Posted on 04/18/2014 2:32:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
When Jeb Bush stepped up this month to declare illegal immigration an act of love, he provoked precisely the conservative pile-on youd expect. The rights favorite crabby uncle, Charles Krauthammer, dourly pronounced the comments bizarre.. Rep. Raul Labrador accused Jebbie of pandering. Noted intellectual Donald Trump declared Bushs thinking ridiculous and dangerous. And God help anyone who ventured onto sites like RedState.com. Most perfectly, fake-winger Stephen Colbert eulogized, He will be missed.
In the midst of all the huffing and grumping, it was easy to miss the smaller, quieter sounds of satisfaction emanating from some of Bushs fellow Catholics, particularly those on the social-justice-minded end of the spectrum. For these faithful, the governors assertionwith its decidedly biblical ringwas yet another sign of the change in conversation being driven, even within the fetid swamps of U.S. politics, by the wildly popular Pope Francis.
A little over a year into Franciss tenure, debate continues to rage throughout the church over the question of just how radical this pope really is, and the degree to which he might shift the Catholic spotlight from issues of sexual morality onto those such as poverty, immigration, torture, and even the environment....
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I didn't know what it was because I didn't know what "human development" was. I don't give for everything.
But, maybe I did. I won't again.
Did you?
“Hi, I’m Jeb Bush, and I want to commit an act of love on you.”
This makes no sense.
And, I did go to that link.
Nope. I don’t pay for abortions.
My father remembered them in even a worse light during WWII and right after.
Good.
It would make sense if you read you post.
“”I also knew that 90 cents out of every dollar donated by non-Catholic charities (i.e. Red Cross) goes to admimistrative costs. For Catholic charities, its the reverse. That makes sense since so many of those charitable foundations (Mother Theresa’s Home for the Dying, for example) do their work for the love of God. Money can’t BUY that.””
I’m so tired of the deceitful coverage of this Pope. For every statement he has made that is a bit head-scratching, there 99 orthodox statements which continue in the spirit of John Paul and Benedict. Those orthodox statements provide context and clarity for any statements Francis has made that are a bit puzzling. I wonder if at some point great anger is going to result when people realize the pope can’t rewrite the commandments and the natural law to please hedonists totally overwhelmed by the morally bankrupt/corrupt spirit of the age.
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