A threatening, though initially mainly persecution of the Catholic Church in Germany followed the Nazi takeover with one party rule! The regime agreed to the Reichskonkordat Treaty with the Vatican, which prohibited clergy from participating in politics. Following political moves began to dissolve the Catholic Youth League. Clergy, nuns and lay leaders began to be targeted, leading to thousands of arrests over the ensuing years, often on trumped up charges of currency smuggling or immorality. In the face of this persecution, Pope Pius XI issued his Mit Brennendis Sorge Enachical, which denounced the pagan ideology of Nazism. In response, hundreds more were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Source: Wikipedia; Dachau Concentration Camp Commentary: The lack of political discourse by the clergy here in America is leading to the same outcome as in Nazi Germany! The 501c instituted by the Democrats over the past 60 years has slowly chipped away at our liberties as we head to a one party rule here in America! Once the Democrats have total power they will then come after the clergy! So the silence by the church over decades on important political issues on morality in exchange for money has set us up for tyranny across our nation! The church could start to speak up but I do not think the clergy have the moral courage to do so! They love money more than liberty! James & Hamsa Sasse. IndiaJesusLovesYou.com