How the Pope Is Remaking the GOP

Yahoo! News / The Daily Beast ^ | April 18, 2014 | Michelle Cottle

[2ndDivisionVet]

When Jeb Bush stepped up this month to declare illegal immigration “an act of love,” he provoked precisely the conservative pile-on you’d expect. The right’s favorite crabby uncle, Charles Krauthammer, dourly pronounced the comments “bizarre.”. Rep. Raul Labrador accused Jebbie of pandering. Noted intellectual Donald Trump declared Bush’s thinking “ridiculous” and “dangerous.” And God help anyone who ventured onto sites like RedState.com. Most perfectly, fake-winger Stephen Colbert eulogized, “He will be missed.”

In the midst of all the huffing and grumping, it was easy to miss the smaller, quieter sounds of satisfaction emanating from some of Bush’s fellow Catholics, particularly those on the social-justice-minded end of the spectrum. For these faithful, the governor’s assertion—with its decidedly biblical ring—was yet another sign of the change in conversation being driven, even within the fetid swamps of U.S. politics, by the wildly popular Pope Francis.

A little over a year into Francis’s tenure, debate continues to rage throughout the church over the question of just how radical this pope really is, and the degree to which he might shift the Catholic spotlight from issues of sexual morality onto those such as poverty, immigration, torture, and even the environment....

[cloudmountain]

Have you given money to the USCCB’s Catholic Campaign for Human Development? It’s an annual collection in all U.S. Catholic churches.

I didn't know what it was because I didn't know what "human development" was. I don't give for everything.
But, maybe I did. I won't again.

Did you?

[RichInOC]

“Hi, I’m Jeb Bush, and I want to commit an act of love on you.”

[cloudmountain]

You should go to the link I posted, and then apologize for discrediting charities are not part of the Catholic church, with false claims.

This makes no sense.

[cloudmountain]

And, I did go to that link.

[ebb tide]

Nope. I don’t pay for abortions.

[cloudmountain]

I stand by my remarks about the Red Cross.

My father remembered them in even a worse light during WWII and right after.

[cloudmountain]

Good.

[ansel12]

It would make sense if you read you post.

“”I also knew that 90 cents out of every dollar donated by non-Catholic charities (i.e. Red Cross) goes to admimistrative costs. For Catholic charities, its the reverse. That makes sense since so many of those charitable foundations (Mother Theresa’s Home for the Dying, for example) do their work for the love of God. Money can’t BUY that.””

[MDLION]

I’m so tired of the deceitful coverage of this Pope. For every statement he has made that is a bit head-scratching, there 99 orthodox statements which continue in the spirit of John Paul and Benedict. Those orthodox statements provide context and clarity for any statements Francis has made that are a bit puzzling. I wonder if at some point great anger is going to result when people realize the pope can’t rewrite the commandments and the natural law to please hedonists totally overwhelmed by the morally bankrupt/corrupt spirit of the age.