Scholars break down why Zionism is incompatible with Catholicism
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(LifeSiteNews) — A roundtable of Catholic scholars explained Friday why Zionism, an ideology that maintains Jews have a “right” to the Holy Land, is incompatible with Catholicism.
Journalist Matt Gaspers, founder of Veritatis Vox, gathered Professor Matthew Tsakanikas, retired Lt. Col. Gary Taphorn, and LifeSiteNews journalist Patrick Delaney to discuss whether Zionism is supported by Scripture as well as dismantle U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee’s recent suggestion that to reject Zionism is to hold that God has “broken” his covenant with the Jews.
Dr. Tsakanikas stressed that Christian Zionism is a growing problem even in Catholic institutions, in large part because Israel is funding and commissioning thousands of pastors to spread Christian Zionism in the U.S. and around the world to “build up the image of Israel.”
He called this a “flood of false prophets targeting to drown out the Catholic voice,” noting that Zionist groups are now even penetrating Catholic institutions to spread their propaganda. For example, the “Christian Zionist” Philos Project is setting up conferences within Catholic institutions “in which they get everyone to stand with Israel” without mentioning the country’s leaders’ involvement in genocide.
Gaspers went on to highlight a recent statement from the Latin Patriarchs in the Holy Land in which they repudiated Zionism as well as Huckabee’s response. The patriarchs affirmed that “The Catholic Church rejects any interpretation that seeks to claim the land of Palestine for the Jewish people based on the Torah as promoted by Christian Zionism in the U.S.”