Posted on 03/15/2013 2:52:20 PM PDT by Libloather
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — An Argentine woman who grew up as the neighbor of the future Pope Francis says she was very briefly the object of his affections when they were just 12 years old.
Amalia Damonte is now 76, just like the pope, and she still lives in a house just four doors down from where Jorge Mario Bergoglio grew up in the Flores neighborhood of Buenos Aires.
clear from the start that he was thinking about dedicating his life to God.
Damonte especially remembers a handwritten letter he left for her, because it got her into a lot of trouble at the time.
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>>Took less than 24 hours and we already know more about this guy than we do Hussein. <<
The more learn about Francis I, the more there is to like.
I am 100% sure the more we learn about obozo, the more there will be to despise.
What a sweet story.
Parents knew their proper role in their children’s lives, back in the day, to teach them proper behavior, and teach them right from wrong behavior.
Is is possible that God has sent us a perfect example of good and evil in these two leaders, so that we may learn the difference between His eternal truth, and the sweet seductive lies told by the “father of lies”?
Just wondering how many will become enlightened. I sense a lot of fear in the MSM and the “progressive left”.
Which, of course, gives me hope that more will see the light, and follow the Cross.
You can see them slobbering on themselves as they froth into their mikes.
Great point, however the IMMORAL will NEVER see the TRUTH!
“The more learn about Francis I, the more there is to like”
Agree 100% reminds me of how everyone felt after John Paul II was selected..there was a feeling that he was special and would do great things for the Church..
Oh no, evidence of heterosxuality. How terrible.
Must be killing the left.
It’s not Obama who should be despised but his enablers who intentionally failed to vet him — both in the Stupid Party and the Nasty Party.
Oh No!! The Pope is heterosexual!!!
I sure am glad the Cardinals didn’t elect me. My so-called sweethearts would come out of the woodwork with my letters (those they didn’t return to me without opening) and you’d see a real scandal!
And she says it was clear from the start that he was thinking about dedicating his life to God.
Damonte especially remembers a handwritten letter he left for her, because it got her into a lot of trouble at the time.
“I remember perfectly that he had drawn me a little white house, which had a red roof, and it said “this is what I’ll buy when we marry.”
She said he also told her “If I don’t marry you, I’m going to be a priest.”
Awww, very sweet.
I’m glad the Cardinals didn’t elect me. It would have been a great shock to the people who attended my Bar Mitzvah.
No kidding. Where are 0’s childhood letters and such?
THAT’s what the RCC needs next: A Jewish pope! :-D
Yep. Papa Frankie had a real, live girlfriend when he was but a wee lad.
Bathouse Barry Benghazi had a "composite".
Been there, done that ...
At least their taxes would be in order. ;^)
The first Pope, St. Peter, was Jewish.
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