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Why Anti-Catholicism Will Rise
The Federalist ^ | March 1, 2016 | Maureen Mullarkey

Posted on 03/01/2016 10:49:20 AM PST by ebb tide

When the future looks back on this pontificate, Pope Francis might well be credited with having wakened the sleeping bogey of anti-Catholicism. His staged assaults on the immigration policies of a sovereign United States are the tactics of yet another community organizer, this one with a global constituency.

Francis’ Marxoid rhetoric, advancement of deceptive climate change narratives, and cozy photo-ops with anti-democratic—even murderous—regimes, rekindle old suspicions that popery is the enemy of free institutions.

(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist.com ...


TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: francis; francischurch; globalwarming; immigration

1 posted on 03/01/2016 10:49:20 AM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide
Based upon admittedly casual readings it appears that while he prates of Jesus this Pope means Karl Marx.
2 posted on 03/01/2016 10:54:26 AM PST by AEMILIUS PAULUS
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To: ebb tide

The Catholic Church’s posturing as a victim is a pathetic and hypocritical gesture when the Church is deliberately facilitating and covering up atrocities against children.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3403776/posts


3 posted on 03/01/2016 11:00:05 AM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: ebb tide
"rekindle old suspicions that popery is the enemy of free institutions"


4 posted on 03/01/2016 11:01:56 AM PST by Boogieman
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To: AEMILIUS PAULUS
And like the muzzies that SAY they decry jihadi murderers, but do nothing .... so too Catholics SAY they decry the Pope ... but do nothing

AND ...

Just as the world rejects Islam for a lot of known and revealed falsehoods regarding it as a "religion" .... so too .......

5 posted on 03/01/2016 11:05:01 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: ebb tide

Some fundamentalists have a thing against Catholics particularly this open borders Pope. That story the MSM conjured up about the pope singling out Trump being a non christian may have turned this for Trump in South Carolina .

But the pope was responding to a loaded question by a reporter from Reuters news agency and actually did not believe his accusations. So the pope never mentioned Trumps name in his lengthy reply. Which btw was uncovered by Rush Limbaugh Friday a day before the election show; It was this; expressed here in abstract;

In his reply the pope used the term One, to generalize his example and began with; If actually one said and Pope Francis continued with : One does, one did, one believes : such and such in his response to a rather lenghty loaded question by a so called reporter.. it was meant to be a generalized position applied to anyone who has those views when answering the questions that were presented to him .

But the reporter turned this statement : Those that only focus on building walls and not bridges are not Christian. into: Those who build walls like Trump are not Christian.

it was meant to be a generalized position applied to anyone who has those views. Which was twisted by the media into an attack and a reverse Trump endorsement.

Trump responded to what he thought was a direct personal attack by the Pope which was shared and agreed to by everybody including this Catholic and what they were responding is to Trump in effect tellung the pope to go to hell which made the difference. If they voted that way because of that reason They were mislead by machinations of the media not the pope.

Now the medias anti religious agenda is busy claiming Cruz wont win by emphasizing Christian values in: marriage, planned parenthood, abortion and the questioning of wandering positions on these subjects taken by Trump. Which diverts the attention from the media and its involvement while minimizing the Cruz candidacy.

Urge Ted to stay the course and defeat this conspiracy to elect the blowhard . We want back to the days of the constitution and the government out of our bedrooms, kitchens, gas tanks, back yards, as well as our religions. And pick justices who will keep it that way .

During an interview for Face the Nation, host John Dickerson asked Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) if he would consider accepting the vacant spot on the Supreme Court after the sudden death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. This comes after Republican presidential candidates and Republican members of the senate have vowed not to approve anyone President Obama nominates during his last year in office.

“That is not a job I’m interested in.” Cruz said and added, “The job I’m interested in is appointing 3, 4, 5 Supreme Court justices, is defending the constitution.” The Texas senator vowed that as president he would reverse the damages done by Barack Obama and that he would be “faithful and vigorous defending the constitution.”

TED CRUZ IS THE ONE WE NEED FOR BRINGING US TOGETHER AS ONE
and the end of the use of using government policy creating hyphenations like afro-American,and-hispanic-American a race baiting policy designed to divide people

into ONE FLAG.... ONE LANGUAGE .ONE PEOPLE ......AMERICANS


6 posted on 03/01/2016 11:08:10 AM PST by mosesdapoet (My best insights get lost in FR's becaus e of meaningless venting no one reads.)
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To: knarf
It's so easy having a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ". If any other Christian comes under fire then it can be said "Well that's not my Christianity."

May a thousand heresies bloom!

7 posted on 03/01/2016 11:09:02 AM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: ebb tide

Authentic Catholicism will rise. It will start small.but will gain membership as the truth is lived and practiced by faithful Catholics. I have no fear of anti-Catholicism. True Catholicism can withstand anything!


8 posted on 03/01/2016 11:09:16 AM PST by JPII Be Not Afraid
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To: MeganC

Admit it: you didn’t actually pay any attention to the article. In fact, I’m not sure you paid much attention to either this article or the one you posted.


9 posted on 03/01/2016 11:09:20 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: ebb tide
It sure might behoove Catholics to look even closer to politics. The last three Speakers of the House of Representatives have been Catholic... NOT a one of them have ended the federal funding of abortion. They all three spend US taxpayers dollars like drunken sailors. This so call ‘social justice’ agenda is gutting US from the inside out... And this demand for open borders is against US... I am beginning to think it is not possible for a Catholic to take an oath of office...to protect and defend the Constitution. It is Written one cannot serve two masters...
10 posted on 03/01/2016 11:10:16 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Jesus said Luke 17:32 Remember Lot's wife.)
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To: who_would_fardels_bear
It's so easy having a "personal relationship with Jesus Christ".

If you don't hmm I fear for your salavation. The Bible plainly states unless you have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ, meaning you believe he was God in human flesh and only belief in what he has done for you can save you well then you my friend are lost and on your own when you die. No doctrine, Pope, ritual, creed, or church can save you. A golden question I learned in my apologetics course I was to ask any Catholic who believes a church or works can save you is....Why would you want that to be true? Really think before you answer and be honest. If you seriously meditate on that question and are honest with yourself, it may just change your life.

11 posted on 03/01/2016 11:24:12 AM PST by pburgh01
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To: ebb tide

I just posted another article from The Federalist but it got pulled immediately. It was a different author, maybe that’s it. It was an article that Rush spent a lot of time on today. It was titled “Donald Trump is the Next Barack Obama” by Angelo Codevilla. Then again, maybe I was censored, which is fine...its obviously not my site. Interesting, though.
http://thefederalist.com/2016/02/29/donald-trump-is-the-next-barack-obama/


12 posted on 03/01/2016 11:47:36 AM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: mosesdapoet
In his reply the pope used the term One, to generalize his example and began with; If actually one said and Pope Francis continued with : One does, one did, one believes : such and such in his response to a rather lenghty loaded question by a so called reporter.. it was meant to be a generalized position applied to anyone who has those views when answering the questions that were presented to him .

So IOW Francis characterized not only Trump, but any other American in favor of a border wall as "not Christian".

Which diverts the attention from the media and its involvement while minimizing the Cruz candidacy.

Cruz "minimized the Cruz candidacy" with his dirty TPA maneuvers, his vote for the Corker Iran bill, his support for increasing H-1B visas 500%, and his slimy campaign tactics. His incestuous relationship with the Bush oligarchy didn't do him any favors, either.

13 posted on 03/01/2016 12:42:43 PM PST by BlatherNaut
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To: MeganC

Los of hysteria directed against the Church when the American public schools have concealed far more pederasts than the Church.


14 posted on 03/01/2016 8:37:32 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: pburgh01
I was lied to on many occasions by well-meaning fundamentalist/evangelicals in college and have a bit of a chip on my shoulder as a result.

I know I should give it a rest, but being human, I'm occasionally tempted to make a dig at fundies.

Fundies tend to be very self-assured of the correctness of their position so I imagine my mild taunts don't have much effect.

Years of reading the Bible, studying theology and philosophy have convinced me that fundamentalism is fundamentally flawed, but to each his own.

Your comments, however well-intended, as always with fundamentalists, were completely unrelated to the point I was making.

15 posted on 03/01/2016 8:43:23 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: BlatherNaut

Of course your charges, the comment about the incestuous? relationship with the Bush oligarchy is the most laughable.


16 posted on 03/01/2016 8:44:03 PM PST by RobbyS (What about the size of the national debt?)
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To: RobbyS

This isn’t about the secular, atheist public schools. This is about an organization that goes around pretending to be a church.


17 posted on 03/02/2016 8:57:11 AM PST by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: RobbyS

What’s sad (but not “laughable”) is the way Americans are so easily manipulated by globalist ruling elite mass manipulation strategies.

Red Flags => TPA, Corker, H-1B... Follow the money.

Globalist agenda => Anti-life.


18 posted on 03/02/2016 9:05:58 AM PST by BlatherNaut
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