Posted on 04/05/2015 5:10:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
VATICAN CITY – In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.
Cautious hope ran through Francis' "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message, a kind of papal commentary on the state of the world's affairs, which he delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Square.
He had just celebrated Mass in rain-whipped St. Peter's Square for tens of thousands of people, who huddled under umbrellas or braved the downpour in thin, plastic rain-slickers.
Easter day is "so beautiful, and so ugly because of the rain," Francis said after Mass about Christianity's most important feast day. He expressed thanks for the flowers which bedecked the square and which were donated by the Netherlands, but the bright hues of the azaleas and other blossoms seemed muted by the gray skies.
Francis made his first public comments about the recent framework for an accord, reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, and aimed at ensuring Iran doesn't develop a nuclear weapon.
"In hope we entrust to the merciful Lord the framework recently agreed to in Lausanne, that it may be a definitive step toward a more secure and fraternal world."
Decrying the plentitude of weapons in the world in general, Francis said: "And we ask for peace for this world subjected to arms dealers, who earn their living with the blood of men and women."
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Idiot. He needs to be retired and sent off to a monastery. The man is a total embarrassment.
Fox is playing us with that exaggeration of a headline
Sadly, he doesn’t understand anything about political things but leftism.....God Help Us.
Of course they are. And it works.
The worst Pope in my Lifetime
Pope Francis is the community organizer of the Roman Catholic Church. Like his American counterpart, King Putt, he is an avowed Marxist.
RE: Fox is playing us with that exaggeration of a headline
So, Pope Francis did not really praise the Iran deal?
So, Pope Francis did not really praise the Iran deal?
It’s in his job description: Blessed are the peacemakers. Where he often goes off the rails is when he dabbles in matters that are not in his job description.
Example: He is within his competence to call for a proper stewardship of the planet’s environment. He goes out of bounds when he ventures into man made global warming.
No, alas, that is what this foolish, feckless pope actually said. And then he blamed all the evil and violence on “arms dealers.”
The man is a leftwing fool.
Where is the "praise" in that?
So the title of the article should really be something like:
“Pope Francis hopes to God that the Iran nuclear framework will lead to peace?”
Doesn’t that better reflect what he actually is quoted as saying?
Yes, they are.
In hope we entrust to the merciful Lord the framework recently agreed to in Lausanne, that it may be a definitive step toward a more secure and fraternal world.
Has the Pope made any comments about the continuing slaughter of Christians in Africa?
Looks like the majority of the world has gone completely back asswards. Or maybe I have. Probably not, I know I’m rational.
What about the Islamist extremist leaders and others calling for the slaughter of Christians and innocents? Don't they deserve some of the Pope's ire?
Yes, in the same sermon. Actually called out Islamic terrorism. More than our twice elected leader has ever done.
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