At Mass on Sunday, Catholics around the world heard the gospel parable of the Good Samaritan: It is the story Jesus told of a Samaritan encountering on the road a Jewish man—a foreigner to him—who had been beaten and left for dead. While others walked by and let the man suffer, the Samaritan stopped, dressed his wounds and took him to safety despite their deep cultural differences. At about the time that gospel was being proclaimed, President Trump tweeted out his already-famous, incendiary declaration that young Democratic...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 15, 2019 13:47 UTC