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Pope names 13 new cardinals, including 2 who help migrants
Associated Press ^ | September 1, 2019 | Frances D’Emilio

Posted on 09/01/2019 6:30:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai

Pope Francis on Sunday said he’s giving the Catholic church 13 new cardinals, including two churchmen who have worked to help migrants and several others who toil in poor countries or nations where Christians are a minority. […]

One of them is Bologna Archbishop Matteo Zuppi, an Italian who for some 30 years guided the Roman basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere, whose doors literally have been opened to let the homeless sleep inside on cold winter nights. The basilica is the focal point for a Catholic charity, Sant’Egidio, which runs programs including language instruction for newly arrived migrants, and distributes hot meals and clothing to them.

The other is the Rev. Michael Czerny, a Jesuit like the pope, who is an official who was named in 2016 by Francis to help lead a Vatican office concerned with refugees and migrants. He is a native of what was then Czechoslovakia. …

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TOPICS: Local News; Religion
KEYWORDS: aliens; francischurch; illegals; popefrancis

1 posted on 09/01/2019 6:30:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Did you have to get permission from red China to name these cardinals, There Francis????


2 posted on 09/01/2019 6:40:58 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Frankie is stuffing the church with fellow travelers. For those who think we just have to whether the storm and wait for him to leave he is making sure that when he goes his replacement will be another Marxist as bad or worse than he is.


3 posted on 09/01/2019 7:02:20 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: Olog-hai

Wonder if the good Pope has rewarded any priests who help Christians survive in Muslim countries?


4 posted on 09/01/2019 7:08:08 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Please, oh pretty please let Crazy Uncle Joe Biden be the nominee.)
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To: Olog-hai

Are any of them Catholic?


5 posted on 09/01/2019 7:18:17 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Olog-hai

Two who help migrants into YOUR home but not THEIR home. Frauds all


6 posted on 09/01/2019 7:18:20 AM PDT by Maskot (Put every dem/lib in prison........like yesterday!!!)
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To: Olog-hai

How many are gay?


7 posted on 09/01/2019 7:27:39 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Telepathic Intruder

He named 2 who are overtly “gay friendly” and Fr. James Martin, Society of Judas, was all a-Twitter with delight.


8 posted on 09/01/2019 8:36:22 AM PDT by livius
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To: Olog-hai

This fake pope is the pope that drove the nail that broke the coffins back.


9 posted on 09/01/2019 9:13:16 AM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: Olog-hai

Hmm, so they’re not stationed at the Vatican’s wall to process immigrants.


10 posted on 09/01/2019 9:30:04 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Olog-hai

How many kids were touched for this?


11 posted on 09/01/2019 5:54:07 PM PDT by Aut Pax Aut Bellum (After Trump-then what?)
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