Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has said “there is something demonic” in the “political culture” of the United States.
He made the remark on the Spectator’s Edition podcast when discussing Donald Trump’s row with the Pope over the American President’s decision to go to war in Iran. Following J.D. Vance’s comments earlier this week that the Pope should “stick to morality,” Williams said that he feels “slightly sorry” for the recent Catholic convert – “with just a hint of schadenfreude.”
The former archbishop observed that Vance appears to be “floundering” in his arguments. “People who look to the Catholic church for a strong lead on issues of morality tend to mean one kind of morality only,” Williams said. “For Vance to say that the Iran war is not an issue of morality is really just bizarre, I think.”
When asked more generally about the Maga right’s obsession with the Antichrist, he said people always associate those they don’t like with the demonic figure. He went on to criticize Americans for being given “permission” to articulate “views which are completely antithetical to the gospel rhetoric about the violent obliteration of enemies.” He concluded “yes, that strikes me as diabolical.”
Listen to the full clip below.
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