Posted on 02/23/2017 8:48:34 AM PST by detective
Pope Francis delivered another criticism of some members of his own Church on Thursday, suggesting it is better to be an atheist than one of "many" Catholics who he said lead a hypocritical double life.
In improvised comments in the sermon of his private morning Mass in his residence, he said: "It is a scandal to say one thing and do another. That is a double life."
"There are those who say 'I am very Catholic, I always go to Mass, I belong to this and that association'," the head of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church said, according to a Vatican Radio transcript.
(Excerpt) Read more at yahoo.com ...
All Christians are hypocrites, because all those who strive have fallen short.
One of the tenets of leadership is to honor those loyal to the principles of the organization, and to challenge those who are straying from its original doctrines, and hopefully bring them back into the fold.
Francis does the complete opposite. He insults those who try desperately to hold on to the religion of their childhood, and glorifies those who would take their church down the path of marxism.
Doesn’t he realize how many Christians have been tortured and murdered by the philosophy that he is espousing?
I am not Roman Catholic, so I don’t comment on the SPIRITUAL mistakes of this pope, but his POLITICAL behavior affects us all. By excusing and embracing Marxism, Islam, and Sexual Deviancy, he endangers Civilization, of which I consider myself a part.
“You are not Christian if you don’t deny your right to survival.”
... however, the Yahoo article is entirely FAKE NEWS.
“There are those who say ‘I am very Catholic, I always go to Mass, I belong to this and that association’,” the head of the 1.2 billion-member Roman Catholic Church said, according to a Vatican Radio transcript.
He said that some of these people should also say “’my life is not Christian, I don’t pay my employees proper salaries, I exploit people, I do dirty business, I launder money, (I lead) a double life’.”
“There are many Catholics who are like this and they cause scandal,” he said. “How many times have we all heard people say ‘if that person is a Catholic, it is better to be an atheist’.”
“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.”
Better to be saved. What a biblically clueless maroon.
This Pope sucks.
Yes they can be included in the “reprobate” category.
Nevermind what Jesus said over and over again...
A lot of catholics are both, seeing has how they live and/or supervise/govern.
You read the article? That’s cheating
Why leave? Popes come and go, the faith lasts forever.
More wit and wisdom from Francis the Talking Mule.
I Hope So !
Some of us are waiting for the next pope. With a 2000 year old church, we can try to be patient.
Pope is both it appears
He should look in the mirror.
Exactly.
So is he saying he’s a hypocrite?
Fortunately it’s not quite the highest.
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