Posted on 02/01/2019 9:31:40 AM PST by ebb tide
WASHINGTON — During a Jan. 28 inflight press conference on his return from World Youth Day in Panama, Pope Francis was asked to offer explicit support to Venezuelan protesters calling for their country’s embattled President Nicolás Maduro to step down.
But the Pope replied that taking sides in the escalating confrontation between the Maduro regime and its opponents “would be a pastoral imprudence” and do “damage.”
“I suffer for what is happening in Venezuela right now,” said Francis, who repeated his call for a “just and peaceful solution.”
The Holy Father’s language frustrated human-rights advocates and others who see a fresh opportunity for democratic change in Venezuela and want world leaders — the Pope included — to pressure Maduro to abandon his fight to retrain power.
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Bergoglio thinks it's "pastoral imprudence" to interfere, even comment, on dictatorships; yet he condemns, on a daily basis, the U.S. border wall and other sovereign countries' efforts to limit invasion by illegals.
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The Pope is saddened that socialism is failing in his backyard.
This is NOT my Pope!
I would think that asking Maduro to step down would be a fine way to achieve a just and peaceful solution.
But the anti-Pope likes his communism too much to speak out against Maduro.
What do you do if you find yourself on an elevator with Hitler, Stalin, and the Pope and have a gun but only two bullets?
(Is it a venial sin to ask? Or is it blowing off steam?)
What is the difference between Pope Francis and a lawyer? (That would make an interesting thread)
I wish the leading clericalist would keep his mouth shut. Now that is something that can be said charitably, because of all the clericalists, there must be one who is more clericaltist than others, and it would be good if he were able to keep his mouth shut—on that we can agree.
Yay I said something charitable. It is getting harder.
Apologies for blowing off steam in a public forum.
This didn't seem to be a consideration in his condemnation of an American border wall.
Now he decides not to get political.
There are a number of priests who are no longer supporting him. And some have the courage to warn their parishioners about him.
The Pope is a Peronista. Maduro his his kinda guy.
excellent point.
Silly human rights activists. Don't you know Pope Francis is in favor of communist dictatorships? Your lucky he abstained rather than telling the people fighting for the freedom and their lives to meekly walk into the firing squads.
Pope and Bishops Take Different Paths - I think that path is called, “Lukewarm”.
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