Friends, we need to talk about Bishop Robert Barron.
Known for his tendency to use his extraordinary social media apparatus to comment on any perceived Catholic slight, his absence in the face of the Trump administration’s anti-Catholic policies is jarring.
But not surprising.
Barron has had no problem jumping into the social media fray to debate the finer points of “Star Wars,” correct the governor of New York about theology during the height of a pandemic, or criticize the use of a John Lennon song during the funeral of the “world’s most famous Sunday School teacher,” Jimmy Carter.
But what does the bishop have to say when millions of people might suffer or die due to cuts to Catholic Relief Services meted out by the Trump administration?
Silence.
How did he respond when the pope stepped in to implicitly urge bishops to condemn President Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans as a “major crisis”?
Crickets.
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With thanks to the National Catholic Reporter (NCR) and John Grosso, where this article originally appeared.
