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Against "Herods of Our Time," Pope's Surprise Christmas Cry for Kids
Whispers in the Loggia | January 2, 2017 | Rocco Palmo

Posted on 01/03/2017 8:17:17 AM PST by ebb tide

On the flip-side, meanwhile, given the common analogy in advocacy circles comparing the slaughter of newborns by Herod (in an attempt to kill the infant Jesus) to the modern reality of legalized abortion in the Western world, it is notable that, while using the same ancient event as his springboard on today's problems, Francis made no inference to abortion in this letter.


TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: abortion; francischurch
I also consider the situation of a woman with a failed marriage in her past and who also had an abortion. Then this woman remarries, and she is now happy and has five children. That abortion in her past weighs heavily on her conscience and she sincerely regrets it. She would like to move forward in her Christian life. What is the confessor to do?

“We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. This is not possible. I have not spoken much about these things, and I was reprimanded for that. But when we speak about these issues, we have to talk about them in a context. The teaching of the church, for that matter, is clear and I am a son of the church, but it is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time.

Francis

August 19, 2013

1 posted on 01/03/2017 8:17:17 AM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide

Francis, the first non-Catholic, Marxist Pope


2 posted on 01/03/2017 8:18:37 AM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D. - What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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To: ebb tide

Link to full article; I failed to check the excerpt “box” in my original post:

http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2017/01/against-herods-of-our-time-pope-makes.html


3 posted on 01/03/2017 8:18:52 AM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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To: Redbob

What about Pedophilia?


4 posted on 01/03/2017 8:29:58 AM PST by Gadsden1st
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To: ebb tide

Go to Bing, and search for EMMA BONINO POPE FRANCIS.

Bergoglio is not bothered by abortion—and he knows that talking about it hurts the Left.


5 posted on 01/03/2017 8:59:47 AM PST by Arthur McGowan (https://youtu.be/IYUYya6bPGw)
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To: Gadsden1st

Pedophilia is cause by homosexuals and not celibacy.

Pedophilia is far more prevalent in non-Catholic Churches. Search for the details.


6 posted on 01/03/2017 9:38:27 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: ebb tide

yo frankie aka pope

sell your material goods
and walk in jesus sandals
liquidate the church’s vast material wealth
and do some good with it


7 posted on 01/03/2017 1:16:19 PM PST by zzwhale
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