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Vatican Hails BLM as ‘Non-Violent’
Church Militant ^ | 6/18/20 | Jules Gomes

Posted on 06/20/2020 5:48:06 PM PDT by marshmallow

African archbishop 'salutes' BLM's battle against racism

ROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Vatican News is praising Black Lives Matter (BLM) as a "movement dedicated to non-violent civil disobedience through protests against police violence directed at black persons as well as all forms of racism."

"The movement began in 2013 with the use of the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter on social media," the Holy See's official information service said Wednesday, providing context for comments from president of the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) Abp. Marcel Utembi Tapa, who said he "welcomed the fight against racism being spearheaded by the Black Lives Matter movement."

"Today, Black Lives Matter has decentralized into a broader and worldwide network of movements advocating against police violence towards minorities, the militarization of the police as well as against systemic racism around the world," Vatican News reported.

The Vatican media made no reference to BLM's involvement in riots, it's campaign to "defund the police" or to the movement's goals of "disrupt(ing) the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement," as explicitly stated on the "What we believe" page of the BLM website.

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TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; blackliesmatter; blackliesmurder; blacklivesmatter; blackracistsmatter; blm; francischurch; marcelutembitapa
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To: marshmallow

Peaceful? Non violent?

Setting fire to vehicles..to businesses..smashing windows, shops..looting..taking arm full of merchandise through broken window fronts.. hitting attacking police...

What part did the Vatican miss.


21 posted on 06/20/2020 7:12:19 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Jan_Sobieski

You know who decided to “disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure requirement?” Slave traders, almost all of whom voted Democrat. Black America never fully recovered, but when they finally asserted their God-give freedom, the Democrats assailed their families. And tragically, black America lost big. Some Republicans still recognize the necessity of the structure of the loving family to the development of children and especially its essential role in the formation of young men. Well-formed young men honor their fathers, without whose love they seek affirmation in criminal gangs that lure them to destroy their own communities, inculcate them in anti-black racism, and kill their own compatriots.

So vote Trump and save the lives of your compatriots from these Democrat-supported gangs.


22 posted on 06/20/2020 7:14:51 PM PDT by dufekin (Vote Trump; save lives)
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To: marshmallow

I dont give blm any respect... what i think of them now cant be on paper. They think tbus is how to get what they wznt,?
It may work for a week, but when the shock wears off, they will be more ill thought of. You cant force respect..you EARN it.


23 posted on 06/20/2020 7:16:30 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: marshmallow
This Pope hasn't made a single statement that's in keeping with what I was taught during 10.5 years of Catholic schools in the 1950s and 1960s.
24 posted on 06/20/2020 7:19:27 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Just Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election!)
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To: marshmallow

A serious question:

Can any Catholic here point me to a section of the CCC that deals with rejecting the counsel of an errant/heretic Pope?


25 posted on 06/20/2020 7:27:31 PM PDT by avenir
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To: frnewsjunkie

They forgot the modifier “mostly.”


26 posted on 06/20/2020 7:30:09 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: marshmallow

The pope’s position is consistent with that of someone who embraces Liberation Theology.


27 posted on 06/20/2020 7:45:54 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: avenir
This is a situation I never thought would be! A heretical Pope! As a born and raised Catholic, a conservative Catholic, a Catholic school graduate, & church lecture I can say, I believe the Catholic Church has left me 😪 This Pope, this imposter Pope is tearing down the fabric of Catholicism!
28 posted on 06/20/2020 7:50:41 PM PDT by bantam
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To: bantam

I am with you! I always say that the Lord kept Benedict there for a reason. He is my pope.


29 posted on 06/20/2020 8:23:04 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: marshmallow

OMG. This pope is as senile as Joe Biden!


30 posted on 06/20/2020 8:25:39 PM PDT by nutmeg (Mega prayers for Rush Limbaugh)
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To: marshmallow

If the vatican held a dinner party, communists leaders and socialist leaders and globalist leaders and climate change activists would be invited. Jesus would not be welcome.


31 posted on 06/20/2020 8:31:56 PM PDT by robel
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To: faithhopecharity

more likely this marxist pope is behind this crappola.


32 posted on 06/21/2020 4:17:14 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' Baby, Molon Labe)
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To: Joe Boucher
Could be. So sad 😭
33 posted on 06/21/2020 5:56:20 AM PDT by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, theyÂ’re excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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