Posted on 06/21/2015 12:36:05 PM PDT by windcliff
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By Philip Pullella
TURIN, Italy, June 21 (Reuters) - People who manufacture weapons or invest in weapons industries are hypocrites if they call themselves Christian, Pope Francis said on Sunday.
Francis issued his toughest condemnation to date of the weapons industry at a rally of thousands of young people at the end of the first day of his trip to the Italian city of Turin.
"If you trust only men you have lost," he told the young people in a long, rambling talk about war, trust and politics after putting aside his prepared address.
"It makes me think of ... people, managers, businessmen who call themselves Christian and they manufacture weapons. That leads to a bit a distrust, doesn't it?" he said to applause.
He also criticised those who invest in weapons industries, saying "duplicity is the currency of today ... they say one thing and do another."
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What a fraud this pope is.
Sums it up.
This guy fell off his rocker a long time ago. He’s just plain stupid.
this guy doesn’t know when to shut up
Oh yeah? Well maybe the Pope can explain how single women and elderly folks should defend themselves?
Small man in a big job.
see also: Obama, Barack.
It was a mistranslation.
It’s hard to believe in 10 years we’ve gone from John Paul II to this.
And then right after he said all those working for abortions have been excommunicated.
The Cardinals really chose a winner this time. What an idiot!
I would then suggest that the pope divest of his Glocks, Berettas and H&K submachine guns ...
I guess next he’ll say a lot of abortions are caused by weapons. Or gorbull warming.....
A pope only the leftist can love.
Please STFU pope and stick to counting the billions you have in the Vatican.
Are the makers of the cannons used in the Battle of Lepanto damned to Hell?
Make sure the Pope disarms his security and gets rid of all the swords used by his entourage and remove all the weapons from his seals.
Bouncers gotta find work too, ya know!
This clown is going to drive me from the Church.
Perhaps he should lead by example. Eliminate the Vatican Guard, eliminate his bodyguards, open the Vatican to anyone who wishes to live there, open his dining room to all who wish to partake, open the treasury to those in “need” and while he is at it, prosecute those who break the law, perhaps starting the pedophile priests.
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