Posted on 11/26/2016 7:26:50 PM PST by 2nd amendment mama
Pope Francis sent his condolences following the death of infamous atheist and former Cuban President Fidel Castro Saturday.
“I express to you my sentiments of grief,” said Francis in a message to Castro’s brother, President Raul Castro. He noted that he grieved over the “sad news” and would pray for the former dictator.
Castro died Friday night at the age of 90. He was baptized Catholic and educated by the same Jesuit order to which Francis belongs. Despite his religious upbringing, Castro was a vocal atheist and declared Cuba an atheist state when he rose to power in 1959. He suppressed the Catholic church during his reign, sending priests to re-education camps and restricting the celebration of holidays. Castro was reportedly excommunicated under an anti-Communist decree by Pope Pius XII in 1962
The Catholic church lived on in Cuba, despite the Castro regime’s best efforts to destroy it. While only ten percent of Cubans are practicing Catholics, half identify as such. The Vatican intentionally maintained relations with Cuba throughout the Castro era, despite its generally anti-Communist policy. Local Catholic charities provided relief work in Cuba, particularly after Castro lessened restrictions on religion after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict and Pope Francis all visited the island nation in years following the changes.
Francis, like Castro, is a critic of unregulated capitalism. He is believed to have played a major role in the cessation of the decades-long U.S. embargo on Cuba.
“I will resume praying and turn to the church again if the pope continues in this vein,” said Raul Castro while visiting Rome in May, 2015. “I mean what I say.”
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One Socialist mourning for another Socialist! The Socialist Pope showing his true self!
“Is the Pope Catholic?” seems to have become a legitimate question these days.
Neither "this guy" nor any Pope leads the Christian community. It is Christ Himself who leads the Christian community.
Pope Putz Pagan the 666th
I feel for Catholic Conservatives - but Pope Trotsky continues to hurl this unrestrained Marxism at the world another Schism/ Reformation is required
The palace in Avignon France is still there!
Some of us are not tolerating it I’m doing my own boycott and divestment program right now. No money and no attendance until we get a pope who isn’t a commie and actually believes in the face that he represents.
If this doesn’t prove he is the NWO Pope....then nothing will.
All choked up over the death of a mass murdering dictator.
I don’t!
Pope John Paul II is one of the greatest world leaders in modern history. A pope that recognized evil and quietly and surely helped to see its demise.
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If Francis is crying, he should also cry for those Casto oppressed and tortured, not just the soul of an evil man.
Committing the mortal sin of skipping Sunday Mass doesn’t do any good. And no money from your parish goes to the Pope.
Who left who....I still believe the same teachings....its the pope imposter who has left the church.
Right. He’s a bad Pope. He will get his come-uppance.
What good does it do to stop practicing the Faith?
And no money goes to Rome from local parishes.
I miss my dad terribly; I’m so glad he didn’t live to see this shit. Obama was bad enough, but now the Church!
I no longer deign to recognize Bergolio as the Pope.
Thank you.
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