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Vatican angered at White House guest list for pope's reception
American Thinker ^ | 09/19/2015 | Rick Moran

Posted on 09/19/2015 9:33:55 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

A few days ago, I wrote about some of the guests who had been invited to the White House reception in honor of Pope Francis.

President Obama and Pope Francis may be sympatico on climate change, capitalism, and other far-left issues, but when it comes to the teachings of the Catholic Church, they don't agree on much.

The president will put this to the test, because he has invited a pro-abortion nun, a gay bishop, and a transgender female to the White House to meet the pontiff.

Pope Francis has shown himself to be tolerant, but isn't this a slap in the face to so publicly challenge Catholic doctrine?

That's exactly what the Vatican thinks.

Wall Street Journal:

On the eve of Pope Francis’s arrival in the U.S., the Vatican has taken offense at theObama administration’s decision to invite to the pope’s welcome ceremony transgender activists, the first openly gay Episcopal bishop and an activist nun who leads a group criticized by the Vatican for its silence on abortion and euthanasia.

According to a senior Vatican official, the Holy See worries that any photos of the pope with these guests at the White House welcoming ceremony next Wednesday could be interpreted as an endorsement of their activities.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: catholic; epa; globalwarminghoax; lgbt; obamapopefrancis; popefrancis; popefrancisusvisit; popefranciswhvisit; romancatholicism; vatican; whitehouse
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To: SeekAndFind

“Vatican angered at White House guest list for pope’s reception”

As well it should be. The solution? Don’t meet with Hussein or any of the other wierdos he’s lined up to embarrass El Papa and Catholics in general.


61 posted on 09/19/2015 10:42:08 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: csn vinnie

Infiltration and destruction from within, the left’s successful mo for decades.


62 posted on 09/19/2015 10:42:30 AM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bump


63 posted on 09/19/2015 10:43:34 AM PDT by painter ( Isaiah: “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,")
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To: Catsrus

This non-Catholic agrees totally.


64 posted on 09/19/2015 10:44:46 AM PDT by Churchillspirit (9/11/2001 and 9/11/2012: NEVER FORGET.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I thought the pope asked for them to be invited.


65 posted on 09/19/2015 10:46:55 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: SeekAndFind

Pope Francis, Bypass the White House reception.
Won’t hurt my feelings.

Only an idiot would go out of his way to make his guest feel uncomfortable.


66 posted on 09/19/2015 10:50:14 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: null and void

Gadaffi, the deposed Egyptian and a few others might not agree with the ‘non-muslim’ part. It does seem, however, to be restricted to certain flavors of Islam.


67 posted on 09/19/2015 10:52:10 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: mrsmel
...."he’s accelerating the destruction"....

He's got approx. 500 days to do that...he will waste no time....but it is running out....AT LAST!


68 posted on 09/19/2015 10:53:15 AM PDT by caww
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To: MeshugeMikey

It’s NOT Jenner....he’s a Republican!


69 posted on 09/19/2015 10:54:28 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Raycpa
From my understanding one of the people sending out the invites is gay.

It does take the cake to invite a retired bishop of another faith, who divorced his wife with 4 children to marry another man, only to divorce him. That is scandal in any ones book.

70 posted on 09/19/2015 10:57:34 AM PDT by mware
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s all Obama again fags and freaks pals.


71 posted on 09/19/2015 11:00:28 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It appears that when the Pope accepted the invitation from his fellow Marxist he was unaware of the well-known tale ending with, “but you knew I was a scorpion.”


72 posted on 09/19/2015 11:01:43 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: SeekAndFind

Should the Pope not even go to the White House?


73 posted on 09/19/2015 11:04:29 AM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: TomGuy
Yes, the only time obama gets us involved in mulim-on-muslim conflicts is when the least radical faction is winning or in control.

Then it is invariably to tip the balance towards radical islam.

74 posted on 09/19/2015 11:06:26 AM PDT by null and void (Liberals: 2002, Bring the war home!/2015, bring 100,000 musim 'refugees' here NOW!)
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To: Ann Archy

Thank you


75 posted on 09/19/2015 11:08:05 AM PDT by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><>)
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To: Salvation
HIs visit has turned into a political hot potato.

I do hope that he addresses the life issue at the join meeting on Congress.

I also hope someone was smart enough to invite The Little Sisters of the Poor, to the address.

76 posted on 09/19/2015 11:09:06 AM PDT by mware
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To: silverleaf

LOL...actually I’d love to see him cast out a few demons while he is there.


77 posted on 09/19/2015 11:14:47 AM PDT by EBH
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To: ROCKLOBSTER

You don’t accept that Francis is the Pope? Interesting. Are you a sedevacantist?


78 posted on 09/19/2015 11:19:39 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Semper Fi.)
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To: mware

I believe that the presiding Bishop of the US Episcopal Church was denied a meeting with the prior Pope.


79 posted on 09/19/2015 11:19:53 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: SeekAndFind

Reminds me of the testing of Christ in the temple. Wouldn’t it be interesting if the Pope used the opportunity to chastise these people?


80 posted on 09/19/2015 11:24:28 AM PDT by Average Al
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