I’m going to see what the Pope does here in the U.S. and how the media attempts to spin it before I become just another voice against him. I am a Catholic who has not been happy with things that have come out that he has supposedly said, but I’ve also seen translations I almost believe have been purposefully misquoted by western media etc I was in on an interesting conversation today and it was said that the Pope wanted to meet with anti-Castro dissidents and was told no. He could have chose to not go to Cuba but where the island was stamped as “an atheist nation†by the Communists, with small steps made by the Catholic Church people can now practice their religion more freely and new churches are being built. They were talking on Fox about how JP II had written about the horrible affects of Communism in Cuba and that the present Pope had written a paper in agreement saying Capitalism was the only way to raise people out of poverty. We never hear that. I’ve heard people complain he’s going to mostly speak in Spanish— it is his native tongue and he isn’t as comfortable with his English. O’Reilly is saying the Pope has expressed concerns that those who are invited to the WH (gay, transgender etc) are going to be used as a photo op by sticking them in a picture with the Pope and implying he supports their beliefs which is not true. On climate change, he has used the word IF climate change exists, but even if he believes it, it us not church doctrine and he can have his opinion politically that I don’t agree with. If he doesn’t speak about the sanctity of life, I will be beyond disappointed. The left is really pushing him, I hope he pushes back and conservatives don’t just drop out and let the libs take over my church. Yes I know some of you will say they already have, but not with those in my circles.
Thanks for your input.
I hope what you expressed in a positive vein becomes reality.