Can a faithful Catholic support the modern State of Israel? Michael Knowles says yes — but does that hold up against the Magisterium?
Tonight, we put Michael Knowles’s recent claim under the lens of actual Catholic teaching. We’re not doing politics-as-usual. We’re asking what the Church Herself — through her social teaching, her magisterial documents, and her consistent witness on the Holy Land — actually permits, condemns, and leaves to prudential judgment.
This is the conversation Christian Zionism doesn’t want Catholics to have.
⛪️ In this livestream:
- What Michael Knowles actually said — in full context
- Where Catholic social teaching draws the line on supporting any nation-state
- The difference between Christian Zionism and the Catholic position on the Holy Land
- Why “support Israel” is a prudential question — and where it stops being one
- What the Magisterium has consistently taught on Jerusalem, justice, and the rights of all peoples
This isn’t about hating anyone. It’s about whether American conservative Catholics have quietly swapped the Magisterium for talking points — and what it costs us when we do.
