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Pope Francis: ‘Hypocrisy in the Church is Particularly Detestable’
Catholic News Agency ^ | 8/25/21 | Staff

Posted on 08/27/2021 6:55:59 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that hypocrisy within the Church is “particularly detestable.”

Speaking at the general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Aug. 25, the pope underlined that hypocritical behavior damaged Church unity.

“Hypocrisy in the Church is particularly detestable, and unfortunately there is hypocrisy in the Church, and there are many hypocritical Christians and ministers. We should never forget the Lord’s words: ‘Let what you say be simply Yes or No; anything more than this comes from evil,’” he said, quoting Matthew 5:37.

“Brothers and sisters, today, let us think about the hypocrisy that Paul condemns, and that Jesus condemns: hypocrisy. And let us not be afraid to be truthful, to speak the truth, to hear the truth, to conform ourselves to the truth, so we can love. A hypocrite does not know how to love.”

“To act otherwise means jeopardizing the unity of the Church, that unity for which the Lord Himself prayed.”

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1 posted on 08/27/2021 6:55:59 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Is this satire?


2 posted on 08/27/2021 6:56:40 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: marshmallow

The guy literally believes he’s God.


3 posted on 08/27/2021 6:59:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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To: marshmallow

Arrogance, propensity to degrade others, and a lack of humility in a Pope is particularly detestable.


4 posted on 08/27/2021 6:59:51 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: marshmallow

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. At least when he speaks about hypocrisy he knows what he’s talking about, unlike when he speaks about the Christian religion he quite publicly abandoned in October of 2019.


5 posted on 08/27/2021 7:00:57 PM PDT by Legatus (May the zot be with you)
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To: marshmallow; Al Hitan; DuncanWaring; Fedora; irishjuggler; Jaded; JoeFromSidney; kalee; ...
Ping

We should never forget the Lord’s words: ‘Let what you say be simply Yes or No; anything more than this comes from evil,’” he (Bergoglio) said, quoting Matthew 5:37.

Then answer the dubia; it's be been 1,803 days now.

6 posted on 08/27/2021 7:01:01 PM PDT by ebb tide
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To: marshmallow

No one exemplifies that more than you, Francis.


7 posted on 08/27/2021 7:12:41 PM PDT by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: marshmallow

Crypto-communists infiltrating the Church and inserting MARXIST Bergoglio as Pope is what I find indefensible. The antipope Bergoglio quotes Marx more than the Bible.


8 posted on 08/27/2021 7:45:39 PM PDT by WMarshal (The Pleasant Americ and )
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Then why doesn’t he stop?


9 posted on 08/27/2021 7:50:14 PM PDT by BipolarBob (Biden: "I did it but it's Trumps fault".)
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To: marshmallow

This man’s own pants are on fire 24/7 and he projects this crap to others...?


10 posted on 08/27/2021 7:54:05 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: marshmallow

Francis talking makes me dizzy.

Bring back Benedict.

Benedict was brilliant.


11 posted on 08/27/2021 7:54:43 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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To: marshmallow

When it comes to Afghanistan there is a refusal not only by the media and the so called (in name only) democratic party but by Christian leaders like Pope Francis to approach exposing the Taliban for it being a theocracy following the sharia creed which denies free will and ridicule their claim they are authorized by Our Creator to execute non believers. and instead brags about working with them.
If that exposure was explored and the emphasis was placed on Our Savior’s activities bringing in the New Covenant there would be more conversioms.


12 posted on 08/27/2021 8:34:35 PM PDT by mosesdapoet (mosesdapoet AKA Lee J Keslin posting in the hopes comments get passed around )
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To: marshmallow

I don’t recall this man condemning the terrorist attacks in Afghanistan, or the actions of biden which led to them.


13 posted on 08/28/2021 4:44:57 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Trump: Make America Great Again. biden: Make Taliban Great Again. )
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To: marshmallow

He needs to remove the log from his own eye first.


14 posted on 08/28/2021 5:07:21 AM PDT by BubbaBasher ("Liberty will not long survive the total extinction of morals" - Sam Adams)
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To: marshmallow

Physician heal thyself


15 posted on 08/28/2021 6:23:57 AM PDT by circlecity
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