[alphadoggie]

I’m Catholic and I’m sitting this Pope out. Meaning that I’m still a faithful churchgoing Catholic but I think that the conclave ignored the will of the Holy Spirit when it came to electing this one. It’s been known to happen, human frailty and politics and all.

I was willing to give the Pope a pass the first or second time he said something outrageous, as there’s no reason NOT to blame the press for most things and especially for bad translations, but as the hits just keep on coming it’s clearly not the press that’s the problem here.

[defconw]

So is it OK to kill in the name of religion and is it OK to provoke someone to violence over religion? Because if you read the article at EWTN or National Catholic Register that was the point he made.

I don't find it outrageous that a Christian religious leader would ask us to not turn the other cheek exactly, but to maybe temper our rhetoric. A person may have the right to say something, that does not mean it's always prudent to do so.

[Sam Gamgee]

Good for you and its good to hear from a Catholic on this. Hope more are like you or we are screwed.

[Nervous Tick]

>> I think that the conclave ignored the will of the Holy Spirit when it came to electing this one.

Yeah, Dennis... er, Francis is the only “affirmative action” pope I have experienced in my lifetime — and the worst pope I’m aware of, too.