Posted on 04/11/2021 1:32:37 PM PDT by Marchmain
Pope Francis on Sunday argued that having received mercy, Jesus’ apostles became merciful themselves, sharing ownership over everything, calling such an arrangement “not communism, but pure Christianity.”
“The Acts of the Apostles relate that ‘no one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but everything they owned was held in common.’ This is not communism, but pure Christianity,” he said.
The pope’s words came as he marked Divine Mercy Sunday in a Roman church dedicated to the devotion. Given COVID-19 restrictions, the Church of Santo Spirito was half empty, yet filled with a group of male and female prisoners from three local prisons, a migrant family from Argentina, refugees coming from Syria, Nigeria and Egypt, and religious sisters who work in a local hospital.
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It’s Christianity if I choose to do it out of Christian goodness. It’s communism when the government declares it’s the law.
Every day, every proclamation, he proves he's more communist than Christian. Why did the CoC pick this man? To appease South Americans? They must have known he was a radical....
You First, Bergoglio, start sharing that Vatican Wealth, and also, I’m sure you won’t mind the Church starting to pay their fair share of taxes.
Undoubtedly directed at the country that “shares” the most and within that Christian conservatives who give the most. Of their own free will.
And who gives the least? The real communists like himself. Fool......
“When it’s voluntary not government policy”
That’s the traditional viewpoint, only. In Franckie’s new CCP-approved Bible, Jesus told Peter to buy a sword, so he could help the tax collector take wealth from the rich.
With everyone doing it by and for Christ? Did he leave out that part?
This Pope needs to review what forms of government suppress religion the most...
Hint, it isn’t capitalism.
The Vatican:
Money
It’s a crime
Share it fairly
But don’t take a slice of my pie
I cannot believe that man is Christian or Catholic or holy. He is a charlatan.And he is working evil.The Church has too many evil men in positions of authority. They are like the Pharisees.
Typical South American Jesuit.
It’s as if George Soros had magically become Pope.
Think about this. The pope hasn’t saved one soul.
Mass salvation is his job.
What a POS this tool is.
Next time I’m visiting Rome I want a share of a nice apartment in Vatican City with Swiss Gurard security and a car with a driver.
I’d also love to spend a night at Castel Gandolfo.
Sharing is not the same thing as being forced to share.
Paying your taxes is not charity.
How did this kook get selected as the Pope? Crappy choice.
You think the next Pope will be any better, given who elected Bergoglio?
Well maybe The Church may need to learn the difference, and start paying Taxes.
When it’s voluntary not government policy
“Sharing” at gunpoint isn’t sharing. It’s theft.
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