So why is the Catholic church so political these days

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I remember when it wasn’t. In the 90’s i belonged to a church group for years. We never talked politics. We met every 2 weeks and talked about the readings for the upcoming week. Whoever’s turn it was would write discussion questions about how to apply the readings to our own lives. I don’t even know who was Republican and who was Democrat. Miss these times
 
Might be church-specific. My parish isn’t really political. Sociopolitical issues occasionally comes up in the prayers after the Nicene Creed, but outside of pro-life issues, where it does get down to praying for specific political decisions, it is more for those affected by whatever is going on without calling for specifical political action. Outside of that, though, the priests very much avoid politics in their homilies, and the Bible studies I attend don’t get political.
 
The nineties was when Bill Clinton was elected, and he was the first openly pro-legalized-abortion president.

Yes, it polarized people, and yes, the churches were impacted.

The previous Democrat president, Jimmy Carter, was very coy about his feelings about abortion and wouldn’t reveal how he felt about it. He was openly a Born-Again Christian. But Roe v Wade was only a couple years old at that point and the two parties hadn’t split over the issue as much then. There were anti-legalized-abortion Democrats in those days who walked their talk fearlessly.
 
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The nineties was when Bill Clinton was elected, and he was the first openly pro-legalized-abortion president.

Yes, it polarized people, and yes, the churches were impacted.

The previous Democrat president, Jimmy Carter, was very coy about his feelings about abortion and wouldn’t reveal how he felt about it. He was openly a Born-Again Christian. But Roe v Wade was only a couple years old at that point and the two parties hadn’t split over the issue as much then. There were anti-legalized-abortion Democrats in those days who walked their talk fearlessly
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Oh, this is an American thing?

Edit: Is the OP talking about an American thing? Not is the above quoted post talking about an American thing?
 
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So who are we supposed to emulate? Jesus or the other people alive at the time
 
Even sports is political these days so Church is probably no exception
 
People are infusing politics into everything nowadays. Sports, movies, comic books, etc. However, for me, my parish is the one place I get a break from Trump this and Trump that. So, I guess it depends on where you live.
 
Ok well I’ll just fade into the background then, because I don’t know very much about American politics.
 
You don’t want to know. It’s a horribly slimy business that turns otherwise nice people into raving lunatics.
 
I get it. We’re not very likeable. We are arrogant and obnoxious. People around the world perceive us as rude and bullying.
 
The Church in USA has been “political” since at least the 1950s. It’s not a new thing at all. I can’t remember when the Church in USA wasn’t “political”. In fact, in the 1970s there was so much “social justice” going on , praying got shoved to the side.

Did you live someplace remote?
 
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