Pope Francis effectively admits it: He really, really hates Americans

Sounding more and more like a politician and less and less like a pope, Pope Francis threw out this one for his American critics who view him as just a bit too political. According to Fox News:

Pope Francis told a reporter on Wednesday it was an "honor" to be the subject of attacks from American religious conservatives and their Catholic allies.

The pope was speaking with French journalist Nicholas Seneze, the author of "How America Wants to Change Popes," when he responded to his American critics while heading to Mozambique for a three-day tour of sub-Saharan Africa.

His stances on climate change, immigration, homosexuality and theology have garnered heavy criticism from politicians and conservative Catholics and commentators. Some critics have demanded his resignation.

“It’s an honor that the Americans attack me,” the pontiff told Seneze.

Interesting that he characterized his critics as "the Americans" instead of 'the conservatives.' After all, the U.S. Church (and nearly all U.S. religious denominations) actually do have plenty of leftists -- they're actually dominated by them.

Which goes to show just how coldly he views the USA with all its famous freedoms, calling to mind that like the late Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez, he's never spent appreciable time in the U.S. He knows nothing of democracy, other than the Peronist balcony-descamisados kind practiced in Argentina with its famous Argentine economic consequences. The U.S. practice of freely speaking one's mind and questioning authority that's failing unsettles him. He gets mad. If he's the good guy, then someone who criticizes him is the devil, which of course is why it's an 'honor.' The U.S. and all its freedom is a bad place, see, but he'd nevertheless like all the world's illegal migrants he claims to champion to somehow be here.

Of course it’s political. Vatican is its own political state/country, kingdom. Here is something interesting: Israel will be the political AND religion Kingdom of God on Earth when Christ returns to set it up. That is what the Old Testament, Matthew through John, Acts before Paul is saved, and Hebrews through Revelation is about. It was prophesied and it WILL happen. It is about a KINGDOM of believers, on Earth, under Christ and with Peter and the 11 Apostles seated on 12 thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
Paul’s writings have to do with a BODY of believers, not a kingdom, not political but spiritual, with SPIRITUAL blessings in heavenly places, not earthly therefore no throne for Paul to sit on and no tribe to judge during the Millennial reign of Christ.
Israel will be judged by the 12, with Christ as Head. The Church the Body of Christ will be judging the angels.
Paul, the Apostle of the GENTILES, does not write about a KINGDOM of believers. He wrote about a BODY of believers, the Church, the Body of Christ. Whose blessings are spiritual, not earthly. Israel will be God’s agents on Earth, under Peter and the 11, with Christ as Head. There is no throne for Paul. Because his calling and commission was different from the 12. That’s what ROMANS through Philemon are all about-this BODY of believers, with Christ as Head, judging the angels.

He’s not raising my taxes :)

He’s a man who can act like a Man of God or not.

I don’t give sh.t

I know what to do.

Every other Catholic knows what to do.

There’s God. I’m his slave.

I’m not single religion’s b.tch.

Case they’re all run by men, and men are very fallible

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