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Pope blames Europe, US weapons for children killed in wars
Associated Press ^ | April 6, 2019 | Giada Zampano

Posted on 04/06/2019 8:25:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Pope Francis blamed Europe and the United States for the deaths of children in Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan, saying Saturday that wealthy Western countries fuel conflicts by selling weapons in war zones.

Speaking to students and teachers of Milan’s San Carlo Institute, Francis said the reason there are so many wars around the world is “the rich Europe and America sell weapons … used to kill children and kill people.”

Without such firepower, the pope added, there wouldn’t have been war in countries such as Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria. .

“A country that produces and sells weapons has on its conscience the death of every child and the destruction of each family,” Francis said. …

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To: Olog-hai

Yeah, I remember our last outing to take over countries and establish more US territor....................... Oh. Pope a dope! I actually do remember when the pope garnered some respect.


21 posted on 04/06/2019 8:55:47 AM PDT by rktman ( #My2ndAmend! ----- Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Olog-hai

When this fag became Pope, you know who re-assured me thing would be fine?

You’ll never guess:

RUSH.

Yes, Rush Limbaugh. Can you believe it..?

Rush is usually right, but JUST WOW.


22 posted on 04/06/2019 8:55:58 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Olog-hai

The pope is a socialist dope.


23 posted on 04/06/2019 8:57:44 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Free in Texas

No kidding. Propagandizing and outright lying.

This one is my favorite

“The Mafia has not been invented by Nigerians. Mafia is ours,” he said. “All of us have the possibility of being criminal. Migrants bring us wealth because Europe has been made by migrants.”

Europe was made by migrants?

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24 posted on 04/06/2019 8:58:07 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: ealgeone
Waiting on him to order the Vatican guards to disarm.

The chump is going off the deep end.

25 posted on 04/06/2019 9:01:33 AM PDT by Mark17 (What, exactly, was the "only evil continually," that was going on in the days of Noah?)
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To: pas
Yet the weapon of choice is the AK.

Which is made pretty much everywhere, particularly China.

The M4 is a little pricy for most revolutionaries.

26 posted on 04/06/2019 9:05:03 AM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit)
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To: ealgeone

And tear down the walls around the Vatican.


27 posted on 04/06/2019 9:05:23 AM PDT by Let's Roll ("You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality" -- Ayn Rand)
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To: Da Coyote

Me, too. Convert as a teenager, still Catholic, just going to a BYZANTINE CATHOLIC parish in Denver. Fritz is NOT catholic. he is a socialist through and through. He, like #44, is doing his level worst to destroy not just the USA, but the Holy Catholic Church. But the Church has survived corrupt and stupid popes before. Ignore as much as you can, and keep praying. Donate LOCALLY only if you trust your bishops and priests.


28 posted on 04/06/2019 9:06:52 AM PDT by redhead (PRAYfor little ones inpedo pipeline:child livestock: raped, tortured, and satanically sacrificed.)
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To: Olog-hai

Nobody tell him that Canada is the world’s second largest arms exporter.


29 posted on 04/06/2019 9:08:51 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Olog-hai

Sadly ... and I mean SADLY.... with this “pope” naming the bishops who will select his replacement, Francis is not likely to be the worst of the string of evil, monstrous anti-Western popes that we will be seeing.


30 posted on 04/06/2019 9:08:55 AM PDT by House Atreides (Boycott the NFL 100% — PERMANENTLY)
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To: Mr Rogers

The Catholic church has been doing genocides since the start, and they aren’t done yet. Untold millions of Christians have been murdered, some very horrifically because they wouldn’t deny Christ.


31 posted on 04/06/2019 9:11:17 AM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: 43north

Popes have this love of despots and killers. Look at the pictures of a pope welcoming Nazi’s and muzzie leaders.


32 posted on 04/06/2019 9:22:17 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SaxxonWoods


"Last year I went to Iraq. Before Team America showed up, it was a happy place. They had flowering meadows and rainbow skies, and rivers made of chocolate, where the children danced and laughed and played with gumdrop smiles."
33 posted on 04/06/2019 9:23:57 AM PDT by dfwgator (This week I'm dfwredraider)
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To: gaijin
That’s funny: back in 2013 when this pope was elected, the fake news media was pouncing on Rush for taking note of Bergoglio’s “pure Marxism”.

Which transcript are you referring to? This one, months before what Bergoglio was concealing came to the light of day?
34 posted on 04/06/2019 9:25:04 AM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: carriage_hill

In the US most Italian immigrants not only became citizens nut fully accepted the political, cultural, and social traditions of their new country while keeping many of their own and adding them to the Amrrican experience. Unfortunately they did exactly the same in Argentina. Thrre are few if any Hispanic countries where democracy and Liberty took root. This Pope is a profuct of Peron, a caudillo, a fsscist populist socialist. This Pope absorbed every grievance Latin America holds against the People of the North. Argentinians especially believe we and Europe robbed them of their greatness. In 1910 Argentina was one of the most prosperous nations on Earth. They self destructed on their own but blame us. That is where Bergoglio comes from. That is who he is.


35 posted on 04/06/2019 9:27:21 AM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: pas

Ah yes, the AK. There is a little known fact that the AK was developed in the USA during the 1860’s and it the standard weapon of all radical western white people when engaged in killing people of color living in poor socialist and islamic counties. It’s a national symbol of evil western white people don’t cha know.... </sarc>

Sorry, statements like this from Pope Frank and others really tick me off.


36 posted on 04/06/2019 9:27:40 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: xkaydet65

Che was also from Argentina, he was half-Irish. They still adore him in Ireland.


37 posted on 04/06/2019 9:29:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (This week I'm dfwredraider)
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t listen quite every day, but that has the ring of what made me write what I did.

The very pro-Berglio bit that made an impression on me was much more brief and reassuring, but that was the general ring to it.

He hasn’t talked much about Berg, at least when I was listening, but I am hoping Rush has had a big turnaround.

I think Rush is right about 95% of the time.

But, eh....yeah, the Pope was a yuuuuuge miss.


38 posted on 04/06/2019 9:30:45 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Olog-hai

The Pope is a commie ass.
He needs the boot and the Real Pope Benedict needs to be back in charge.


39 posted on 04/06/2019 9:45:00 AM PDT by BuffaloJack (Chivalry is not dead. It is a warriors code and only practiced by warriors.)
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To: xkaydet65

100% spot on.
Not hard to believe he was also a bouncer at a bar/nightclub in Buenos Aires, in his younger years.


40 posted on 04/06/2019 9:46:33 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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