Posted on 02/18/2016 9:20:36 AM PST by TigerClaws
Pope Francis started out by saying (LINK), "A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian."
Asked specifically about Trump, Pope Francis said,
"I say only that ‘This man is not Christian if he has said things like that,’†Francis said. "We must see if he said things in that way and in this I give the benefit of the doubt."
...for ambiguity, for equivocation --- and even for insinuation --- but the record shows he did not initiate an attack on Trump. Despite being egged-on by the press, he chose to give Trump "the benefit of the doubt."
This is like saying George Washington, the Father of our country, wasn’t a Christian! Just because he protected our sovereignty, and furthermore, warned us against foreign entanglements!
I call it ecclesiastical bafflegab.
How crucially true.
What you said of Catholicism, can equally be said of Communism needing poverty, hunger, ignorance and misery for ideal recruitment conditions.
Both ideologies have remarkable parallels in spite of one being outright atheistic.
Both disquise themselves as noble causes with goal of takong care of, and bettering the common people.
However, Communism and Catholicism are totaliarian in nature as a matter of historical fact.
Both have KILLED MILLIONS in their exercise of authority and control over thought, ideas, conscience, liberty and freedom.
Both also have their cult icons, idols and “infallible” leaders.
Both have ardent followers that willfully and irrationally ignore body count fact and remain steadfastly wed to these corrupt misery-making belief systems.
Fortunately, we’ve come to know the truth about both authoritarian systems.
Prediction: In the economic turmoil days ahead, the Catholic Church and Communism will form an unholy alliance to usher in an ugly final attempt to control all the planet’s people in an emerging New World Order.
You can already see their efforts playing out toward that end.
RE:
“Yes. Leftist Pope wants our whole country to collapse because poverty is a great recruitment tool for the church.
Stay out of our Politics Pope! Your a leftist who grew up in Argentina and only know what your leftists who taught you Marxism well. He is a politician”
The remains of a wall certainly exist; but there are countless unobstructed, unguarded accesses. Directly in front of St. Peter’s are at least two large thoroughfares into the tiny city, not to mention the city’s multi-level underground parking lots. The queue shown in your photo is for entry to the Vatican Museum, not “the Vatican” or Vatican City. Most of the city is car-free (except for inhabitants’), but so are streets in the historic, and often walled, portions of just about every city in Italy, many of which (like Lucca) are more securely walled.
pope francis isn’t a real pope.
he’s an illegal replacement pope.
the real pope’s name is benedict
That was the non-diplomatic explanation of Trump’s statement.
No, it was just a mealy mouthed attack instead of a direct one.
So not only does francis have the gift of gab, he also has the curse of bafflegab!
“I am Catholic but my disappointment in the church seems to be NEVER ending, they scream about abortion YET always vote DEM, the coverup of the molestation of young boys, and now this pope is just to much for me to handle!!! It has become such a battle within myself to have been raised in a religion that I find myself disgusted with!!! I do NOT like this pope!!!”
I’m with you. I grew up in a strict Catholic household and attended 16 years of Catholic school. So, I am eminently qualified to tell this pope to STFU and worry about his own problems!
BKMK
Nail meet hammer.
That is a fair observation, as made by another poster.
Benedict is almost the Man in the Iron Mask right now. Why?
LOL! Ok, that was pretty direct, and to the point (and I agree with your 'less than subtle' statement).
something was threatened that he deeply cared about????
Thank you for your kind words but I don’t think I want a church that survives the molestation of young boys by priests and does EVERYTHING it can to cover it up!!! The battle within myself is I DO NOT believe in social justice and I am finding myself more and more against the beliefs of my church than I am for the beliefs of my church!!! This pope has just been the absolute icing on the cupcake!!!! I wonder if other Catholics are having this same turmoil within themselves!! I have today decided I am going to seek out another church to attend!!!
Francis now seems to be leaning toward artificial contraception due to the Zika virus and that will be a huge problem.
He is old though and there's rumors that his health isn't great. At least we didn't get someone in their fifties with Francis' views.
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