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Yuletide Gift for Pope Francis: Vast Popularity Among Catholics
ABC News ^ | December 11, 2013 | Gary Langer

Posted on 12/11/2013 5:58:08 AM PST by NYer

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1 posted on 12/11/2013 5:58:08 AM PST by NYer
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To: Tax-chick; GregB; Berlin_Freeper; SumProVita; narses; bboop; SevenofNine; Ronaldus Magnus; tiki; ...

The media cannot separate polling from religion, ping! Do catholics really care about papal poll numbers?


2 posted on 12/11/2013 5:59:14 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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OK, I’m not Catholic and if any of my friends out there are, you can tell me where to go if you think I’m wrong, but I think the media gave Pope Benedict XVI the Republican treatment and now Pope Francis is getting the Democrat treatment.


3 posted on 12/11/2013 6:02:00 AM PST by 1raider1
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Well Catholics view Pope Francis living up to his namesake, Saint Francis of Assisi.


4 posted on 12/11/2013 6:02:55 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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> Well Catholics view Pope Francis living up to his namesake,
> Saint Francis of Assisi.

Francis of Assisi gave his OWN wealth to the poor.

He did not, neither did he advocate, taking the wealth, or relative wealth, of others by force in order to give to the poor.


5 posted on 12/11/2013 6:08:10 AM PST by Westbrook ()Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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To: 1raider1

He’s a Marxist so of course the Mainstream Marxist Media love him.


6 posted on 12/11/2013 6:10:45 AM PST by bray (Repeal Obamacare)
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He’s a Marxist

Please support your statement with evidential documentation.

7 posted on 12/11/2013 6:13:21 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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He did not, neither did he advocate, taking the wealth, or relative wealth, of others by force in order to give to the poor.

Please support your statement with evidential documentation.

8 posted on 12/11/2013 6:15:20 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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To: 1raider1

At least Pope Francis is much more pastorial, more of the heart. Pope Benedict XVI Emeritus was way too much head thinking.


9 posted on 12/11/2013 6:18:38 AM PST by Biggirl (“Go, do not be afraid, and serve”-Pope Francis)
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I miss the other guy.


10 posted on 12/11/2013 6:26:01 AM PST by Oratam
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Hating the Pope is not a particularly Catholic attribute.

Unless you’re Sinead O’Connor.


11 posted on 12/11/2013 6:48:56 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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This Catholic sees him as a Roman obama.


12 posted on 12/11/2013 7:29:26 AM PST by pgkdan (Stay Calm and Cruz on! Ted Cruz for President in 2016!)
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To: 1raider1

I think you are quite correct.


13 posted on 12/11/2013 7:43:49 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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He is not a Marxist. Why do you say that? Because Rush said that?


14 posted on 12/11/2013 7:44:38 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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You’re a Catholic and you don’t know about Francis of Assissi?

As for Pope Francis, haven’t you kept up with hos pronouncements over the evils of Capitalism?

Do your homework, laddie.
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15 posted on 12/11/2013 7:45:03 AM PST by Westbrook ()Children do not divide your love, they multiply it.)
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I certainly hope you are not speaking for me?????


16 posted on 12/11/2013 7:45:50 AM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Salvation

How could I do that? I speak only for myself.


17 posted on 12/11/2013 7:57:27 AM PST by pgkdan (Stay Calm and Cruz on! Ted Cruz for President in 2016!)
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To: 1raider1
I think you're onto something there. The media like to portray Francis as "the anti-Benedict"--- and it's amazing how easily people fall for that.

Here's a quote on "Gay Marriage" you'll never see in Time magazine:


18 posted on 12/11/2013 9:32:07 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Sanity is the adequate response of the mind to the real thing: adaequatio mentis ad rem.)
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The fact that he calls for nations to "do something" for the very poor, does not mean he wants everybody to get an EBT card.

"Something" could be --- reasonably ---- reducing licensing requirements so that small entrepreneurs can easily get in on the lowest rungs of the enterprise ladder; cutting back on taxation and regulations so businesses can thrive and therefore people can get jobs; it could be allowing more liberty for private schooling for the poor and middle class, e.g. 100% tax credit up to, say, $1800 a year for educational expenses --- so the poor can get better PRIVATE educations from COMPETING and support themselves; it could be reducing the number of government bureaucrats by 90% and using the savings for benefits available only to families headed by a married husband and wife...

My bottom line is that he has not specified what approaches should be used, only that we should be mindful of the impact on the poor. The above "Heritage Foundation" Liberty-oriented approaches are not ruled out; and in fact, I would say they are called for.

19 posted on 12/11/2013 9:42:31 AM PST by Mrs. Don-o (Sanity is the adequate response of the mind to the real thing: adaequatio mentis ad rem.)
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As for Pope Francis, haven’t you kept up with hos pronouncements over the evils of Capitalism? Do your homework, laddie.

Do yours ... Michael Coren on Popes who condemn “unfettered” capitalism

20 posted on 12/11/2013 10:16:54 AM PST by NYer ("The wise man is the one who can save his soul. - St. Nimatullah Al-Hardini)
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