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Pope Francis Says It’s an ‘Honor’ to be Criticized by Americans
National Catholic Register ^ | September 4, 2019 | Edward Pentin

Posted on 09/04/2019 4:00:40 PM PDT by ebb tide

Pope Francis Says It’s an ‘Honor’ to be Criticized by Americans

His throwaway remark, made in connection with a new book that claims influential American Catholics want him to step down, generated surprise aboard the papal flight today to Mozambique.

ON THE PAPAL PLANE — A quip by Pope Francis aboard the papal plane this morning raised a few eyebrows of those traveling with him — and sent his press handlers scrambling.

After takeoff on his way to the Mozambique capital of Maputo, the Pope customarily greeted journalists on the papal plane. Among those he met was Nicolas Seneze, Rome correspondent for the French Catholic daily newspaper La Croix, which just published Seneze’s book, How America Wants to Change the Pope.

The book threads together different aspects of this pontificate — in particular the McCarrick abuse scandal and the Archbishop Carlo Viganò testimony — to conclude that influential figures in the U.S. Church are out to, if not replace Pope Francis, then to actively challenge him.

The book quotes professor Massimo Faggioli of Villanova as saying wealthy conservative Catholics have stepped into the vacuum of authority left by the sex abuse scandal to become the de facto leaders of the Catholic Church in the U.S.

(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: dictatorpope; francischurch; romancatholic; usa
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To: ebb tide

Soros’ pope is the enemy of Amerrica.

Just as his puppetmaster George Soros is.


21 posted on 09/04/2019 5:25:18 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
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To: ebb tide

Waiting to see wisps of white smoke. Fruck Fancis


22 posted on 09/04/2019 5:27:11 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Tag, you're it.)
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To: ebb tide

Bump


23 posted on 09/04/2019 5:27:18 PM PDT by foreverfree
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To: Gay State Conservative

Gay State Conservative wrote:
I haven’t heard a single noteworthy comment or proclamation made by this Pope that’s consistent with what I was taught during 10.5 years of Catholic school during the 1950s/1960s.

Those were the days when they went to church and we had a Pope !


24 posted on 09/04/2019 5:30:00 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting for the record hoping some might read and pass around)
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To: ebb tide

I wonder if he’d be so proud to have one of our boots up his Marxist a**.


25 posted on 09/04/2019 5:33:23 PM PDT by Amberdawn (Want To Honor Our Troops? Then Be A Citizen Worth Fighting For.)
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To: ebb tide

Is the Pope the leader of the Catholic church or not?

It is a simple question all Catholics should know the answer to.


26 posted on 09/04/2019 5:34:14 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Alredy answered in post #18.


27 posted on 09/04/2019 5:36:42 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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To: ebb tide

He’s more of a politician than a pope.


28 posted on 09/04/2019 5:37:21 PM PDT by mom.mom (...our flag was still there.)
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To: ebb tide

As it stands,this Anti-Pope has destroyed what’s left of the Catholic Church. The lawsuits are also ripping the church to shreds. God lives on and Catholicism is still here but the church is leaderless of true faith and original virtues and rudderless.


29 posted on 09/04/2019 5:40:08 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: ebb tide

The book quotes professor Massimo Faggioli of Villanova as saying wealthy conservative Catholics have stepped into the vacuum of authority left by the sex abuse scandal to become the de facto leaders of the Catholic Church in the U.S.

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One can only hope this is true. The Catholic Church has been comprised by the enemy.


30 posted on 09/04/2019 5:40:18 PM PDT by youngidiot (God save the President!)
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To: ebb tide

Francis the Fake gladly accepts American money from the collection baskets.


31 posted on 09/04/2019 5:41:24 PM PDT by EC Washington
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To: ebb tide

I will pray for him. He needs an epiphany.


32 posted on 09/04/2019 5:44:07 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: ConservativeMind

Jesus is the true Leader of all Christian believers.


33 posted on 09/04/2019 5:44:56 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: ebb tide; All

The Catholic Church is one of the principal enemies of the United States.

Who wants to argue that contention?


34 posted on 09/04/2019 5:50:15 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: dsrtsage

“with the intent of destroying it”

It’s already done.

Wake up.


35 posted on 09/04/2019 5:52:25 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ConservativeMind

Our Polish priest (now a U.S. citizen) isn’t led by this Pope.

He’s a huge Trump supporter and criticizes Francis from the pulpit. None of this chain of command stuff. He thinks our bishop is a squishy liberal, too.

Something about Poles knowing what real despotism is, whether Nazi or Soviet or Muslim.

Poland is the only European nation that people here are actually eager to visit. Muslim free and safe.


36 posted on 09/04/2019 5:53:14 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Cincinnatus.45-70

“International criminals should be sure they understand what “RICO” means in the US.”

That’s where I’m at.

Send a brigade to the Vatican and extradite the Pope under RICO.


37 posted on 09/04/2019 5:54:22 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: ConservativeMind
"Is the Pope the leader of the Catholic church or not? It is a simple question all Catholics should know the answer to."

A specific Pope can be the nominal leader of the Catholic Church, but not all Pope's are. Anyone of man/woman/humanity is flawed, thus all Popes are flawed, as are all ministers, pastors, Rabbis, Imams, etc. Catholic means 'universal', and the Catholic Church is supposed to be the universal Christian Church. That said, the Catholic Church has failed in this over, and over, and over again. Nonetheless, all Christians, whether Protestant or Catholic are members of the wider church of Christ - AND, are spiritual descendants of Judaism. My point is that no one group has all credibility and truth.

38 posted on 09/04/2019 5:56:50 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: ebb tide

I do wonder how much longer Catholics will keep donating money to what is simply an arm of the Democrat Party at this point.


39 posted on 09/04/2019 5:58:11 PM PDT by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: Mariner
The Catholic Church is one of the principal enemies of the United States.

Who wants to argue that contention?

I'll be the first to argue against that.

40 posted on 09/04/2019 6:09:09 PM PDT by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome)
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