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To: justiceseeker93; Alex Murphy
In three short phrases, Pope Francis has once again taken the lead in advocating for economic justice and fairness.

Actually, taken by themselves those three short phrases could just as easily be interpreted to be advocating for Christian charity away from government influence.

The problem with this Pope is that he doesn't seem to come out and say that. He does, however, appear to side with left-liberal interpretations of charity, which is worrisome to conservative Catholics and conservatives as a whole.

Too often we hear how the Pope is mistranslated. I'd rather hear him come out and remind us all, in whatever languages necessary, that in John 21 Jesus is not talking to Pilate but rather to Peter, an admonition that the Christian is responsible for aid to the poor, not government.

23 posted on 01/07/2014 1:56:21 PM PST by Colonel_Flagg (Some people meet their heroes. I raised mine. Go Army.)
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To: Colonel_Flagg
Too often we hear how the Pope is mistranslated. I'd rather hear him come out and remind us all, in whatever languages necessary, that in John 21 Jesus is not talking to Pilate but rather to Peter, an admonition that the Christian is responsible for aid to the poor, not government.

That being the case, the Catholic spin on this ought to be that (ironically) the Pope himself is responsible for aid to the poor. Jesus did not say to Peter "please tell the others to feed My sheep"!

24 posted on 01/07/2014 2:08:13 PM PST by Alex Murphy ("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
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