Posted on 01/17/2018 7:38:25 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Is the pope pro-life?
Is the pope Catholic?
At one time, the second question was a rhetorical retort meant to elicit a cheap laugh.
Currently, it's a topic open for serious debate, sad to say.
So is Pope Francis specifically pro-life? Well, I suppose so – if you come to that conclusion strictly by believing the following remarks (and similar remarks made occasionally in recent years) he gave to diplomats Jan. 8, as reported by the National Catholic Register:
I think primarily of innocent children discarded even before they are born, unwanted at times simply because they are ill or malformed or as a result of the selfishness of adults.
I'm glad he made those remarks, but what about the recent report "that Lilianne Ploumen, a Dutch politician and international abortion activist, received the Order of St. Gregory award from the Vatican in 2017 – a pontifical award given for 'meritorious service to the Church'"?
And what about Francis's praise of Italian abortion activist and abortionist Emma Bonino, who, according to this report, "is directly or indirectly responsible for the deaths of approximately six million Italian babies between 1968 and [2017]"?
And what about Francis's "reform" (read: dismantling) of the Pontifical Academy for Life and his decision to name pro-abortion Professor Nigel Biggar to the academy, according to this report?
And, alas, we can't forget about notorious population control advocate Paul Ehrlich, who last year was invited to speak at a Vatican conference on "how to save the natural world," according to this report.
As the old adage goes, actions speak louder than words.
Dare I say that President Trump is friendlier to the pro-life movement than Pope Francis?
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If you have to ask the question...
No and no.
The ImPopester is not even Christian.
He’s a radical environmentalist.
A key piece of radical environmentalist dogma is that the Earth’s basic problem is there are too many people.
Hence logic says he can’t be Pro Life.
So where’s the article about bears building latrines?
He is Communist scum, that’s all I need to know.
This Pope is a sign of the end times when good becomes evil. The entire organized church, worldwide has become a haunt for every foul spirit... The time is near, and let he who hath understanding...be prepared...
If you asked him point blank you would not get a straight answer. You would get exactly what a liberal would answer. Liberals have no principles, no base values.
His actions show that he doesn’t give a $hit. That alone is reason why he should not be pope.
This pope is proof that Martin Luther was correct when he called the papacy an anti-Christ.
Communists invariably end up killing. So a communist can not be pro-life. Is the Pope a communist?
No! He's a communist!
A better answer is that he’s not anti-fornication.
A society with low fornication rates, or one willing to raise children as a collective, has no need of abortion. For a society awash in fornication while unwilling to raise children, it is a vital necessity.
No, it’s proof that all men are imperfect sinners!
There are adulterers, sex abusers, alcoholics and drug abusers in every church.
Of course you are correct but that has nothing to do with the Catholic church’s faulty teaching of infallibility of the pope and in this instance, many of his parishioners know more about truth than this crazy pope. What does this say about those cardinals who chose him? The papacy is a fraud and dangerous to people’s salvation. There is no way to heaven except through faith in Jeses Christ. Blessings.
In the same way a broken clock is correct twice a day.
Unfortunately, Francis subscribes to the kind of environmentalism that treats people as poisons to the planet, which is natively anti-natalist and anti-life.
The Pope is a Wackadoodle.
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