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Unheard-of since the Papal States fell: Rome covered in posters critical of the Pope
Rorate Caeli ^ | February 4, 2017

Posted on 02/04/2017 5:14:10 AM PST by Petrosius

Rome woke up this Saturday with something quite new, and very old, in its streets: posters throughout the City (in the style of the old "pasquinate") critical of the Pope.

In English, from the Romanesco-inspired Italian:
Ah Francis, you have intervened in Congregations, removed priests, decapitated the Order of Malta and the Franciscans of the Immaculate, ignored Cardinals... but where is your mercy?

These were common at the time of the Papal States (before the fall of Porta Pia and the full unification of Italy in 1870): not for religious reasons, but rather for political complaints, since the Popes were also the secular rulers of the Pontifical territories.

Since then, these public criticisms of Pontiffs mostly disappeared in the City, considering the new Italian authorities were now those responsible for the secular government of the old papal territories, and that the Pope remained responsible only for religious matters. They still show up all the time against Italian politicians.

But when, by common Roman consent, the most tyrannical Pontiff since the Renaissance, still has the gall of speaking under the name of mercy (!!!!), the humor of the Roman people does not remain silent when faced with this charade.


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: catholic; pope; popefrancis; posters; rome
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1 posted on 02/04/2017 5:14:10 AM PST by Petrosius
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To: Petrosius

Glad to hear it.


2 posted on 02/04/2017 5:16:44 AM PST by miss marmelstein
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To: Petrosius

He has reduced a “pebble in my shoe”


3 posted on 02/04/2017 5:24:21 AM PST by keving (We the People)
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To: Petrosius

Good. He needs to be booted.


4 posted on 02/04/2017 5:34:50 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: keving

wounds my heart with a monotonous languor


5 posted on 02/04/2017 5:42:02 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Petrosius
na
6 posted on 02/04/2017 5:46:09 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Petrosius

+1


7 posted on 02/04/2017 6:01:36 AM PST by Romulus
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To: Petrosius

So does everyone else also envision Francis screaming in the streets as he angrily pulls each and every poster off the wall?

LOL.


8 posted on 02/04/2017 6:03:25 AM PST by piusv (Pray for a return to the pre-Vatican II (Catholic) Faith)
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To: Petrosius

I fully expect the Catholic Church to select the next Pope from either Ethiopia or Nigeria.

Unless of course the Marxists and Churchians are rooted out and expelled.

But I don't see that happening.

9 posted on 02/04/2017 6:06:27 AM PST by IDontLikeToPayTaxes
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To: Petrosius

Is there a 500 year cycle?


10 posted on 02/04/2017 6:09:26 AM PST by stayathomemom ( Read Shadow Men, The Progressive Virus, and The Marxist Playbook by Dr. Anthony Napoleon)
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To: Petrosius

This Pope does suck.


11 posted on 02/04/2017 6:09:40 AM PST by jospehm20
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To: Petrosius

Not surprised. About time.


12 posted on 02/04/2017 6:15:31 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: IDontLikeToPayTaxes
Not very many Catholics in Ethiopia. I don't believe they've a Cardinal in the country.

The Nigerians are typically very orthodox. A Nigerian Pope would probably be a blessing.

Cardinal Sarah is from Guinea, not Nigeria, but he would make a fine Pope. No Latin Americans, please.

13 posted on 02/04/2017 6:15:35 AM PST by Campion (Halten Sie sich unbedingt an die Lehre!)
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To: Petrosius

Look for Pope Francis to step down.


14 posted on 02/04/2017 6:17:10 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: Biggirl

Leftists never abdicate power.


15 posted on 02/04/2017 6:17:52 AM PST by Justa
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To: Petrosius

New Pope is a bit of a wackadoodle.


16 posted on 02/04/2017 6:19:08 AM PST by KSCITYBOY (The media is corrupt)
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To: Biggirl
Look for Pope Francis to step down

That megalomaniac? Never.

17 posted on 02/04/2017 6:21:10 AM PST by piusv (Pray for a return to the pre-Vatican II (Catholic) Faith)
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To: Petrosius

People are finally waking up to the fact that Jorge Bergoglio is much closer to being the Vicar of Lucifer than the Vicar of Christ.


18 posted on 02/04/2017 6:34:15 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: Justa

His “choice” may have nothing to do with it.


19 posted on 02/04/2017 6:40:54 AM PST by M1903A1 ("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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To: piusv

No.


20 posted on 02/04/2017 6:41:44 AM PST by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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