Family get together yesterday. The mother of my husband’s first cousin once removed’s mother (got that?) was there. She’s been active in liberal politics for decades. She somehow discovered I was a Catholic and says don’t I just love Pope Francis and starts in on how wonderful Francis is and that the Church finally has a Pope who wants to help the poor. Mr. Mercat says I did a good job. I said I have loved every pope in my lifetime. She said “oh, well did you hear what he said last week?” I said, I heard what the MSM said he said. etc etc. Finally she made the comment about the Church finally doing something about the poor. I said, very sweetly, that the Catholic Church has been helping the poor for centuries, millennium and that it was part of who we are. I started to offer her some books on Church history but I could tell she was done so I stopped. We started discussing the deserts.
Not a good idea to argue over politics during mealtime ( and NOT in Thanksgiving). :)
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