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Yeah this guy is not what we would be led to believe...

How in the hell can the Catholic Church elect a shepherd that only brings 20 percent of his flock to mass? When his fields are 92percent baptized in the faith?

On those numbers alone he is not a papa of evangelical means....

233 posted on 03/13/2013 4:30:15 PM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)

234 posted on 03/13/2013 4:31:53 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

"How in the hell can the Catholic Church elect a shepherd that only brings 20 percent of his flock to mass? When his fields are 92percent baptized in the faith?"

That is not an issue between the Pope and the "flock", that is between God and His people. Even God doesn't demand that people believe, instead God gave Free Will. The Pope has to spiritually feed and lead His sheep. Those that choose to say yes to God. My faith is founded on that rock, that doesn't adapt to worldly preasures and trends that are offensive to God. No matter how much "the world' attacks and defames my faith, the gates of hades will not prevail.