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Trump is a billionaire, so why doesn’t he hire his own secret service protection from private, trustworthy contractors, instead of using deep state DEI-run sellouts?

Just like with 9/11, Sandy Hook, the Batman Theatre shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing, the Park School shooting and now the Trump assassination attempt, somehow the security footage, that should be available to the public and press for proof of what happened, is either “disabled” or destroyed by the insidious Deep State. Surprise, surprise. Ask yourself and everyone you know, why is there ZERO SECURITY FOOTAGE ANYWHERE that would have recorded this liberal stooge and patsy walking around with his 10-foot ladder and long gun bag? Just like every other planned and staged fed event, there is magically (convenient for the Deep State) no security footage that captured the murderer walking around the rally campus, at all. Nobody talks about it. Nobody brings up the subject. No one will ever see one single second of this guy prepping for murder. Why?

Then the excuses come for the mishap. The official story never adds up. Not even close. This aftermath cover-up of this assassination attempt of the real President was so poorly planned (must not have been planned at all), that even the Secret Service Director herself, Kimberly Cheatle, sounds like an invalid trying to explain away how she was paid off to look the other way.

According to SS Director Cheatle, there’s a simple explanation for ALL OF THIS and the secret service director has been clear: these top-of-the-food-chain snipers have not had slanted roof training yet. They are very scared of slanted surfaces and have never shot off anything but flat ground. What lousy excuse is next? Has the secret service been asking roofers who have good aim to come train the FBI and SWAT teams?

Maybe some skilled roofers can help train the Deep State’s secret service snipers and teach them the amazing skill of how to stand on something slanted at 10 degrees, or even at a highly dangerous 15 degrees, because, if they were to slip and fall, they could break an arm or even worse, a leg. Forget about protecting the only guy that can save the entire nation from communist takeover by the slugs in DC now, who are all sitting in private rooms wondering how the hell they screwed this whole thing up.

Trump is a billionaire, so why doesn’t he hire his own secret service protection from private, trustworthy contractors, instead of using deep state DEI-run sellouts?

First off, Trump should have seen this coming a mile away. The swamp monsters tried their best to destroy him from day one. They tried to impeach him twice. They’ve tried him for treason, fraud, tax evasion, harboring classified documents, bad book-keeping, and now they tried to shoot him in the head at a rally. Why does Trump continue to try to use Deep State swamp employees to do his bidding? Trump is a multi-billionaire, so you would think he would vet out his own secret service protection and just pay them himself, instead of whining that the communists in DC won’t fund his protection, as they send them all to protect Resident Biden’s main handler, his wife.

So again, even though the Pennsylvania Trump rally was at the Butler Farm Show grounds, any President or former President would have security camera set up and recording 24/7 before, during and after a major event. Simple common sense and protocol. So where is that footage? Why isn’t one single American patriot asking about it? Let’s see this patsy walking around with the ladder, and who talks to him, who helps him?

Top it all off with the Butler County Sheriffs’ office now confirming that NOT EVEN ONE single officer that had duty at the rally was wearing a chest camera, and none of the officers who took pictures of the shooter shot a video, not before or during. How convenient.

Maybe the secret service inside the building that Crooks stood upon let him go up to the roof from inside the building, through some maintenance hatch or something. Maybe that’s WHY the FBI will not let anyone, including press, on those grounds now, and maybe that is why there is no security footage being released to the press. Think about that for a few minutes.

Of course, right after the shooting, the O’Biden Regime hopped on the press network to demand all Americans immediately turn in all their automatic weapons (assault rifles) so when/if the communists can steal the election in November again, they won’t have to fight off so many patriots (that they are terrified of, and with merit).

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Roger Stone Responds To Biden Dropping Out Of The Race, Warns Hillary Clinton Planning To Stab Kamala In The Back

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In April 2023, Lipka posted a video of himself, while an intern for U.S. Rep. Garcia, doing a dance wearing women’s underwear.

The Biden-Harris campaigns new deputy press secretary for Pennsylvania is a drag queen who previously worked for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Long Beach).

“Thrilled to share I’ve joined the Biden-Harris campaign as deputy press secretary for Pennsylvania!” posted Eric Lipka on X July 17. “Let’s get to work, and finish the job!”

Lipka’s X profile lists him as “on weekends: drag queen” and his social media accounts are full of videos and photos of him and others in “drag.”

In April 2023, Lipka posted a video of himself, while an intern for U.S. Rep. Garcia, doing a dance wearing women’s underwear:

One X user reacted to Lipka’s cross-dressing dance video by giving kudos to U.S. Rep Garcia’s, who People magazine called “Congress’ first gay immigrant,” office environment:

In September 2023, Lipka posted more videos of him cross-dressing and dancing, writing:

To celebrate it being Friday, some drag content to bless your feed (but fr I had really ate that uppp).

X is not allowing embedding of these videos, saying that the post has now been made private. Here is a screenshot:

Lipka’s Facebook profile says he’s also referred to as “Erotica the Drag Queen” with a cover photo picturing Lipka with six fellow cross-dressers:

On April 25 of this year, Lipka was tagged on Facebook by fellow cross-dresser “Nubia Love-Jackson” in a post promoting the “Unity Alliance Lavender Ball” at  Hampden Sydney College, a private Virginia all-men’s school.

Lipka was also tagged by “Love-Jackson” in an October 2022 Facebook post in which a photo of the two cross-dressers had the caption, “The girls that drag together, (eggplant emoji) bottoms down together.”

Lipka’s Instagram account has now been set to “private” and lists him as “another gay in comms” and a  “drag queen.”

The Biden-Harris campaign is aware of Lipka’s public cross-dressing and social media posts, with their PA Communications Director Jack Doyle telling Fox News that, “We’re proud to have a team of 200 talented Pennsylvania staffers, including Eric.”

Libs of Tik Tok posted what it says is a December 2021 X post by Lipka in which the cross-dresser said:

This is the Biden Campaign’s new Deputy Press Secretary for PA: pic.twitter.com/AeNOPgOvRn

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) July 21, 2024

As of the publication of this article, Lipka’s last post on X was July 19.

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Roger Stone Responds To Biden Dropping Out Of The Race, Warns Hillary Clinton Planning To Stab Kamala In The Back

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The US president is well-known for his love of the frozen dessert.

US President Joe Biden’s announcement that he will no longer be pursuing a second term came on American National Ice Cream Day, prompting a swirl of social media reaction about the “funny coincidence” considering the leader’s well-known affection for the frozen dessert.     

The timing of Biden’s message on Sunday, July 21, sparked numerous jokes and memes, as some voters even speculated if the date to reveal that the president is “melting away” had been planned.  

“Is it really national ice cream day?” tech billionaire Elon Musk wondered.   

Biden revealed his decision to quit the presidential election race in an open letter posted to X (formerly Twitter). He has promised to deliver a special address on the matter later this week.  

“Joe Biden waited for National Ice Cream Day to drop out of the presidential race,” one X user wrote.   

“Probably the most historic national ice cream day we’ve ever had,” another X user said.

“I don’t believe in coincidences,” a third posted.  

“Biden dropping out on national ice cream day is so on brand actually. iconic,” a fourth commented.  

The president’s decades-long love of ice cream has been featured on social media and late-night shows.   

Biden and his ice creams first made memorable public appearances during Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign. In 2016 when he was vice president, Biden made a confession while visiting the headquarters for Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream in Columbus, Ohio.  

READ MORE: Biden endorses Kamala Harris as successor

“My name is Joe Biden, and I love ice cream,” Biden said as he took the stage. “You all think I’m kidding – I’m not. I eat more ice cream than three other people you’d like to be with, all at once.”  

Biden has regularly been spotted at ice cream parlors and stores throughout his presidency and reelection campaign. While the US leader has been seen eating a variety of flavors, his favorite is Graeter’s chocolate chip ice cream, Biden’s granddaughter Naomi Biden told Vogue in 2022.  

The American president announced his withdrawal from the race following weeks of pressure over his mental and physical state and less than a month before the Democratic National Convention is scheduled to start in Chicago.   

Biden said he will now focus all his “energies” on his remaining presidential duties. The 81-year-old has backed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the new Democratic Party candidate for the November 5 vote.

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Two Years Ago Alex Jones Revealed the Democrat Plan to Dump Biden

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Johnson also went on Fox Business this morning to discuss his investigation with host Maria Bartiromo.

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) posted on X the preliminary findings of his investigation into the attempted assassination of former President Trump at a July 13, 2024 rally in Butler, Pa:

Johnson also went on Fox Business this morning to discuss his investigation with host Maria Bartiromo:

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Roger Stone Responds To Biden Dropping Out Of The Race, Warns Hillary Clinton Planning To Stab Kamala In The Back

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Lawmakers anticipate fiery vice presidential debate as election nears.

Vice President Kamala Harris and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) have started negotiating terms for a vice presidential debate shortly after Vance was tapped by former President Donald Trump to be his running mate.

Vance, who started as a Trump critic before the 2016 presidential campaign, has now become one of his most ardent supporters. The 39-year-old senator’s unwavering defense of the former president, commitment to conservative values and positions on controversial topics have solidified his standing within the Republican Party.

Harris, on the other hand, also navigated a challenging relationship with President Joe Biden. During her bid for the Democratic nomination in 2020, she called out Biden for his past opposition to federal busing policies.

(Related: Trump names J.D. Vance as running mate for 2024 presidential race.)

Now that they already secured the vice-presidential nomination with their own parties, anonymous sources claimed that Harris left a congratulatory voicemail for Vance on July 15 and urged him to accept the CBS News debate. The next day, Vance returned the call and the two exchanged pleasantries with their desire to debate but did not discuss specifics.

Initially, Harris has agreed to participate in a debate on CBS News on either July 23 or August 13. Trump had also previously agreed to these dates or one later in the calendar on behalf of his then-unnamed running mate. However, Trump specified that the debate should be hosted by Fox News,a condition that the Biden team rejected.

“Vice President Harris is prepared to debate J.D. Vance,” Biden campaign spokesman TJ Ducklo said after Vance was added to the GOP ticket. “We have accepted the proposal from CBS News – I think as folks are aware – to participate in that debate, and we feel very good.”

Now that Trump has officially selected Vance, the public assumes that there has been little progress in resolving the disagreements over the debate’s network partner and format.

“Obviously, we want to debate Vice President Harris because it’s important for the American people to see the contrast,” Vance said in a recent appearance on Newsmax.

Lawmakers anticipate fiery vice presidential debate as election nears

Lawmakers from both parties are eager to see the two candidates face off as the 2024 presidential race heats up.

“I want a front-row seat. I’m not going to watch it on TV, I want a front-row seat,” said Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL). “He’s one of the best guys on his feet talking about a subject. He puts a lot of time and effort into things. Smart, but he also does his work. He just doesn’t take it for granted about what he’s going to talk about.”

Sen. John Thune (R-SD) echoed Tuberville’s enthusiasm and expressed his confidence in Vance’s abilities.

“In these debates with Kamala Harris, it’s going to be fun to watch, because I think he is very talented. Good on his feet, and I think he’ll be a really strong spokesperson for President Trump on his team,” he said.

On the Democratic side, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is confident in Harris’ debating skills.

“I’ve known her for nearly 15 years while she’s been in every kind of fight on behalf of working families,” Warren said. “I’m looking forward to this debate.”

Watch Ivan Raiklin warn Dan Happel of a cover-up that will follow a steal of the 2024 election on the Brighteon.TV program “Connecting The Dots.”

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Roger Stone Responds To Biden Dropping Out Of The Race, Warns Hillary Clinton Planning To Stab Kamala In The Back

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Separation of Church and State is a sin: here’s why.

(LifeSiteNews) — This headline might seem shocking to some readers. Many of us have grown up under political systems which enshrine separation of Church and State in constitutional law, or otherwise regard it as positive for society. 

However, this headline reflects the teaching of the Catholic Church as transmitted to us by the Roman Pontiffs. This teaching has been explained with particular clarity and detail by Pope Leo XIII in his encyclical letter Immortale Dei, “On the Christian Constitution of States,” and in Libertas, “On Human Liberty.”

Rediscovering this doctrine will help us to understand many of the problems faced by the modern west. We know that something has gone badly wrong in our society: abortion, redefinition of marriage, transgenderism, spiraling crime, rising suicide rates, endless wars, and many other symptoms of a civilization in rapid collapse. 

This, according to the popes, is what inevitably happens to a society which tries to live without God and without the divine revelation which has he entrusted to his Church.  

The assertion made in the headline, that “separation of Church and State is a sin”, is derived from the teaching of Pope Leo XIII, who wrote:  

It is a public crime to act as though there were no God. So, too, is it a sin for the State not to have care for religion as a something beyond its scope, or as of no practical benefit; or out of many forms of religion to adopt that one which chimes in with the fancy; for we are bound absolutely to worship God in that way which He has shown to be His will.^[1]  

He continues: 

All who rule, therefore, would hold in honor the holy name of God, and one of their chief duties must be to favor religion, to protect it, to shield it under the credit and sanction of the laws, and neither to organize nor enact any measure that may compromise its safety. This is the bounden duty of rulers to the people over whom they rule.^[2]   

Many people today, including some who sincerely wish to be Catholic, reject this doctrine.  

They insist that, while as individuals and families they are bound to follow God’s law and practice the true religion, the state may, perhaps must, be neutral in matters of religion. Pope Leo XIII rejects this position:  

There are others, somewhat more moderate though not more consistent, who affirm that the morality of individuals is to be guided by the divine law, but not the morality of the State, for that in public affairs the commands of God may be passed over and may be entirely disregarded in the framing of laws. 

Hence follows the fatal theory of the need of separation between Church and State. But the absurdity of such a position is manifest.^[3]

The doctrine that Leo XIII regarded as manifestly absurd, is something which many people today regard as manifestly good. 

The proper distinction between Church and State 

There is a proper and necessary distinction of Church and State.  

“The Almighty,” teaches Pope Leo XIII, “has given the charge of the human race to two powers, the ecclesiastical and the civil, the one being set over divine, and the other over human, things.”^[4] 

The civil authorities use natural means to achieve the end of natural happiness for their subjects. The ecclesiastical authorities use supernatural means to achieve the end supernatural happiness for all mankind.  

The pope explains further: 

Each in its kind is supreme, each has fixed limits within which it is contained, limits which are defined by the nature and special object of the province of each, so that there is, we may say, an orbit traced out, within which the action of each is brought into play by its own native right.^[5]

Church and State both have their origin in God and ought to cooperate harmoniously with each other as they pursue their own proper work for the benefit of those subject to them.  

And while they are two distinct societies, each possessing different ends, different means, and different authorities, they are united in their members. All the members of the Church are also the members of a State.^[6] And it is this joint membership that leads to a necessary unity between Church and State.  

The Holy Father teaches: 

There must, accordingly, exist between these two powers a certain orderly connection, which may be compared to the union of the soul and body in man. The nature and scope of that connection can be determined only, as We have laid down, by having regard to the nature of each power, and by taking account of the relative excellence and nobleness of their purpose.

One of the two has for its proximate and chief object the well-being of this mortal life; the other, the everlasting joys of heaven. Whatever, therefore in things human is of a sacred character, whatever belongs either of its own nature or by reason of the end to which it is referred, to the salvation of souls, or to the worship of God, is subject to the power and judgment of the Church. 

Whatever is to be ranged under the civil and political order is rightly subject to the civil authority. 

Jesus Christ has Himself given command that what is Caesar’s is to be rendered to Caesar, and that what belongs to God is to be rendered to God.^[7]

Church and State are distinct as societies but may be united in their members. The following sections explore the nature of this unity in more depth. 

What we are bound to do as individuals, we are bound to do as a collective 

Human beings are rational animals. As Aristotle famously wrote “All men by nature desire to know.”^[8] Reflecting on the world around us, leads us to the knowledge that God exists, and reason tells us that such a God ought to be adored. All men and women have a moral obligation, binding under the natural law, to believe in God, and to worship Him. 

God has also revealed Himself to us in Jesus Christ. By miracles and prophecy, he has given us all the evidence we need to know that Jesus Christ is God, and that His teaching is true. There is an obligation to accept the gospel once we have heard it preached. The gravity of this obligation was made clear by Our Lord Himself: 

And he said to them: Go ye into the whole world and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized, shall be saved: but he that believeth not shall be condemned. (Mk 16:15-16)

Every individual human being must believe in God, accept the gospel of Jesus Christ, and live according to it. That obligation does not cease when we come together as individuals. This is seen very clearly in family life. Catholic families pray together, have religious imagery in their homes, and raise children in the Catholic faith. Nobody argues that families should be “secular” even though the members are individually Catholic.  

Many other societies are also given a Catholic character by their Catholic members; there are Catholic schools, Catholic orphanages, Catholic hospitals, and so on. When individual Catholics come together, they form Catholic societies. 

It is the teaching of the Catholic Church, that when Catholics come together to form a state, that state should also have a Catholic character. And just as all men and women are obliged to believe in God, and to receive the gospel, so too are all states obliged to publicly acknowledge God, and the truth of the Catholic religion. The duty of states follows logically from the duty of individuals. 

Pope Leo XIII teaches: 

Nature and reason, which command every individual devoutly to worship God in holiness, because we belong to Him and must return to Him, since from Him we came, also bind the civil community by a like law.^[9]

This is because: 

[M]en living together in society are under the power of God no less than individuals are, and society, no less than individuals, owes gratitude to God who gave it being and maintains it and whose ever-bounteous goodness enriches it with countless blessings.^[10]

Just as individuals have duties towards God, the State which is composed by those very individuals, must “act up to the manifold and weighty duties linking it to God, by the public profession of religion.”^[11]

And the State cannot choose a religion for itself, but is bound to adhere to that religion which is true: 

[N]o one is allowed to be remiss in the service due to God, and since the chief duty of all men is to cling to religion in both its teaching and practice – not such religion as they may have a preference for, but the religion which God enjoins, and which certain and most clear marks show to be the only one true religion – it is a public crime to act as though there were no God.

So, too, is it a sin for the State not to have care for religion as a something beyond its scope, or as of no practical benefit; or out of many forms of religion to adopt that one which chimes in with the fancy; for we are bound absolutely to worship God in that way which He has shown to be His will.^[12]

And there is only one religion which God has shown to be true, as the pope makes clear: 

Now, it cannot be difficult to find out which is the true religion, if only it be sought with an earnest and unbiased mind; for proofs are abundant and striking. We have, for example, the fulfilment of prophecies, miracles in great numbers, the rapid spread of the faith in the midst of enemies and in face of overwhelming obstacles, the witness of the martyrs, and the like. From all these it is evident that the only true religion is the one established by Jesus Christ Himself, and which He committed to His Church to protect and to propagate.^[13]

And he continued: 

For the only-begotten Son of God established on earth a society which is called the Church, and to it He handed over the exalted and divine office which He had received from His Father, to be continued through the ages to come. “As the Father hath sent Me, I also send you.” “Behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.” Consequently, as Jesus Christ came into the world that men “might have life and have it more abundantly,” so also has the Church for its aim and end the eternal salvation of souls, and hence it is so constituted as to open wide its arms to all mankind, unhampered by any limit of either time or place. “Preach ye the Gospel to every creature.”^[14]

Therefore, it is “one of the chief duties” of “all who rule” to “favor religion, to protect it, to shield it under the credit and sanction of the laws, and neither to organize nor enact any measure that may compromise its safety. This is the bounden duty of ruler to the people over whom they rule.”^[15]

The happiness of the people requires the State to profess the true religion 

The final end of human beings is to attain to the eternal vision of God in Heaven. In this man’s true happiness lies. Pope Leo XIII teaches: 

For one and all are we destined by our birth and adoption to enjoy, when this frail and fleeting life is ended, a supreme and final good in heaven, and to the attainment of this every endeavor should be directed.^[16]  

The Church is the perfect supernatural society possessed of the supernatural means to sanctify souls and lead them to heaven. The state has as its proper end the natural happiness of the subject. But this does not mean that the State can be indifferent to the final end of its subjects, any more than other societies such as families, schools, and hospitals can be indifferent. As the pope made clear: 

Since, then, upon this depends the full and perfect happiness of mankind, the securing of this end should be of all imaginable interests the most urgent.  

Hence, civil society, established for the common welfare, should not only safeguard the well-being of the community, but have also at heart the interests of its individual members, in such mode as not in any way to hinder, but in every manner to render as easy as may be, the possession of that highest and unchangeable good for which all should seek.^[17] 

Therefore, “for this purpose” the State must “preserve unharmed and unimpeded the religion whereof the practice is the link connecting man with God.”^[18]

In Libertas, Leo XIII writes: 

Nature herself proclaims the necessity of the State providing means and opportunities whereby the community may be enabled to live properly, that is to say, according to the laws of God.   

For, since God is the source of all goodness and justice, it is absolutely ridiculous that the State should pay no attention to these laws or render them abortive by contrary enactments.  

Besides, those who are in authority owe it to the commonwealth not only to provide for its external well-being and the conveniences of life, but still more to consult the welfare of men’s souls in the wisdom of their legislation. But, for the increase of such benefits, nothing more suitable can be conceived than the laws which have God for their author; and, therefore, they who in their government of the State take no account of these laws abuse political power by causing it to deviate from its proper end and from what nature itself prescribes.^[19]  

Rev. Denis Fahey, writing in 1944, expands on this aspect of the doctrine:  

Politics is the science which has for its object the organization of State in view of the complete Common Good of the citizens in the natural order and the means that conduce to it. As the final end of man is, however, not merely natural, the State, charged with the temporal social order, must ever act in such wise as not only not to hinder but to favor the attaining of man’s supreme end, the vision of God in Three Divine Persons. 

Political thought and political action therefore, in an ordered State, will respect the jurisdiction and guidance of the Catholic Church, the divinely-instituted Guardian of the moral order, remembering that what is morally wrong cannot be politically good. Thus the natural or temporal Common Good will be always aimed at by those in authority in the way best calculated to favor family life, in view of the development of true personality, in and through, the Mystical Body of Christ.^[20]

The Church is a more exalted society than the State 

The Church does not have jurisdiction over the State as such, and its authorities cannot interfere with the State’s own proper operations, but it does, nonetheless, have the more “exalted authority” of the two. It has the “unrestrained” and “unfettered” power and right to carry out its mission, as Leo XIII explains: 

This society is made up of men, just as civil society is, and yet is supernatural and spiritual, on account of the end for which it was founded, and of the means by which it aims at attaining that end. 

Hence, it is distinguished and differs from civil society, and, what is of highest moment, it is a society chartered as of right divine, perfect in its nature and in its title, to possess in itself and by itself, through the will and loving kindness of its Founder, all needful provision for its maintenance and action. 

And just as the end at which the Church aims is by far the noblest of ends, so is its authority the most exalted of all authority, nor can it be looked upon as inferior to the civil power, or in any manner dependent upon it.^[21]

He continues:

In very truth, Jesus Christ gave to His Apostles unrestrained authority in regard to things sacred, together with the genuine and most true power of making laws, as also with the twofold right of judging and of punishing, which flow from that power. ‘All power is given to Me in heaven and on earth: going therefore teach all nations… teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.’ And in another place: ‘If he will not hear them, tell the Church.’ And again: ‘In readiness to revenge all disobedience.’ And once more: ‘That… I may not deal more severely according to the power which the Lord bath given me, unto edification and not unto destruction.’^[22]

It is necessary that the Church of Christ possess this unrestrained authority because:  

[I]t is the Church, and not the State, that is to be man’s guide to heaven. It is to the Church that God has assigned the charge of seeing to, and legislating for, all that concerns religion; of teaching all nations; of spreading the Christian faith as widely as possible; in short, of administering freely and without hindrance, in accordance with her own judgment, all matters that fall within its competence.^[23]

The State can never possess any authority over the Church as such, even though it has authority over her members in civil matters. The State has no right to interfere in the proper operations of the Church and may not hinder them in any way. The pope teaches: 

Now, this authority, perfect in itself, and plainly meant to be unfettered, so long assailed by a philosophy that truckles to the State, the Church, has never ceased to claim for herself and openly to exercise. The Apostles themselves were the first to uphold it, when, being forbidden by the rulers of the synagogue to preach the Gospel, they courageously answered: ‘We must obey God rather than men.’^[24]

This authority, the pope remarked, has been maintained by the “weighty arguments” of the “holy Fathers of the Church” and ‘the Roman Pontiffs have never shrunk from defending it with unbending constancy.”^[25]  

It has also been frequently acknowledged by rulers themselves: 

Nay, more, princes and all invested with power to rule have themselves approved it, in theory alike and in practice. It cannot be called in question that in the making of treaties, in the transaction of business matters, in the sending and receiving ambassadors, and in the interchange of other kinds of official dealings they have been wont to treat with the Church as with a supreme and legitimate power.^[26]

Conflicts between Church and State 

The Church and State share members and therefore a clash between their respective commands is possible. In Immortale Dei the Holy Father writes: 

Inasmuch as each of these two powers has authority over the same subjects, and as it might come to pass that one and the same thing – related differently, but still remaining one and the same thing – might belong to the jurisdiction and determination of both, God, who foresees all things, and who is the author of these two powers, has marked out the course of each in right correlation to the other.^[27]

And in Libertas he repeats: 

We have more than once pointed out, [that] although the civil authority has not the same proximate end as the spiritual, nor proceeds on the same lines, nevertheless in the exercise of their separate powers they must occasionally meet. For their subjects are the same, and not infrequently they deal with the same objects, though in different ways.^[28]

He continues: 

Whenever this occurs, since a state of conflict is absurd and manifestly repugnant to the most wise ordinance of God, there must necessarily exist some order or mode of procedure to remove the occasions of difference and contention, and to secure harmony in all things. This harmony has not been inaptly compared to that which exists between the body and the soul for the well-being of both one and the other, the separation of which brings irremediable harm to the body, since it extinguishes its very life.^[29]

Such clashes are to be avoided by each society respecting the proper sphere of the other, but in cases where the State commands something contrary to the law or teaching of the Church, it is the Church which must be obeyed for “We ought to obey God, rather than men” (Acts 5:29). 

Civil authorities must yield to the authority of the Church in all things pertaining to her proper sphere, including conformity to each and every one of her teachings regarding faith and morals. 

The authentic union of Church and State is beneficial to both 

The Catholic Church so respects and upholds the legitimate authority of the State, and its divine origins, that: 

In such organization of the State there is nothing that can be thought to infringe upon the dignity of rulers, and nothing unbecoming them; nay, so far from degrading the sovereign power in its due rights, it adds to it permanence and luster.^[30]

If Church and State cooperate with each other, both will more easily attain their respective ends: 

Indeed, when more fully pondered, this mutual co-ordination has a perfection in which all other forms of government are lacking, and from which excellent results would flow, were the several component parts to keep their place and duly discharge the office and work appointed respectively for each. 

And, doubtless, in the constitution of the State such as We have described, divine and human things are equitably shared; the rights of citizens assured to them, and fenced round by divine, by natural, and by human law; the duties incumbent on each one being wisely marked out, and their fulfilment fittingly insured.

In their uncertain and toilsome journey to the everlasting city all see that they have safe guides and helpers on their way, and are conscious that others have charge to protect their persons alike and their possessions, and to obtain or preserve for them everything essential for their present life.^[31]

The institution of the family will also benefit: 

Furthermore, domestic society acquires that firmness and solidity so needful to it from the holiness of marriage, one and indissoluble, wherein the rights and duties of husband and wife are controlled with wise justice and equity; due honor is assured to the woman; the authority of the husband is conformed to the pattern afforded by the authority of God; the power of the father is tempered by a due regard for the dignity of the mother and her offspring; and the best possible provision is made for the guardianship, welfare, and education of the children.^[32]

And union of Church and State is the best way to ensure just laws and their equitable enforcement: 

In political affairs, and all matters civil, the laws aim at securing the common good, and are not framed according to the delusive caprices and opinions of the mass of the people, but by truth and by justice; the ruling powers are invested with a sacredness more than human, and are withheld from deviating from the path of duty, and from overstepping the bounds of rightful authority; and the obedience is not the servitude of man to man, but submission to the will of God, exercising His sovereignty through the medium of men.^[33]

When men and women see that they are governed justly, they will respect and honortheir rulers in return, and there will be social peace: 

Now, this being recognized as undeniable, it is felt that the high office of rulers should be held in respect; that public authority should be constantly and faithfully obeyed; that no act of sedition should be committed; and that the civic order of the commonwealth should be maintained as sacred.^[34]

Finally, in such a state, every aspect of man’s life and conduct is elevated by the practice of the true religion: 

So, also, as to the duties of each one toward his fellow men, mutual forbearance, kindliness, generosity are placed in the ascendant; the man who is at once a citizen and a Christian is not drawn aside by conflicting obligations; and, lastly, the abundant benefits with which the Christian religion, of its very nature, endows even the mortal life of man are acquired for the community and civil society.^[35]

Therefore “it may be said in sober truth” that: 

The condition of the commonwealth depends on the religion with which God is worshipped; and between one and the other there exists an intimate and abiding connection.^[36]

The glory of Christendom

The vision proposed by Leo XIII of the Christian state is no idealistic fantasy. It was to a large extent achieved, though always imperfectly, in the composition of Catholic individuals, Catholic families, and Catholic states, that we call Christendom. The Supreme Pontiff writes: 

There was once a time when States were governed by the philosophy of the Gospel. Then it was that the power and divine virtue of Christian wisdom had diffused itself throughout the laws, institutions, and morals of the people, permeating all ranks and relations of civil society. Then, too, the religion instituted by Jesus Christ, established firmly in befitting dignity, flourished everywhere, by the favor of princes and the legitimate protection of magistrates; and Church and State were happily united in concord and friendly interchange of good offices. 

The State, constituted in this wise, bore fruits important beyond all expectation, whose remembrance is still, and always will be, in renown, witnessed to as they are by countless proofs which can never be blotted out or ever obscured by any craft of any enemies. Christian Europe has subdued barbarous nations, and changed them from a savage to a civilized condition, from superstition to true worship. 

It victoriously rolled back the tide of Mohammedan conquest; retained the headship of civilization; stood forth in the front rank as the leader and teacher of all, in every branch of national culture; bestowed on the world the gift of true and many-sided liberty; and most wisely founded very numerous institutions for the solace of human suffering. 

And if we inquire how it was able to bring about so altered a condition of things, the answer is-beyond all question, in large measure, through religion, under whose auspices so many great undertakings were set on foot, through whose aid they were brought to completion.^[37]

If Church and State had remained united “a similar state of things would certainly have continued” indeed “more important results even might have been justly looked for” because “when kingdom and priesthood are at one, in complete accord, the world is well ruled, and the Church flourishes, and brings forth abundant fruit. But when they are at variance, not only smaller interests prosper not, but even things of greatest moment fall into deplorable decay.”^[38]

But, tragically, the unity of western Christendom was broken, first by Protestantism, then by the rise of Liberalism: 

But that harmful and deplorable passion for innovation which was aroused in the sixteenth century threw first of all into confusion the Christian religion, and next, by natural sequence, invaded the precincts of philosophy, whence it spread amongst all classes of society. From this source, as from a fountain-head, burst forth all those later tenets of unbridled license which, in the midst of the terrible upheavals of the last century, were wildly conceived and boldly proclaimed as the principles and foundation of that new conception of law which was not merely previously unknown, but was at variance on many points with not only the Christian, but even the natural law.^[39]

Consequently: 

The authority of God is passed over in silence, just as if there were no God; or as if He cared nothing for human society; or as if men, whether in their individual capacity or bound together in social relations, owed nothing to God; or as if there could be a government of which the whole origin and power and authority did not reside in God Himself.^[40]

The deplorable consequences of such a state are increasingly obvious to all. But no solution will be found until men once again recognize Jesus Christ as King, and honorand obey him, as individuals, as families, and as states. For as Pope Pius XI taught: 

We remember saying that these manifold evils in the world were due to the fact that the majority of men had thrust Jesus Christ and his holy law out of their lives; that these had no place either in private affairs or in politics: and we said further, that as long as individuals and states refused to submit to the rule of our Savior, there would be no really hopeful prospect of a lasting peace among nations. 

Men must look for the peace of Christ in the Kingdom of Christ.^[41]

References

↑1	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑2	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑3	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 18.
↑4	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 13.
↑5	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 13.
↑6	Though, of course, it may be not all the members of a State are members of the Church.
↑7	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 14.
↑8	Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book I, Part I, trans. W. D. Ross.
↑9	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑10	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑11	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑12	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑13	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 7.
↑14	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 8.
↑15	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑16	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑17	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑18	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 6.
↑19	Pope Leo XIII, Libertas, No. 18.
↑20	Rev. Denis Fahey, Money Manipulation and Social Order, (Dublin, 1944), p8.
↑21	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 8-10.
↑22	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 11.
↑23	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 11.
↑24	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 12.
↑25	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 12.
↑26	Pope Leo XIII,Immortale Dei, No. 12.
↑27	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 14.
↑28	Pope Leo XIII, Libertas, No. 18.
↑29	Pope Leo XIII, Libertas, No. 18.
↑30	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑31	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑32	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑33	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑34	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑35	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑36	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 17.
↑37	Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 21.
↑38	Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 22.
↑39	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 23.
↑40	Pope Leo XIII, Immortale Dei, No. 25.
↑41	Pope Pius XI, Quas Primas, No. 1.

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