Posted on 04/25/2025 6:22:39 AM PDT by MtnClimber
I expect that the next pope will be a marxist too.
Shorter: The commie pope was a dope.
He wasn’t a friend of Catholics or the Catholic Church, either.
Clergy who advocate handing out other people’s wealth are always loved.
He was no friends to Evangelicals, either. Not to speak badly of the dead, but in his life, this pope didn’t believe in “love your neighbor as yourself.”
Pope Francis counted among his trusted advisors, Jeffery Sachs and the crackpot warmists from Potsdam Institute, Schellnhuber and Rahmstorf. The next Pope might want to try some serious adults instead.
Serious adults like JD Vance, maybe? That would be a start.
BTTT
OSAMA bin Ladin was a deeply religious man.
When we are forced to hand over our money we are robbed of our ability to Christian giving.
Francis, at his core, IMHO, was a Marxist. Francis believed that the poor could be eliminated by the State, helped by the
State, transported to better nations to be fed by the State, and cared for by the State. This leads to Marxist conflict with Christianity, and why the two cannot truly co-exist.
Marxism believes the State to be supreme, and thus all loyalty and sovereignty must be to the State. The people believe that the state will solve their problems, and thus all loyalty and expectations come to the state. Ergo, the State takes the place of God and personal responsibility and accountability become of the State.
Jesus said, “The poor will always be with you” and mentioned the gifts of the poor to the poor “She gave everything she had” or “Give up your wealth and follow the lord” and a “It’s easier to put a camel through the eye of needle than a Rich man to enter heaven” (forgive me for any misquotes or paraphrasing. Jesus was clearly putting the responsibility to help the sick and the poor on individuals, not the State. Jesus was clearly stating that there was a God, and we would be judged by our actions to the least of our peers. None of this is compatible with “Marxism” wherein only the state matters.
Pope that are Marxists cannot, IMHO, be with Jesus because they promote the ‘State’. Personal sacrifice and a relationship with God are really needed, to reach the kingdom. That’s how I see it, I am certain many disagree, but I see Marxism and Christianity as incompatible.
He was no friend of the Catholic church, either.
Marxists (and Christian imposters) are no friend of anyone.
True charity is a voluntary giving out of love from one person, and acceptance from another who is needy in the same spirit of love. When these conditions are met, God will offer graces to both souls that will bring them closer to Him. Taking from one person and giving to another is a perversion of this, a satanic caricature and not only leads to no blessings in this world, but as you state deprives the giver of the resources to perform genuine charity.
Even tho he was an evil man, I would not celebrate his death. My preference for such is that he live long enough to see all he has done burn and then die in misery.
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
. . . ‘austere religious scholar. . . .’ to quote the Washington ComPost. .
Another destructive marxist is quite possible. The problem is that the Catholic hierarchy is permeated with agnostic homosexuals. They will vote as a bloc and will attempt to appoint one of their own .The Church if it is to prosper as a moral and spiritual beacon must abolish mandatory celibacy, disband the Jesuit order and purge all homosexuals from the clergy.Throughout its history the Church has faced many external and internal torments. Righteous, serious men had the courage to take definitive action. Such men are now sorely needed.
Frankie was a Red Commie Pope.
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