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Good news about the new encyclical Laudato si’ – #PopeForPlanet
WDTPRS ^ | June 18, 2015 | Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Posted on 06/18/2015 4:23:06 PM PDT by NYer

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1 posted on 06/18/2015 4:23:06 PM PDT by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; Salvation; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 06/18/2015 4:23:26 PM PDT by NYer (Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy them. Mt 6:19)
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To: NYer

papa loco


3 posted on 06/18/2015 4:24:35 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: NYer
Matthew 26:11

Mark 14:7

John 12:8

4 posted on 06/18/2015 4:27:33 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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Dear readers… take a deep breath. There are good things in it. Yes, there are bad things in it too....let me say that Popes can and should write about the environment. It is the Pope’s job to explain the theological and spiritual dimensions of creation to the flock....


5 posted on 06/18/2015 4:28:06 PM PDT by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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To: NYer

Three other articles on the topic can be found here if
anyone is interested in reading the comments.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=laudato


6 posted on 06/18/2015 4:28:18 PM PDT by deport
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To: NYer
Helping the poor requires more than just handouts:

Matthew 26:11

Mark 14:7

John 12:8

7 posted on 06/18/2015 4:28:22 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
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To: NYer

It wouldn’t be so bad if his right hand man on climate change didn’t want only 1 billion people on the planet.


8 posted on 06/18/2015 4:28:56 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Sacajaweau

BTT


9 posted on 06/18/2015 4:30:17 PM PDT by KSCITYBOY
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To: NYer

I have nothing but respect for Fr. John Zuhlsdorf. And I don’t like to criticize the Pope—whoever he happens to be.

But, although it’s good to hear that there are plenty of good things in this extremely lengthy treatise, what does it all add up to? What’s the point? That’s a question I’d like to hear answered. These defenses just go to show that the encyclical seems to wander all over the place.

Most encyclicals tackle a subject that is of current interest in the Church. Contraception, for instance, when that was an issue. Unless someone says differently, it sounds as if this encyclical is pretty much “Look at me! I’m Pope Francis, and I can talk, and talk, and talk!”


10 posted on 06/18/2015 4:31:18 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: dp0622

Pope needs to mind his own business and clean up his church before he meddles in affairs he has no business meddling in.

Furthermore....he’s carry the water for the Globalist Agenda....in more ways then just global warming. HE’s going to lead his flock right over the cliff before he’s said and done.


11 posted on 06/18/2015 4:32:30 PM PDT by caww
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I need the Cliff Notes on that. Too wordy.


12 posted on 06/18/2015 4:33:25 PM PDT by Bodleian_Girl (Hey! That reminds me of a song.")
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To: dp0622

Hey he just wants to kill off 6 billion people or so. Or at least, that would fulfill his Gaia wishes.


13 posted on 06/18/2015 4:35:45 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Cicero

It is nice that there are positive things in the encyclical, but the problem is that, especially in the US, the squishy middle of American society will not hear them. This group of moderates and “undecided” voters obtain most of their news and information from venues like The Daily Show, daytime chat shows, sit coms, and maybe an evening news broadcast. None of those media outlets will mention the points that are mentioned in the article; instead, those outlets will push the theme that evil rich b@st@rds are frying the planet because they hate the poor (or some variation thereof).


14 posted on 06/18/2015 4:36:57 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Bump


15 posted on 06/18/2015 4:38:21 PM PDT by Freee-dame
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To: SaveFerris

humans suck!!!!

how many of every other species should there be? I bet if every country was capitalistic and modern, we could hold 12 billion with no problem.


16 posted on 06/18/2015 4:41:10 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: NYer
James 1:8 (NLT)

Their loyalty is divided between God and the world, and they are unstable in everything they do.

17 posted on 06/18/2015 4:41:24 PM PDT by tbpiper
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To: dp0622

This thing will eventually culminate in the rise of the Antichrist and the False Prophet who demands worship for him, or else.

Or else your head is cut off.


18 posted on 06/18/2015 4:42:41 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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How far we have sunk when the Pope saying “you should not kill babies” and “God created the world” are now seen as examples of “Good News”.


19 posted on 06/18/2015 4:50:45 PM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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+1. And why 184 pages for something that should be taught anyway? Pope Clown I


20 posted on 06/18/2015 5:12:15 PM PDT by xone
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