[dp0622]

Pope Francis has said that speech should never be used in order to convince a non-believer of the truths of the Catholic Faith...

Then the Catholic church is gonna need a lot of ####ing mimes in the coming years :)

I have a long fuse and defended this guy from slander for a long time.

Slander away.

[trailboss800]

good grief...

[Jeff Chandler]

So we’re changing a successful business model after 2000 years?

[nonsporting]

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirt

Matthew 28:19

[Jeff Chandler]

Speaking of own personal experience from his native country of Argentina, Francis said. "In Argentina there is a small group of closed-minded Catholics who do not want Jews, do not want Muslims, but this group . . . I have never liked it, is a group that is on the fringe, they have a cultural magazine but they do not have impact in society."

Gossip is a sin. A big one.

[Ahithophel]

The Vicar of Christ apparently knows better than Christ. Time to get a scissors and cut Mark 16:14-16 out of Scripture:

14 Later He appeared to the eleven as they sat at the table; and He rebuked their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they did not believe those who had seen Him after He had risen. 15 And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. 16 He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

[Zhang Fei]

You know the Catholic church is going through changes when the Pope increasingly sounds like a heretic. In fact, his heresies are now verging on apostasy.

[nonsporting]

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? John 11:25-26

(Jesus proselytizing)

[Rocky]

I’m not a big fan of this pope, but I did a search and the only other records I can find of this talk at the high school do not say anything about proselytizing. I wonder if the statements related in this article are true representations of what he said. Can you find any other place which records these thoughts from that talk?

[Henry Cavendish]

This guy Francis is a bit of a goof-ball.

[piytar]

Anti-Pope. /spit

[HollyB]

Who is this man ?

[McCarthysGhost]

At this point in history where forces of secularization are working overtime, this Pope is attempting to further secularize The Catholic Church. He is part of the battle that has been raging in The RCC between the left and the right ever since Vatican II. If you watch him, his public statements are usually very politically charged, frequently championing the leftist political agenda and just as often they are aimed at conservatives within The RCC. He is very simply creating discord within The RCC and the world at large for the sake for his own petty political agenda. It is a terrible spectacle. That is apparently the character of this man.

[Josa]

Oh the irony.

Then he needs to practice that philosophy and SHUT UP.

We dont need to hear his words again. He can just show us by example.
Like climate change. He should never use an automobile, airplane or electricity again

Immigrants. Until he fills every vacant spot in every Catholic Church, shut up preaching about welcoming illega immigrants.

[Pollster1]

Matthew 28:18-20 “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, ‘All power is given to me in heaven and in earth. Go therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the world’.”

I won’t analyze or even worry about this Pope’s exact words. Mark said it clearly enough. I’m firmly convinced that if God wants us to change this approach, He will tell us unambiguously.

[melsec]

If that is what he said then the Catholic Church might want to poison another Pope. On the other hand though how much do they wish to pull all faiths in under one banner? To do so they have to deny the uniqueness of Christ, His mission and His commission.

[Rashputin]

[Telepathic Intruder]

So the actual disciples of Jesus were not disciples of Jesus? If you read the book of Acts, they did plenty of proselytizing.

[RoosterRedux]

Well, in their absence so far, here are the usual excuses offered by certain nasty and dishonest Freepers in defense of the Popester...

• These are the words of a journalist covering the Pope and not what the Pope said.
• This is a mistranslation of what the Pope said.
• This is not what the Pope meant when he said this.
• He has said things to the contrary elsewhere and we should believe those contrary statements not these in this article.
• You who criticize the Pope are out to get him and you are not believers in Christ (here you will notice the usual and standard shift from defense of the Pope to the attack of those criticizing him).

[rmlew]

Remember when “Is the pope Catholic” was an expression meaning of course, rather than a serious question?