Posted on 10/13/2016 2:40:22 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting a pilgrimage of Catholics and Lutherans from Germany, Pope Francis said he does not like "the contradiction of those who want to defend Christianity in the West, and, on the other hand, are against refugees and other religions."
"This is not something I've read in books, but I see in the newspapers and on television every day," Pope Francis said.
Answering questions from young people in the group Oct. 13, the pope said, "the sickness or, you can say the sin, that Jesus condemns most is hypocrisy," which is precisely what is happening when someone claims to be a Christian but does not live according to the teaching of Christ.
"You cannot be a Christian without living like a Christian," he said. "You cannot be a Christian without practicing the Beatitudes. You cannot be a Christian without doing what Jesus teaches us in Matthew 25," which is to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and welcome the stranger.
"It's hypocrisy to call yourself a Christian and chase away a refugee or someone seeking help, someone who is hungry or thirsty, toss out someone who is in need of my help," he said. "If I say I am Christian, but do these things, I'm a hypocrite."
Asked what he thought of the Reformation, Pope Francis said the Christian community is called to continual growth and maturity, and its entire history has been marked by reform movements "small and not so small," some of which were healthy and holy, others which went awry because of human sin.
"The greatest reformers of the church are the saints, those men and women who follow the word of God and practice it," he told the pilgrims, most of whom came from Martin Luther's home region of Saxony-Anhalt.
In his formal talk to the group, Pope Francis said Christians must praise God that, in the past 50 years, Catholics and Lutherans have moved "from conflict to communion. We already have traveled an important part of the road together."
Noting that he would go to Lund, Sweden, at the end of the month to participate with Lutheran leaders in opening commemorations of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, Pope Francis said an important part of the commemoration would be a joint commitment to working together in a world "thirsting for God and his mercy."
The world needs Christians to witness God's mercy "through service to the poorest, the sick (and) those who have abandoned their homelands in search of a better future for themselves and their families," he said.
"In putting ourselves at the service of the neediest," Pope Francis said, "we will experience that we already are united; it is God's mercy that unites us."
I reject all the teachings of this pope-a-dope socialist New World Order moron.
And he says this while Muslims are genocidally slaiughtering christains all over the ME. Where is his condemnation of that?
Catholics should demand this man be removed as pope, or be prepared to watch their religion be destroyed. read my tagline.
More globalist droolings from the putrid globalist.
Bing for EMMA BONINO POPE FRANCIS.
What wealth?
What wealth?
There is a difference between letting in deserving asylum seekers and true disaster refugees and opening up a nation’s borders to anyone and everyone who comes, including those who have violent intents or want to impose an alien religious dictatorship under Shariah law.
Does he want Christians to smile on the followers of Moloch, Baal, and those that do profane things, oppress and kill the innocent, rape and slaughter the Christian, etc., etc., etc.?
Christ himself filled the Gadarene swine with demons, who then collectively ran off a cliff to their destruction. Would he do less for Muslims, filled to the brim with demons?
Way to go pope. This is like saying to the Poles, “Welcome the strangers coming from the west.”
I don’t recall ANYWHERE that says you have to feed, clothe, support, and finance invaders that are bent on destroying you and your religion.
Who gives a CRAP about what this heretic pope says?
This pope should be impoached!
I’d like to see Frank, The Pope that poops in the woods, removed by force and the Papacy returned to a man of God. He can start his own Church called the United Church of Dhimmi Dummy Dirtbags.
I don’t reject all refugees, I reject illegal aliens (which are not refugees) and Muslim refugees who want to kill us. I am appalled that more Christians (who are being killed) have not been brought in to the US for asylum.
This “pope” is nothing more than a SJW with a worldwide platform.
He can eat a bag of s**t and choke.
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