Posted on 09/22/2015 7:44:18 AM PDT by Salvation
I see no paradoxes in Pope Che’s scheduling.
First he visits the Castros in Cuba.
Then BHO in Washington.
Then address the UN in NYC.
Seems very consistent to me for this Pope.
He will find many kindred spirits in his travels this week.
Monsignor Pope Ping!
I believe you are mistaken.
How so?
Did you even read it? Don’t the quotes from Holy Scripture give even a moment’s pause for reflection?
If Catholic Charities out there is anything like it is here, the “poor” he will be meeting are illegal aliens who are doing considerably better than I am.
Oh c’mon. This Pope is a hardcore lefty. He detests capitalism. He embraces globull warming. He has no problem with illegal immigration. He embraces every left-wing leader under the sun including Evo Morales in Bolivia, the Castro brothers in Cuba, not to mention BHO here in the US. He has offered recognition to the Palestinian state. Stuart Varney just stated the Pope is anti-capitalist. I totally agree. The Pope NEVER criticizes Socialism or liberation theology. He totally embraces social justice . He is a true Jesuit. And that means far left.
And yet another socialist coming to harangue us about how bad we are as a country because we are not yet completely dis-functional and destitute (DESPITE the best efforts of people akin to Pope Che) is going to do what good, exactly?
Pope Pius XII even before his Papacy denounced the Nazis. Certainly His Holiness never went to Nazi Germany to embrace Hitler in a “friendly and familiar” encounter.
Either as Archbishop Bergoglio or as Pope, Francis never denounced the crimes of the Cuban Stalinist regime. Francis have expressed his high regard for the most brutal tyranny in the history of this hemisphere, to the extreme of bragging before going to the Holy Land that he considered himself to be the Che Guevara of Palestine people.
During his trip to the island prison Francis did not incited the Cuban youth to create “líos” (to mess up, to revolt) as he did to the youth in a trip to Brazil just after been elected Pope.
In Cuba Francis called for reconciliation but he did not meet with the dissidents, the real representatives of the enslaved Cuban people, whose demand freedom and respect for the human and civil rights have been ignored by the rest of the world for more than 55 years. Making a mockery of the Pope visit, the regime imprisoned all the leaders of the democratic dissidence during Francis stay in Cuba.
He’s also apparently a coward. Instead of going down to speak truth to power to the Mexican government, he completely ignores the root of the problem. Much easier to berate the most generous country the world has ever known for somehow not doing enough to take care of the problems and rancid overflows of corrupt states.
So, I may safely conclude that the words of the Gospel have no impact? Fine.
The OP is pointing out the contrast between public (government) and private (voluntary association). My opinion is the Pope has no business addressing Congress. Nor does he have any business advocating specific policy.
He should limit himself to present doctrine and leave it to the faithful to have it impact policy. Sadly, he does not see it this way.
Old Fidel likes his capitalist brand names doesn’t be? Addidas for me, the People’s Textile Cooperative for you!
Amen.
I can ONLY wish the Pope would stick to the gospels and completely avoid all other subjects, especially politics, economics, and science.
Did you ever read the OP? Or is it just a springboard for the same old rants?
You got to remember that both Castros brothers are growing older, and in time will pass on into history. Pope Francis is beginning to prepare the island of Cuba for when it will go into a post communist period and it will come.
I have no problem at all with the scriptures quoted above.
I have LOTS of problems with the current Pope’s views and agenda.
I am glad we have this forum here at FR to call the Pope out on his radical far left political ideology.
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