Posted on 06/21/2015 12:36:05 PM PDT by windcliff
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By Philip Pullella
TURIN, Italy, June 21 (Reuters) - People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of Turin.
"If you trust only men you have lost," he told the young people in a long, rambling talk about war, trust and politics after putting aside his prepared address.
"It makes me think of ... people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons. That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn't it?" he said to applause.
He also criticised those who invest in weapons industries, saying "duplicity is the currency of today ... they say one thing and do another."
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To say nothing of the fact that attacking rail lines leading to extermination camps would do nothing to actually weaken the Reich itself, which was the ultimate goal.
This pope needs to go. I’m Catholic and I find him an embarrassment.
Took a lot of those nasty weapons to keep us all from speaking german as our mother tongue and stopped the ovens that the nazi's so loved....there is something wrong with this pope's brain...
You obviously didn’t get it, lol.
What about who made Samson’s jaw of an ass?
I’d hope not, but since the sword of the full armor is the Word of God, it’s not surprising that Francis seems to be underarmed in that area as well.
That's pretty interesting considering the qualifications found in Scripture for spiritual leaders and how to deal with immorality in the church.
In the book of Revelation, Jesus tells churches to straighten out or they'd be gone.
But I guess in this case, someone is protecting his own, and I'm not talking about Jesus.
I guess the Catholic church can't having any of that holding each other accountable. It just might come back to bite them. The old boy's club thing.
Looks that way to me, too.
Your still a Christian as long as you follow the bible, and accept Jesus as your savior. No man on earth can take that from you, even if he can cast you out of his ‘church’ for not sharing his non-religious political believes.
Do the Roman Catholics around here still defend this guy?
Seems like Peter the Roman, and what little I know.
It’s amazing, the past ten years of my life and the entire world is backasswards. Right is wrong, wrong is right, good is evil, evil is good.
Also we are sitting on a huge geo-political powder keg that would just take one spark in a few dozen places to explode.
The next few years might be interesting.
So says the man who travels the world with an armed escort the, Swiss guard, what a hypocrite.
When the allies were fighting the nazis, they should have gone with bare knuckles?
Can someone give me a reason why we should accord this pope more respect than a sidewalk preacher? He has a nice ring on his finger, is that it?
John Paul, ….or Benedict, could you come back and school your successor in Reason?
For Protestants wanting to convert Catholics, this Pope is going to be a gold mine.
I hate to say it..... but this pope is sounding more and more like the end times false prophet every time he opens his mouth and bleats. What’s next? What group will he denounce next? What proclamation will he make demonizing a whole group of people now? That anybody that owns a gun or that gun owners are not real Christians? This pope is not a real Christian, in my humble opinion. He’s blaming guns and anyone connected with the making of guns.... instead of blaming the people that sin while using guns. That’s not just idiotic. It’s evil. Characteristic of the father of lies.
The dude in the pointy hat is an agent of Satan.
He’s Pope Frank alright. How about abortion advocates can’t call themselves Christians?
Yes, you’re right about that. It’s like a cancer in the church. I guess that’s what the article is all about after all. I know that the church has been infiltrated on all levels. I just see Bergolio’s face and cringe with disgust. He’s puts a face on the corruption.
"All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works." - 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Then dismiss his guards. Seriously, he just told his Swiss Guards they are not Christian, so unlock the doors and leave.
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