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Pope Francis: Women Can Change the System of Power Behind Russia-Ukraine War
Catholic News Agency ^ | 3/24/22 | Hannah Brockhaus

Posted on 03/26/2022 6:14:03 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pope Francis said on Thursday that women can help the world change from a logic of power, domination, and war, to one of service and care.

Reflecting on the war in Ukraine and how to end it, the pope said that “the real answer is not more weapons, more sanctions.”

He decried states’ spending on weapons as “insanity,” in the March 24 speech to women from the Centro Femminile Italiane (Italian Women’s Center).

“The real answer, as I said, is not more weapons, more sanctions, more political-military alliances, but a different approach, a different way of governing the now globalized world — not by showing one’s teeth, as right now — a different way of governing international relations,” he said.

Speaking in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, the pope went on: “Why did I want to reflect on this with you? Because you are an association of women, and women are the protagonists of this change of course, of this conversion. Provided that they are not assimilated into the prevailing power system. As long as they maintain their identity as women.”

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1 posted on 03/26/2022 6:14:03 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

The red pope must have missed the history of one of the most bloodthirsty leaders in China, Wu Zetian. Maybe he should bone up on Elizabeth 1, Catherine The Great. This pope and Biden should take up with each other. Both embarassing


2 posted on 03/26/2022 6:18:26 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: marshmallow

How bout a Tranny, maybe that would work.

Fckn moron.


3 posted on 03/26/2022 6:20:09 PM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: marshmallow

Can Francis define, “women”?


4 posted on 03/26/2022 6:20:23 PM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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Lysistrata ?


5 posted on 03/26/2022 6:25:59 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: marshmallow
a different way of governing the now globalized world

comment self-censored.

6 posted on 03/26/2022 6:26:07 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: marshmallow

Tell that to the Russians.


7 posted on 03/26/2022 6:27:36 PM PDT by sima_yi ( Reporting live from the far North)
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To: marshmallow

8 posted on 03/26/2022 6:37:44 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: marshmallow

But what IS a woman, Frankie? Apparently, it’s a tough question because even the “brightest of the bright” in America can’t define it.


9 posted on 03/26/2022 6:40:44 PM PDT by Prince of Space ( Let’s go, Brandon! )
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To: marshmallow

Given that our current relationship with Russia was heavily influenced by Madelaine Albright, Hilary Clinton, and Victoria Nuland, I don’t think that women are the answer.


10 posted on 03/26/2022 6:43:35 PM PDT by FarCenter
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To: marshmallow

So the pope can define what a woman is?


11 posted on 03/26/2022 6:44:32 PM PDT by Smellin Salt
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To: marshmallow

Didn’t Antigone try this?


12 posted on 03/26/2022 7:30:31 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Suppo)
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To: marshmallow
Hey Francis, kiss my grits!


13 posted on 03/26/2022 8:23:37 PM PDT by OneVike (Just another Christian waiting to go home)
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To: marshmallow

Shut up Frankie. You haven’t a clue about what you’re talking about.


14 posted on 03/26/2022 9:53:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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To: marshmallow
"Pope Francis: Women Can Change the System of Power Behind Russia-Ukraine War"

Well Mario, that depends on what your definition of the word "woman" is.

15 posted on 03/26/2022 10:26:30 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: marshmallow

Can you define a Woman for us, Mr. Pope?


16 posted on 03/26/2022 11:09:02 PM PDT by cranked
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