise from outlier to party fixture and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's praise of the "warmth of collectivism" were Barron's main evidence of what he called a rapid shift from the Bill Clinton-era party.
Barron argued socialism, not capitalism, has produced mass death on a far greater scale, saying Catholic social teaching condemns collectivism and that his opposition to socialism is rooted "precisely" in his faith.
At Trump's "Rededicate 250" prayer event this weekend, the Minnesota bishop plans to press Christians to enter politics, universities and culture rather than "retreat into privacy" as he urges a broader public fight over moral values.

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