Fr James Altman - Judging the Pope
This week Father James Altman has been all over the Catholic internet, He is an American Catholic priest of the Diocese of La Crosse who received attention in 2020 after appearing in a viral YouTube video denouncing Catholics who support the Democratic Party. After a dispute over his comments with Bishop William P. Callahan, (who is a bit of a joke himself, see here ) Altman was later prohibited from celebrating Mass publicly in 2021. Fr Altman worked as an attorney in family law before entering seminary at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and being ordained a priest by Jerome E. Listecki on June 28, 2008. If you have no idea who he is, he first came into the spotlight in August 2020, in the months before the 2020 United States presidential election, Altman gained attention after appearing in a viral YouTube video. In the video, Altman stated that “You cannot be Catholic and be a Democrat”, due to the party's support of abortion legalisation. He encouraged Catholic Democrat...