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To: Mrs. Don-o

You’re right, that would have been a much better (and kinder) answer for that child than what he was told by the Pope. I think we wouldn’t have heard a word about it had he done so.

Do you get the impression that Pope Francis imagines whatever comes out of his mouth has an automatic infallibility to it by nature of his position? Like he can say no wrong?


46 posted on 04/28/2018 10:40:28 PM PDT by boatbums (The Law is a storm which wrecks your hopes of self-salvation, but washes you upon the Rock of Ages.)
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To: boatbums
It does seem that he considers his opinions on a wide variety of subjects to be Authentic Magisterium. If this is the case, he is dead wrong.

But the maddening thing is, he never comes out in a straight, clear, and honest manner to propose his ponderous piffle. He just pops in with off-the-cuff remarks to the press at 35,000 feet, ambiguous footnotes, parenthetical whimsies, inscrutable koans, stage whispers to the kiddies, or winks and nods to his senile atheist buddies.

Either he's quite a dim bulb, or there is method in his muddle and he's just trying to provide himself with plausible deniability.

Either way, there's nothing there that should inspire your respect, or mine either.

48 posted on 04/29/2018 8:58:40 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (O Jesus, forgive us our sins...Lead all souls to heaven, especially those in most need of Thy mercy.)
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