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Pope Francis Scolds Congress for Gun and Weapons Sales
Breitbart ^ | 24 Sep 2015 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 09/24/2015 5:25:29 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

On September 24, Pope Francis scolded Congress for guns and weapons which are manufactured in America and sold around the world.

He said he was determined “to minimize and, in the long term, to end the many armed conflicts throughout our world,” as he addressed the billion-dollar sales from American companies that he sees as a contributing factor to conflicts abroad.

According to The Intercept, Pope Francis said:

Here we have to ask ourselves: Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood. In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade.

U.S. manufacturers make tens of billions cumulatively—The Intercept cites a figure of $23.7 billion in 2014 alone—from guns and weapons that are sold “to nearly 100 different countries.” The sales “have surged to record levels” under Obama, due in part to taxpayer subsidized sales to Israel and Egypt and “huge shipments to Gulf States, particularly Saudi Arabia.” And Saudi Arabia has subsequently been criticized for using “cluster bombs and other munitions… to hit densely populated areas, schools, and even a camp for displaced people in Yemen.” These are some of the things that appear to be behind Pope Francis’s statements on this issue.

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To: E. Pluribus Unum; All
Hey there your Hole-In-The-Headliness, this predecessor of yours didn't seem to think guns were all that bad, in fact they were quite useful in resisting tyranny:

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[Karol Wojtyla at 19 yrs old, later known as Pope John Paul II.]
41 posted on 09/24/2015 5:56:03 PM PDT by mkjessup (If you really support Ted Cruz, don't be trashing Trump, Cruz doesn't, why should you?)
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To: AU72

I thought the Swiss Guards carry only pikes & halberds.

(just kidding, they all have modern police weapons & training).


42 posted on 09/24/2015 5:57:14 PM PDT by elcid1970 (qui)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If we went to the Vatican and tried to tell him how to run the church, I wonder how he would like it.

This guy can butt out of our internal affairs. NOW!

It’s none of his business. PERIOD!


43 posted on 09/24/2015 5:59:52 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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To: goldstategop

Not even close. Francis was talking about COUNTRIES making money on arms-sales, fueling wars, not about the 2nd amendment or gun-sales to individuals.

“Being at the service of dialogue and peace also means being truly determined to minimize and, in the long term, to end the many armed conflicts throughout our world. Here we have to ask ourselves: Why are deadly weapons being sold to those who plan to inflict untold suffering on individuals and society? Sadly, the answer, as we all know, is simply for money: money that is drenched in blood, often innocent blood. In the face of this shameful and culpable silence, it is our duty to confront the problem and to stop the arms trade.”


44 posted on 09/24/2015 6:00:13 PM PDT by Mach9
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I guess we won’t be seeing any more canonizations among the martyrs of the Spanish Civil War. When the government started destroying churches and imprisoning clergy in 1936, the army attempted to overthrow it; when that failed, a Catholic militia (the Carlists) was critical in securing sections of northern Spain for the army (and preventing more murders of clergy).

When Jesus had to choose an apostle to lead the Church, He chose a very flawed man who at least had the courage to draw (and use) a sword when they came to arrest Him. He knew Peter would die for the faith (and he did). The gentle John the Beloved had his reward by being the only one to die a natural death - he was not designated the head of the Church.


45 posted on 09/24/2015 6:01:47 PM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Just so the Roman Catholic Bishop of Rome may undestand that the owner ship of weapons is not an issue..

From the book of John
Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and struck the high priest’s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant’s name was Malchus.

Christ did admonish him for using the sword, but that Peter had it says volumes.

Each new Bishop of Rome reminds me why I am a Christian, but not a Catholic.


46 posted on 09/24/2015 6:05:12 PM PDT by Bidimus1
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To: goldstategop

“How religious Catholics can tolerate this worm of a man as their leader is beyond me.”

I’m not a Catholic, but I think it is the same way that we all have to endure Obama as president. What else can you do, within the law? Very little.

“Now there arose a new king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.”


47 posted on 09/24/2015 6:06:44 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Behold the Yebetable. It is something like a vegetable, but with less energy.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
https://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/20TH.HTM

Rudolph Rummel should be famous, and his findings should be taught in high school. Among his accomplishments was to add up the body counts of communism and democracy. What he learned about the lethality of communism explains why academic leftists ignored him.

48 posted on 09/24/2015 6:07:30 PM PDT by TChad
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To: miss marmelstein

Hmmmmm....Uzi is Jewish. The others are probably Lutheran. I wonder if it makes a difference when submitting a weapons bid to the Vatican.


49 posted on 09/24/2015 6:09:23 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Not for nothing has he said anything on the murderous muzzies who are lopping off christian heads?...........I thought so


50 posted on 09/24/2015 6:17:46 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

What did he have to say about his priests molesting children?
did he mention abortion with vote on planed deathhood?


51 posted on 09/24/2015 6:24:58 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

i have pictures that i sent to my friends of all the port-a-potties around here in philly. my comment was:
the street department misread the memo from mayor (who is a) “Nutter”. he wrote: we need to to be prepared for the huge crowds when the pope comes here.. They misread the memo and thot he said, we need to be prepared for the huge poop coming. every one in the city is taking pictures of the thousands of port-a-potties lined up on all the major streets. i’ll try to post the pics. does the Nutter think catholics need to p** alot? Sorry, i’m prating for a huge rainstorm. best security measure.


52 posted on 09/24/2015 6:36:01 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2 (civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
The Pope should go back to the Vatican and play with himself!
53 posted on 09/24/2015 6:39:14 PM PDT by dalereed
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Popes don’t have constitutions to worry about. Some don’t even confine themselves to the scriptures.


54 posted on 09/24/2015 7:04:53 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As far as I am concerned, a healthy arms industry in this country is necessary for our security and that of our allies, including Israel. We and our allies prevent true barbarism from running wild. As such, the Pope should be THANKFUL that we sell arms.

Oh, and regarding Israel, it is the one place Jews have had a refuge for the last 2,000 years...during much of which the Pope’s organization led the intellectual, theological and physical persecution and mass murder of the Jews - the very People that gave birth to the Church’s savior. The Pope should tread very carefully in these matters.

Frankly, he should largely mess out of non-religious affairs...his doctrinal infallibility does not apply here, and he opens himself up to any and all criticism.


55 posted on 09/24/2015 7:16:08 PM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

“How did they get Benedict to resign?”

I always thought that was very very suspicious and wasn’t surprised at all by whom he was replaced with.


56 posted on 09/24/2015 8:34:26 PM PDT by conservativegranny (Cruz 2016)
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To: goldstategop

How religious Catholics can tolerate this worm of a man as their leader is beyond me.
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Based on articles posted on FR every day, it appears that many of the Cardinals in Europe are refusing to follow his dictates (or whatever Catholics call them) and the Catholic church attendance and membership is continuing to fall.

Oh... If the subject of your above statement was Obama and the words “religious Catholics” were replaced with “Americans”, it would still be appropriate.


57 posted on 09/24/2015 9:59:30 PM PDT by octex
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So we have a president that is not American and Catholics have a pope that is not Christian...


58 posted on 09/25/2015 12:57:27 AM PDT by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Is this Pope guy going back home soon?
He really grates on my American sensibilities!


59 posted on 09/25/2015 1:09:24 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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To: wastoute

You can’t imagine how odd it is to be an American Catholic at this point; we can just hope it is a short papacy (and the Kenyan communist is almost done).

I’ve found it very therapeutic to just think like a gibsmedat (basically, about nothing but myself and my family/tribe); I can hear the most horrific news and shrug. I don’t “give” anything beyond what Uncle Sam wrings from me...


60 posted on 09/25/2015 3:56:25 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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