Posted on 06/21/2015 12:36:05 PM PDT by windcliff
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By Philip Pullella
TURIN, Italy, June 21 (Reuters) - People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of Turin.
"If you trust only men you have lost," he told the young people in a long, rambling talk about war, trust and politics after putting aside his prepared address.
"It makes me think of ... people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons. That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn't it?" he said to applause.
He also criticised those who invest in weapons industries, saying "duplicity is the currency of today ... they say one thing and do another."
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FUPF
“but is the catechism really relevant to world affairs and nations any more than Sharia law?”
I simply wish Catholic bishops, including the Pope, would keep in mind everything that has come before them to temper their remarks and keep some balance in their thinking.
Hot diggidy! Randoms would be happy to take over arms manufacture. Arms purchasers can still call them selves Christian, can’t they?
“This Pope just jumped the shark...”
I wish a shark would jump him!
I like the sound of that.
What next?
Perhaps he will Canonize the Kardashians...
We’ve suffered through bad popes before.
Is it possible for this retarded ape to say anything intelligent? Seriously, this clown is worse than Biden.
The irony is that Benedict stepped down because he feared he might slip into senility.
Probably on drugs. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.
“Hmmm, Didn’t a former Pope or two enlist soldiers into a Crusade or two ?!? Wonder what would have happened without arms?”
Cut in Monty Python ...
[King Arthur has just cut the Black Knight’s last leg off]
Black Knight: All right, we’ll call it a draw.
King Arthur: [Preparing to leave] Come, Patsy.
[King Arthur and Patsy ride off]
Black Knight: [calling after King Arthur] Oh, oh, I see! Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what’s coming to you! I’ll bite your legs off!
Is he going to go do an exorcism of Iraq to stop ISIS?
I bought a couple of surplus Swiss bayonets. They were surprisingly cheap especially considering the quality. They were very heavily chromed.
The code on one of mine indicated it was made by Victorinox which I guess makes sense. They were made for the STG-57, not sure if they would fit any others.
They cost $9.95 each.
there’s a difference between a bad pope and one that hates America
Did not your own fellows back on ye ol’ Emerald Isle just vote to recognize and legalize the “marriages” of homosexual sodomites? Funny though how this Argentinian ASS-HAT was silent on that instance. But of course, since he himself is probably a dick-smoking turd-burglaring butt pirate.
If I recall correctly on the bow of each ship sent to fight the Turks was a priest praying.
Jorge is under the control of Satan.
“This one is truly a Democrat.”
No, he’s not a Democrat - but rather he is a flaming Marxist asshole, without even two functioning brain cells.
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