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I’m all for voluntary charity, but with their long history of violent coercion, I’m skeptical of all papal proposals. If the pope wants to really do something for the impoverished he should liquidate Roman Catholic assets and distribute the proceeds to the poor.

Catholic Inquisition and The Torture Tools
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx8PdvOELvY&list=PLE1CB721E3CA65D76&index=94&feature=plpp_video

For those who don’t know, the inquisition was directed by a succession of 70-80 popes and historians estimate some 50,000,000 souls were tortured to death. Some of the most horrific torture devices known to history were wielded by the popes. That youtube video features a longtime Dominican priest from Ireland who eventually studied his Bible and by God’s grace was born again. He knows the Catholic church and its history inside and out.

His testimony can be found here: www.bereanbeacon.org

Lord, I pray for protestants worldwide to study their own history and become bible-believing protestants again. Give us the grace to see your truth and not be tripped-up by the subtle lies of this world. Grace us with the power to stand for Christ and His gospel in an ever-darkening world.

I agree, voluntary, great, coerced, bad. Here in SoCal, our friends in the Catholic Church are happy to use the power of the state to tax Americans to pay for the social services, schooling and food of their parishioners from Mexico who are illegally in the USA.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/20/local/la-me-0420-mahony-immigration-20100420

http://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/1201250.htm

I certainly read the Bible differently than Cardinal Mahoney does. If he was suggesting that Catholics pony up to pay, it would be one thing, but that’s not at all what the Cardinal is saying. He wants to force all Americans to pay for a policy that is a) not in our best interests b) contrary to the wishes of an overwhelming majority of Americans (70%+ want closed borders) and c) benefits Mexican Catholics at the expense of Americans (can you say bilingual education folks, just for one example?).

Please read some books that at least strive for an objective view of history. Your remarks are so wildly exaggerated that you lose credibility with any thinking or caring persons.

Additionally,if you are what you seem to imply,that is, a Bible believing Protestant,and you want to bring more people to Christ,you might want to reexamine your method of evangelizing because you would probably repulse most of the reading public.