Posted on 03/12/2014 3:14:20 PM PDT by NYer
Ping!
Obama has the market cornered on the dumb.
“Pope to hold first official audience with the blind, deaf”
Great opportunity to get a jump on performing miracles!
Let’s see what he’s got.
This is good. I don’t recall a modern day Pope (since 1970) going out of his way to directly include those with disabilities.
Perhaps the guy from Mandela's funeral is available.
IBPACHACOPH
I sure hope they do better with a sign language interpreter than the Mandela funeral.......
The media doesn’t count?
In a church with an almost 2,000 year history, he's the first pope to do this?
Is there something wrong with this picture?
In modern times, this certainly should have happened before. However, before that, I don’t know about Roman culture but in many places in the old days, the disabled stayed home mostly. ( I learned that from a disability rights seminar years ago, so your recollection of history could differ).
Jesus went looking for the down and out.
He told us to go out into the highways and byways and bring in those who could not repay us.
Even if they stayed home, there’s no reason to not seek them out. That’s what’s supposed to make Christianity different.
Wouldn’t that be a “vidience” RE the deaf ??
Good point. A lot of Christians, Popes included, fall short on that.
“The media doesnt count?”
Now that’s funny! Love it!
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