Posted on 11/26/2016 8:03:47 AM PST by ebb tide
Pope Francis said the death of Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was "sad news" and that he was grieving and praying for his repose.
Francis expressed his condolences in a Spanish-language message to Fidel's brother, President Raul Castro on Saturday.
The pope, who met Fidel Castro when he visited Cuba last year, said he had received the "sad news" and added: "I express to you my sentiments of grief."
Fidel Castro, who was a professed atheist, was baptized as a Catholic and educated in schools run by the Jesuits, the religious order of which the pope is a member.
Just
Damn
Well, he would, wouldn’t he?
What a puke this Pope is.
I’m convinced this pope worships evil.
The anti-pope.
The Pope is a very sick man. When will the cardinals put this “False Pope” out of business?
Has Pope Francis expressed any grief for the thousands of people who died trying to escape Castro’s regime?
By the way, to be fair I’d like to get the opposite perspective. Does anyone have any info about American emigrants who risked their lives in makeshift rafts in the perilous shark-infested waters south of Florida to flee the “oppressive” regimes of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, either Bush, Clinton, or Obama in the USA for utopian Cuba?
Not Catholic, but I feel for the the poor folks who are stuck with this guy as Pope.
Interesting that some of modern history worst dictators were Catholic-schooled. The Jesuits seem to be very little like their namesake.
John Paul I lasted about a month.
Francis? The Vatican establishment mostly seems to think he’s OK.
Makes me even more glad I started my own BDS vs my Catholic church 8 months ago.
“Not Catholic, but I feel for the the poor folks who are stuck with this guy as Pope.”
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Thank you for your sympathy.
He needs to go.
Same here. This klown threatens to destroy the church from within. No wonder he lavishes praise on a monster like castro!
The “False Prophet” Francis the talking poop speaks again...for himself NOT for the FLOCK!!!
Thanks! Francis is at best “misunderstood”’constantly. It helps to have a JPII or Benedict to lead the Church, but the Holy Spirit that Jesus gave us, the Gospel, the rest of the Bible, the saints, and other Christian leaders and writers and priests are more than enough.
At this time, it would be nice if Francis also offered prayers for those thousands who died by Fidel’s hand.
This Pope sucks. He never misses an opportunity to suck.
The Sith controls the Vatican.
The pope admires anyone who takes from productive people and gives it to the indolent.
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