Too bad he hadn't received is hammer & sickle crucifix until a later time; it would have so much more suited his benedictions before the Communist Saint Che!
Posted on 11/27/2016 1:51:42 PM PST by ebb tide
On receiving the sad news of the death of your dear brother, His Excellency Mister Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, former president of the State Council and of the Government of the Republic of Cuba, I express my sentiments of sorrow to Your Excellency and other family members of the deceased dignitary, as well as to the people of this beloved nation. At the same time, I offer prayers to the Lord for his rest and I entrust the whole Cuban people to the maternal intercession of our Lady of the Charity of El Cobre, patroness of that country.
Francisco, PP.
Many reasons can lie behind sentiments of sorrow, of grief -- grief at the apparent lack of repentance in someone who has died without publicly abandoning his state of apostasy and rebellion against God, for instance. We are, however, skeptical that this is the reason for Francis' own "sentiments of grief" at the passing of Fidel Castro. In this time of extremely short memories, even among Catholics who profess to be outraged at the crisis in the Church, we think it would be a good exercise to look back at Francis' extremely scandalous visit to Cuba in September last year, which we analyzed in two long posts:
Has the Church surrendered to Fidel Castro? (Sept. 21, 2015)
"The Pope has denied that he's a leftist!" Or has he? How the Catholic mainstream media spins just as much as the secular media. - PLUS: What the Pope REALLY said about Cuba (Sept. 23, 2015)
In particular we should point out the following:
1) Francis' public expression of "particular respect and consideration" for Fidel Castro, and his own admission that during his meeting with Fidel -- a meeting that Francis, not the Castros, sought -- he largely discussed the environment. (A telling display of priorities.)
2) Francis' explicit denial of the assertion that Cuba, under the Castros, is a "sick country" and is "aggressive" against the Church.
3) The dismay openly voiced by Cuba's dissidents against Francis' deferential treatment of the Communist regime in Cuba.
Cuba, Vietnam, China, Bolivia, Venezuela, etc.
Anti-Christ hearts on display.
Be a shame if Frances croaked before Benedict and Benedict resumed the papacy.
Sounds like a form letter.
Too bad he hadn't received is hammer & sickle crucifix until a later time; it would have so much more suited his benedictions before the Communist Saint Che!
“Francisco, PP”. Pretender Pope.
This ass disgusts me...why do you Catholics put up with this clown?....stop tithing for cryin’out loud.
...and remember Castro was excommunicated....
There has never been a statement from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops mentioning the crimes committed by illegal aliens.
Catholics do not customarily tithe.
Just so you know.
Pray for Pope Francis.
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Since when do Catholics not tithe?....Pray for such a radical...ahhhh no...I’m not that forgiving.
Francisco: Pope Communist/Apostate POS I.
I’m 65 years old, cradle Catholic, quite the “Church Lady” much of my life, and have never known a Catholic to tithe.
There is no law of the Church on this.
I *have* seen diocesan *recommendations* that it would be good for parishioners to give 5% to the Church and 5% to the charities of their choice, but this is only a guideline, snd not one that is much followed up upon. It’s mentioned maybe once a year in my parish.
We’d be better off if we *did* tithe: in general I think it’s scandalous that so very little is expected of us.
Pray for Pope Francis to come to his senses, repent before the Lord and humbly do the Lord’s will, OK?
A good prayer for any of us.
Frankie Boy, you’re an asshole. I gotta tell ya.
Although we never tithed per se, the first thing we did to boycott the anti-Catholic, post-Vatican II Church was to stop funding it.
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