Francis: “I don’t separate Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants”

Pope Francis is happy that the former German war minister, Ursula von der Leyen, a pro-gay ideologist, is the new President of the European Commission, the EU’s main executive body.

"Women unite," Pope Francis told the Italian daily La Stampa (August 9). For him the main challenge for the EU is "dialogue," although he himself kills any form of dialogue in his own Church.

Those who are critical of mass-immigration resemble according to Francis to "Hitler in 1934."

Francis uses the pro-life expression "right to life" to propagate mass-immigration claiming [falsely] that illegal mass-immigrants into Europe escape "war" or "hunger." He comes up with the bizarre proposal to move "migrant communities" into "semi-empty towns" in Europe which then would "revive the economy of the area."

Francis claims that the EU should be relaunched on [nebulous] "human values." Only then he mentions nebulous "Christian values," adding quickly, "When I say this, I don't separate Catholics, Orthodox, and Protestants."

He believes that the Amazon Synod will be "guided by the Holy Spirit," as if this were a supernatural event. Abolishing celibacy is "simply one topic of the Instrumentum Laboris," he explains.

For this world, Francis fears most the "disappearance of biodiversity", "new lethal diseases" and a "devastation of nature."

A big part of the interview is about the European Union, melting glaciers, Siberian wildfires, the Overshoot Day, oxygen, biodiversity, fertilizer, open-cast mines, Greta Thunberg. None of this is the business of the See of Peter.

“Yet, catholics will not disown him. “

The bishops put him there. The fact that the creme de creme of the Catholic Church placed such a leftist politician in St. Peter’s chair speaks volumes about what has happened to the Catholic Church.

The problem is not just this Pope. The problem is systemic.

Jesus declared in Mark 13:23 ... But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.

This was long before any jot or tittle of the so called New Testament was ever placed upon plant fibers, animal skins, or chiseled into stone. Traditions of men make the WORD null and void. Reason why there will be an education period called the Lord’s day.

Yes well when the pope says he sees no difference between RC, Orthodox and Protestants it means he stands for nothing. He doesn’t care about Holy Tradition, he doesn’t care about the Holy Mysteries. He doesn’t care about Apostolic Succession. How could anyone pledge allegiance to him? He stands for nothing. He’s like the frog that was neither hot or cold. Lukewarm. Therefore God will spit this charlatan out of his mouth.
I don’t think this communist pope sees a difference between Islam and Christianity. Even on the face of continued Muslim terrorism. His only goal is to recoup all the money the RC lost and will loose from lawsuits caused by the perverted homo and otherwise child molesting priesthood.

If you might name the specific Popes who “carried out the . . . . mass slaughter of the Jews” you would advance your case.

I’m opposed to all the speakers of the house who covertly formed seditious alliances with martians. Who wouldn’t be? However, naming names helps to establish that what I am opposing is not merely a figment of some one’s imagination, whether my own, or someone whom I trust.

For starters:

Pope Stephen VI (896–897), who had his predecessor Pope Formosus exhumed, tried, de-fingered, briefly reburied, and thrown in the Tiber.[1]:19

Pope John XII (955–964), who gave land to a mistress, murdered several people, and was killed by a man who caught him in bed with his wife.

Pope Benedict IX (1032–1044, 1045, 1047–1048), who "sold" the Papacy.

Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303), who is lampooned in Dante's Divine Comedy.

Pope Urban VI (1378–1389), who complained that he did not hear enough screaming when Cardinals who had conspired against him were tortured .[1]:153

Pope Alexander VI (1492–1503), a Borgia, who was guilty of nepotism and whose unattended corpse swelled until it could barely fit in a coffin.[1]:204

Pope Leo X (1513–1521), a spendthrift member of the Medici family who once spent 1/7 of his predecessors' reserves on a single ceremony.[1]:218

Pope Clement VII (1523–1534), also a Medici, whose power-politicking with France, Spain, and Germany got Rome sacked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bad_Popes

Jesus built his church and that’s where my belief comes from. Religion is man made. Catholics have killed millions of Christians over the years, so it’s quite insulting to insinuate they have the same origins.

If you actually took the time to see what the Vatican teaches versus what the Bible says, you will have your eyes opened.

These people were all corrupt. In some cases, spectacularly so. But AFAIK none of them attempted to undermine the basic faith of their church. (FTR I am Eastern Orthodox and we tend to roll our eyes at the whole “infallibility” claim.) Francis appears to be in something of a class by himself. There have been a few popes who strayed close to, or slightly over the boundary line of Roman Catholic orthodoxy. But none have so openly trampled on that line until now.

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