By Jon Brown • Jul 9, 2021

The Roman Catholic priest who went viral for his fiery sermons denouncing the “godless platform” of the Democratic Party was removed from his position as pastor, his diocese announced Friday.

Father James Altman of St. James the Less Catholic Church in La Crosse, Wisconsin, was removed from his role after gaining national attention for refusing Bishop William Patrick Callahan’s order to resign in May, according to the La Crosse Tribune.

Callahan demanded Altman’s resignation for allegedly being “divisive” and “ineffective” because of his controversial rhetoric, which was often political and included skepticism about lockdowns and the COVID-19 vaccine.

As The Federalist reported, “Altman’s homilies have gone viral over the past year, beginning with a fiery broadside against the modern Democratic Party’s pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage, pro-transgender platform, but zeroing in on failures in Catholic Church leadership to teach the catechism, keep the faithful coming to church, police sexual sins and abusers in the clergy, positively affect the culture, maintain a moral influence on politics, and most recently, simply keep their doors open amidst COVID-19 panics and secular leaders’ demands that worship end or be severely curtailed.”

In his first homily to go viral (video below), Altman warned that self-professed Catholics who support the platform of the Democratic Party are in danger of damnation, especially because of the “diabolical agenda” of abortion. “You cannot be Catholic and a Democrat, period,” he said. “Their party platform absolutely is against everything the Catholic Church teaches. So just quit pretending that you’re Catholic and vote Democrat. Repent of your support of that party and its platform or face the fires of hell.”

https://www.dailywire.com/news/diocese-r...emocratic-party

Agreed! It's feckless!

The doctrine means nothing if it's not acted on.

In their cases though, they act against the doctrine with no consequence.