Posted on 10/01/2015 5:19:31 AM PDT by Kaslin
Ping
When Francis started talking politics instead of Religion, he lost me.
Pope JPII handled politics brilliantly.
He worked within the church teachings spreading the message, meeting with those who would support his agenda, but never openly telling world leaders how to run their countries
Is it just me, or did the Cruz criticism in the last paragraph come off as gratuitous, forced, and totally inappropriate?
VDH ping ...
Oh I’m in full agreement. I thought isn’t it a pity that when
most the media and citizenry are going bonkers over The Pope, my cynical nature won’t allow me that enjoy the moment.
But many of those same erstwhile Cheerleaders For Christ are the same ones who “get allergic” and antsy whenever any positive mention of Christianity is made.
I heard one person on TV tell the audience that, according to the Pope, God blesses everyone, including sinners. He went on to say since God blesses everyone than what is the point of being a Christian.
While there will always be those who twist words, believers should be careful of what they espoused as Christian principles.
post 4?
Maybe the burnout started when Francis was still in Cuba, and displayed such a callous disregard for the suffering and abuse of dissidents.
I am a Catholic. I have been properly baptized, received First Holy Communion as well as Confirmation. That said I believe the Pope should stick to what his only job is and that is to reaffirm and re enforce the tenets of the Church...PERIOD.
His Holiness has no business commenting on Global Warming, Capitalism, Immigration or anything else not directly part of Church Doctrine.
lol....It’s just you.
We are all sinners, I know I am and the Pope is correct God blesses everyone if he is asked to
Excellent article....all good questions posed by VDH.
your smart ass snark was uncalled for - and frankly above your pay grade.
The pope never said a word about Global Warming. He was talking about the environment and that it should be saved. He is correct, but the way the environmentalist are doing it is wrong.
Burnout...absolutely...
When you like someone or something, burnout turns to can't get enough...in this case, I don't like Pope Francis, I think he's Peter the Roman (evil)...therefore I didn't listen or read or was in anyway in a position that I had to be as such...
Enjoyment...Life...
I am high on life, I love people, I love new ideas, I love reading, creating things that show how beautiful things are, I love God...
Pope Francis...
I don't trust what he says, I have my proof of why I don't trust him, when he first came out, it took 3 times of listening to the blatter that came out of his mouth to tell he doesn't speak to the God that I do...
Well there you have it...burnout, repugnant, non useful period of life spent to waste time.....
I thought this pope was doing well at first, then he started veering into politics, global warming, immigration...
Any religious leader should stay out of politics. The best thing they could do is keep promoting the golden rule, which is the same for most of the world’s major religions...
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
And stay out of politics. Illegal immigration, same sex marriage, “climate change” are all issues that should be dealt with by governments, not religious leaders.
Of course popes have never stayed out of politics. People hundreds of years ago were told by the kings what religion to endorse, but that was actually done by the pope, who threatened to excommunicate the king if he didn’t make such a decree. So you couldn’t choose to be a Jew, Catholic or Protestant, the king said be a Catholic. By order of the pope...Fear of losing his kingdom was what made the king a puppet of the pope, who was the real leader. But nobody knew it...
Yes, I was ready for him to go home when he was in Cuba.
I agree with you on VDH/Cruz, who lobs a throwaway line bomb at Ted Cruz (and Bernie Sanders?!) at the end. Totally forced, gratuitous and inappropriate. And the analogy to a priest (SRSLY?!) makes no sense whatsoever. I think VDH has a Trump thorn in his gOpE side and this causes him to lash out at Ted Cruz?! C'mon Man!
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