Why the Catholic Church Condemned Jan. 6

The pope and Catholic bishops across America raised a united moral alarm. They denounced the Jan. 6 insurrection as an assault on democracy and an affront to the Gospel’s call to peace and justice.

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As violence engulfed Capitol Hill five years today, Catholic leaders immediately condemned what Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez — then-president of the U.S. bishops — called t…