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Pope Francis Says It’s an ‘Honor’ to be Criticized by Americans
National Catholic Register ^
| September 4, 2019
| Edward Pentin
Posted on 09/04/2019 4:00:40 PM PDT by ebb tide
Pope Francis Says It’s an ‘Honor’ to be Criticized by Americans
His throwaway remark, made in connection with a new book that claims influential American Catholics want him to step down, generated surprise aboard the papal flight today to Mozambique.
ON THE PAPAL PLANE — A quip by Pope Francis aboard the papal plane this morning raised a few eyebrows of those traveling with him — and sent his press handlers scrambling.
After takeoff on his way to the Mozambique capital of Maputo, the Pope customarily greeted journalists on the papal plane. Among those he met was Nicolas Seneze, Rome correspondent for the French Catholic daily newspaper La Croix, which just published Seneze’s book, How America Wants to Change the Pope.
The book threads together different aspects of this pontificate — in particular the McCarrick abuse scandal and the Archbishop Carlo Viganò testimony — to conclude that influential figures in the U.S. Church are out to, if not replace Pope Francis, then to actively challenge him.
The book quotes professor Massimo Faggioli of Villanova as saying wealthy conservative Catholics have stepped into the vacuum of authority left by the sex abuse scandal to become the de facto leaders of the Catholic Church in the U.S.
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
TOPICS: Apologetics; Catholic; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: dictatorpope; francischurch; romancatholic; usa
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:00:40 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
To: ebb tide
Papal plane for Mr Environment?? Say it isn’t so...
To: ebb tide
I haven't heard a single noteworthy comment or proclamation made by this Pope that's consistent with what I was taught during 10.5 years of Catholic school during the 1950s/1960s.
Not one!
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:04:22 PM PDT
by
Gay State Conservative
(A joke: Brennan,Comey and Lynch walk into a Barr...)
To: ebb tide
It's an honor to be criticized by this commie poop pope.
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:04:25 PM PDT
by
Maceman
(Trump Trumps Hate!!!)
To: Al Hitan; Coleus; DuncanWaring; ebb tide; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; JoeFromSidney; kalee; ...
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:04:36 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ebb tide
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:07:40 PM PDT
by
Kozak
(DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
To: ebb tide
Just curious...when are the Catholics gonna throw this guy out? Never heard anything attributed to him about the religion, only about SJ issues.
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:12:08 PM PDT
by
EinNYC
To: ebb tide
Well, in this case, I’d love to give him more honor, every single day if needed!
Leftist have finally succeeded in infiltrating the highest levels of the church with the intent of destroying it
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:15:05 PM PDT
by
dsrtsage
(For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
To: ebb tide
Demonstrating the love of God again and how he tries to act as the head of God’s church here on earth...
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:23:51 PM PDT
by
Skywise
To: ebb tide
Frank is a tool.
He gets a little on his thumb every time he wipes his tyrannical bunghole.
At no time have I ever seen this monkey try to grow the CHURCH.
An audience with this pope is like an audience with a heroin addicted hooker with open sores on her face.
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:32:58 PM PDT
by
Eddie01
To: All
Whenever I think of rejoining the Church, this crackpot Pope says something to repel me.
To: ebb tide
International criminals should be sure they understand what “RICO” means in the US.
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:35:27 PM PDT
by
Cincinnatus.45-70
(What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
To: ebb tide
Aka honor to be praised by Qatarand islamist terrorists.
It was also an honor Mr usurper Pope Francis idiot to be Al Qaeda and criticized by America and vice versa
FUPF
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posted on
09/04/2019 4:38:46 PM PDT
by
JudgemAll
(Democrats Fed. job-security in hatse:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
To: ebb tide
All Catholics are officially led by this man.
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:04:05 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
All Catholics are officially led by this man.Nope. They're led by Jesus Christ.
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:08:24 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ebb tide
So the Pope does not lead the Catholic church?
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:10:35 PM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: ConservativeMind
No. Jesus Christ leads the Catholic Church. And that’s His Only Church.
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:13:34 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ConservativeMind
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:17:19 PM PDT
by
ebb tide
(We have a rogue curia in Rome)
To: ebb tide
Christ’s Church is ‘all’ believes who are in Him by his spirit and is The Body of Christ......regardless of what church they do or not attend.
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posted on
09/04/2019 5:20:20 PM PDT
by
caww
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