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Pope says weapons manufacturers can't call themselves Christian
Reuters ^ | 6-21-2015 | Philip Pullella

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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To: windcliff
Marxist, in league with Satan.

FUPF

221 posted on 06/21/2015 3:59:15 PM PDT by Lazamataz (The new GOP slogan: "Vote for us!!! We are exactly the same as the Democrats !!!")
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To: bert

“but is the catechism really relevant to world affairs and nations any more than Sharia law?”

I simply wish Catholic bishops, including the Pope, would keep in mind everything that has come before them to temper their remarks and keep some balance in their thinking.


222 posted on 06/21/2015 3:59:53 PM PDT by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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To: windcliff

Hot diggidy! Randoms would be happy to take over arms manufacture. Arms purchasers can still call them selves Christian, can’t they?


223 posted on 06/21/2015 4:03:11 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today.)
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To: ALASKA

“This Pope just jumped the shark...”

I wish a shark would jump him!


225 posted on 06/21/2015 4:06:22 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: windcliff
Misanthrope/infidel/heathen.

I like the sound of that.

226 posted on 06/21/2015 4:09:22 PM PDT by misanthrope (Liberalism; it is not unthinking ignorance, it is malignant evil.)
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To: windcliff

What next?
Perhaps he will Canonize the Kardashians...


227 posted on 06/21/2015 4:10:20 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're yelling "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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To: Mouton

We’ve suffered through bad popes before.


228 posted on 06/21/2015 4:11:09 PM PDT by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: windcliff

Is it possible for this retarded ape to say anything intelligent? Seriously, this clown is worse than Biden.


229 posted on 06/21/2015 4:12:08 PM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Death before disco.)
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To: windcliff

The irony is that Benedict stepped down because he feared he might slip into senility.


230 posted on 06/21/2015 4:13:21 PM PDT by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're yelling "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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To: TomServo

Probably on drugs. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least.


231 posted on 06/21/2015 4:13:36 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: Pikachu_Dad

“Hmmm, Didn’t a former Pope or two enlist soldiers into a Crusade or two ?!? Wonder what would have happened without arms?”

Cut in Monty Python ...

[King Arthur has just cut the Black Knight’s last leg off]

Black Knight: All right, we’ll call it a draw.

King Arthur: [Preparing to leave] Come, Patsy.

[King Arthur and Patsy ride off]

Black Knight: [calling after King Arthur] Oh, oh, I see! Running away, eh? You yellow bastards! Come back here and take what’s coming to you! I’ll bite your legs off!


232 posted on 06/21/2015 4:13:59 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: windcliff

Is he going to go do an exorcism of Iraq to stop ISIS?


233 posted on 06/21/2015 4:16:28 PM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: profdeming

I bought a couple of surplus Swiss bayonets. They were surprisingly cheap especially considering the quality. They were very heavily chromed.

The code on one of mine indicated it was made by Victorinox which I guess makes sense. They were made for the STG-57, not sure if they would fit any others.

They cost $9.95 each.


234 posted on 06/21/2015 4:16:45 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: Patriotic1

there’s a difference between a bad pope and one that hates America


235 posted on 06/21/2015 4:17:00 PM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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To: doug from upland

Did not your own fellows back on ye ol’ Emerald Isle just vote to recognize and legalize the “marriages” of homosexual sodomites? Funny though how this Argentinian ASS-HAT was silent on that instance. But of course, since he himself is probably a dick-smoking turd-burglaring butt pirate.


236 posted on 06/21/2015 4:19:13 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: Mariner

If I recall correctly on the bow of each ship sent to fight the Turks was a priest praying.


237 posted on 06/21/2015 4:22:15 PM PDT by Fred Hayek (The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
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To: windcliff

Jorge is under the control of Satan.


238 posted on 06/21/2015 4:30:33 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: relentlessly

“This one is truly a Democrat.”

No, he’s not a Democrat - but rather he is a flaming Marxist asshole, without even two functioning brain cells.


239 posted on 06/21/2015 4:32:03 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: windcliff
The pope runs around with Armed guards everywhere he goes. What a f***ing hypocrite...
240 posted on 06/21/2015 4:32:44 PM PDT by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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