Posted on 05/03/2016 3:10:59 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o
WARNING - UPSETTING CONTENT: The Pope was subjected to violent sexual imagery after writing of Jesus' "love for us" on Twitter
Reuters Pope Francis arrives at the weekly audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican Pope Francis has been subjected to abusive tweets after writing about Jesus' love on Twitter
The Pope has been targeted by Twitter trolls with sickening abuse after he posted a message about Jesus on the social networking site.
Pope Francis was subjected to the vile abuse just seconds after writing on his Twitter page.
He wrote: "Jesus Christ, the incarnation of God’s mercy, out of love for us, died on the cross, and out of love he rose again from the dead."
However, below the post trolls launched a sickening attack on The Pope.
One person wrote “Smells like b******t” while another posted a emoji of a penis with a graphic insult.
Another user added: “f*** me with a the cross and get the devil out of my p****."
Pope Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew
(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...
basement trolls are very courageous ... while behind their keyboards.
i’d gladly introduce their face to a marble bar top any day of the week.
IDK
Surely his advisors would know how to block, wouldn’t they?
Perhaps he'll do it and we'll see.
“Pope Urban may refer to one of several people:
Pope Urban I, pope c. 222–230, a Saint
Pope Urban II, pope 1088–1099, the Blessed Pope Urban
Pope Urban III, pope 1185–1187
Pope Urban IV, pope 1261–1264
Pope Urban V, pope 1362–1370, also the Blessed Pope Urban
Pope Urban VI, pope 1378–1389
Pope Urban VII, pope 1590, had the shortest recognized papal reign
Pope Urban VIII, pope 1623–1644
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They should have advised him to set it up blocked, so he could just make statements. Now it would look like he's running away. Still, he should block it anyway. If asked, his office could just say that he didn't want to provide an avenue for abuse.
And, to think...
In the “good ol’ days”, Popes had to worry about minor things like Schisms and Crusades...
It's unclear from the article whether the Pope's Twitter feed was swamped with abuse, of which three or four examples are given here, or whether the abusive tweets were nothing more than isolated, sporadic examples in a sea of favorable comments but singled out and highlighted by the Mirror in typical, tabloid, sensationalist style.
https://www.google.com.bz/#q=pope+twitter+abuse
And --- I just glanced at it ---- it looks like it's been a lot more widely covered internationally than just The Mirror (although maybe they're all just referencing the Mirror article, I don't know.)
Pope Urban II, who launched the Crusades. We could use another.
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