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The Funeral Rites of Benedict XVI and the Many Petty Gestures of Francis
Rorate Caeli ^ | January 5, 2023 | Caminante Wanderer (Argentinia)

Posted on 01/08/2023 10:55:34 AM PST by ebb tide

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1 posted on 01/08/2023 10:55:34 AM PST by ebb tide
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2 posted on 01/08/2023 10:56:09 AM PST by ebb tide
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To: ebb tide; lightman

Orthodox hierarchs did the right thing at the funeral of Pope Benedict XVI!

Why couldn’t Pope Francis? Is he actually an antipope?


3 posted on 01/08/2023 11:04:54 AM PST by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: Honorary Serb

I personally believe he is an atheist communist that has infiltrated the church and brought many fellow travelers with him.


4 posted on 01/08/2023 11:09:51 AM PST by ChuckHam
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To: ChuckHam

You are not alone.


5 posted on 01/08/2023 11:32:44 AM PST by Conservative4Life (thy merchants were great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived. Rev18:23)
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To: ebb tide
I've said time and again someone needs to throw Frankie's ass in the Tiber the way the ancient Romans used to do with emperors who had fallen out of favor.
6 posted on 01/08/2023 11:33:36 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: Honorary Serb

>> Why couldn’t Pope Francis? Is he actually an antipope? <<

Since Pope Benedict did not resign the papacy, and he did not, the answer would seem to be “yes, he is an antipope.” You can’t have two popes.


7 posted on 01/08/2023 11:34:10 AM PST by dangus
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To: Honorary Serb

He is an embarrassment as a human being.


8 posted on 01/08/2023 11:41:39 AM PST by TTFX
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To: ebb tide; ChuckHam; Al Hitan; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; kalee; markomalley; miele man

What a different world from the one in which John Paul II, Margaret Thatcher, Lech Wałęsa, and Ronald Reagan brought down the Soviet Union.


9 posted on 01/08/2023 11:56:36 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: ChuckHam

it’s known fact infiltrating the Church by communists was a priority


10 posted on 01/08/2023 12:02:38 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: ebb tide

Francis = criminal, NOT Pope.


11 posted on 01/08/2023 12:09:56 PM PST by ClarityGuy
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To: ebb tide

Francis could have demonstrated his humilty before God which woud essentially say thanks to the graceful departure of the pope emeritus which by Gods grace allowed him to become pope.
But…
What Bergolio did was thumb his nose at his predecessor and say, I Am THE pope. Deal with it.


12 posted on 01/08/2023 12:34:00 PM PST by OpusatFR
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To: ChuckHam

Can’t say if either of your comments is true but the photo of Francis seated during the funeral reveals a darkness of his soul in a way wirds could not approach.


13 posted on 01/08/2023 12:35:27 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: ebb tide

It was telling to look at the priest section of the crowd (plain vanilla priests, not cardinals or bishops). Was there anyone over 40? I doubt it. Clearly young priests cared to pay their respects and the older men did not.


14 posted on 01/08/2023 12:37:45 PM PST by Romulus
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To: ebb tide

First thing I checked was a lie:

https://news.yahoo.com/vatican-bells-ring-former-pope-104953491.html

Next thing I wonder is whether they even have flag poles outside the Vatican?


15 posted on 01/08/2023 12:55:39 PM PST by edwinland
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To: ebb tide

The pope is a socialist dope.


16 posted on 01/08/2023 1:10:58 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Honorary Serb

He was alway the antipope until Benedict died. I would say that he will alway be one because Benedict was ousted in a palace coup and that it was an illegitimate Papal election.


17 posted on 01/08/2023 1:37:15 PM PST by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: dangus

In defense of Pope Francis — the college of cardinals duly elected him pope and there was no outcry at that time against the procedures observed in 2013.
Why all this agonizing today?


18 posted on 01/08/2023 1:41:15 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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To: Honorary Serb

Petty gestures are to be expected from petty men.


19 posted on 01/08/2023 2:02:48 PM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: xkaydet65

>>Francis seated during the funeral reveals a darkness of his soul<<

Whaaaaaaaat?

Remaining seated at a Pope’s funeral is now a capital sin worthy of hell?

Mr.xkaydet65, I am so glad you do not spell your name starting with G and ending with d.

Hopefully you’re just an innocent, but uncontrolled, emotional mess.

Sincerely,
353FMG (not a Francis appologist)


20 posted on 01/08/2023 2:07:38 PM PST by 353FMG (Secretly practicing my Putin swagger..)
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