Posted on 04/05/2015 5:10:33 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
VATICAN CITY – In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran as an opportunity to make the world safer, while expressing deep worry about bloodshed in Libya, Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa.
Cautious hope ran through Francis' "Urbi et Orbi" Easter message, a kind of papal commentary on the state of the world's affairs, which he delivered from the central balcony of St. Peter's Square.
He had just celebrated Mass in rain-whipped St. Peter's Square for tens of thousands of people, who huddled under umbrellas or braved the downpour in thin, plastic rain-slickers.
Easter day is "so beautiful, and so ugly because of the rain," Francis said after Mass about Christianity's most important feast day. He expressed thanks for the flowers which bedecked the square and which were donated by the Netherlands, but the bright hues of the azaleas and other blossoms seemed muted by the gray skies.
Francis made his first public comments about the recent framework for an accord, reached in Lausanne, Switzerland, and aimed at ensuring Iran doesn't develop a nuclear weapon.
"In hope we entrust to the merciful Lord the framework recently agreed to in Lausanne, that it may be a definitive step toward a more secure and fraternal world."
Decrying the plentitude of weapons in the world in general, Francis said: "And we ask for peace for this world subjected to arms dealers, who earn their living with the blood of men and women."
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At first, I wasn’t sure whether he was evil - or just plain stupid. And then another longtime poster here said that “sometimes evil and stupid are the same thing.”
I think Bergoglio is having a disastrous effect on the Church and he’s selling out to the world and its praise. He’s also demoralizing the clergy and the bishops (except for the elderly leftist in-crowd), making the laity fearful and uncertain, and empowering the enemies of the Faith.
I no longer care whether he means to do so or not, because the effect is the same. I realize that he’s the titular Pope, but that can always change...
This sucked too:
Pope Francis [of all people] tells Ukrainian bishops to stay out of politics
http://ncronline.org/blogs/francis-chronicles/pope-francis-tells-ukrainian-bishops-stay-out-politics
“In an Easter peace wish, Pope Francis on Sunday praised the framework nuclear agreement with Iran”
That should erase all doubt. Francis is a devout socialist
and a moron to boot. Just another commie infiltrator.
Of course he would.
Of course. He is written, by his words.
Lol.
Did you see this?
It’s amazing the lengths to which some people will go to explain away this moron commie Pope’s statements. Usually it’s a “mistranslation” or “the media is lying”.
Place your bets! Its time to spin the “What Will Pope Francis Say Today?” Wheel.
More importantly, how many times will we hear this — “He actually meant ‘this’ instead of what you think he meant”.
I’d be rich if I had a dime for every similar comment I read in this forum.
Meh. I’ve lost all the respect I ever had for the man.
No wonder the liberal media loves this pope. I can not stand him!
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