To: NYer
He insisted on paying his own bill!
He appears to have much in common with the beloved and hugely popular John XXIII.
He brings a “common man” touch to the papacy and he is not seduced by the trappings and the reality of power.
Pope Francis wants to set an example in how he treats those beneath him.
6 posted on
03/14/2013 7:10:49 AM PDT by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: goldstategop
He appears to have much in common with the beloved and hugely popular John XXIII. I Pray that any similarities are on the surface only...
10 posted on
03/14/2013 7:15:05 AM PDT by
pgkdan
( "Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~Thomas Jefferson)
To: goldstategop
There is someone else who could learn from this example of humility, grace, frugality and sincerity of purpose. But he won’t.
The world is watching....perhaps we will witness a miracle.
12 posted on
03/14/2013 7:19:05 AM PDT by
sodpoodle
(Life is prickly - carry tweezers.)
To: goldstategop
This morning on Washington DC's WTOP they did some very good interviews with Rev. Kevin O'Brien, vice president for mission and ministry, Georgtown University, Cardinal Donald Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, and Monsignor Walter Rossi, rector, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. You can download the interviews
here. Scroll down to get to the interviews:
- 5:50am for Monsignor Rossi;
- 6:10am for Cardinal Wuerl;
- 6:20am for Fr. O'Brien;
13 posted on
03/14/2013 7:19:26 AM PDT by
COBOL2Java
(Fighting Obama without Boehner & McConnell is like going deer hunting without your accordion)
To: goldstategop
How much does the Pope get paid? Is everything for his living expenses paid by the Church?
To: goldstategop
Our “dear” leader could learn from this man.
15 posted on
03/14/2013 7:26:07 AM PDT by
Catsrus
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