Posted on 10/11/2023 1:03:28 PM PDT by ebb tide
For several months now, due to the reduced mobility suffered by the Pontiff, the Vatican has been trying to control and limit all of Francis' movements. The low attendance and participation of the faithful in the Angelus, audiences or Masses in the Vatican has set off alarm bells in Rome.
In this medium, both Specola and La Cigüeña de la Torre have echoed on countless occasions the continuous gaps that Pope Francis faces every time he has a public meeting. The vast majority of official photographs are close-ups of Pope Francis and first rows to avoid showing gaps and empty chairs. Gone are those years of enthusiasm in which St. Peter's Square became too small and you had to queue for hours to get a place.
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You can only tell people that they’re better off being atheists so often before they lose interest in you as a pope.
I’m Catholic and for most of my life I’ve been a practicing Catholic. Always went to mass, even when i was on vacation.
Since this LW clown has been pope i’ve gone to mass a handful of times the past two years. I refuse to support anything or any organization affiliated with this hypocritical clown.
And before the haters chime in- i pray every day
You have to have a dark heart to want to go any place the guy is.
Go to Mass and receive reverently on the tongue, or better yet while kneeling, if you want to actively undermine what you object to.
I’ll take “Real Catholics are disgusted by him” for $200, Alex.
Especially in Italy where his big “events” are held.
As Ann Roche Muggeridge wrote at the end of Desolate City “Don’t let the b@$t@rd$ drive you out.”
When you have a Pope that’s online with Biden mentally and hated by most what do they expect.
You don’t need a church..they need you.
Your beliefs are yours alone and require no church.
Keep going to Mass. Confess and receive. Give your money to specific groups that you trust in the Church.
Maybe Catholics want a Catholic pope and don’t follow this evil marxist.
I guess he isn’t as popular as he thinks he is.
I am similar. I am a cradle Catholic, with a K-12 Catholic education, and remain a believer. Yet I rarely go to Mass these days. Pope Francis is astonishing bad: thuggish, dishonest, and of unsound theology.
“Talk about God, his Gospel and the sacraments to nourish all those souls that wander the world longing for an answer that satisfies their empty transit through this Earth.”
Ten+ years of Francis and I can’t remember a single incidence of him doing the above. He spouts leftist political harangues, destroys the Latin Mass and presents error on “social issues”.
Given the above his continuing coverup of sexual predation by clergy members makes sense.
“Go to Mass and receive reverently on the tongue, or better yet while kneeling, if you want to actively undermine what you object to.”
Are you trying to get the FBI after our fellow Freeper?
One day, your “Pope” is likely to hear the fire alarm.
For eternity.
Unless he comes to Christ.
There’s always hope for every “holy Roman Catholic.”
Until they’re dead.
Catholic school for 17 years; 1-12 and 5 years of college.
I refused to go anywhere but a Catholic college i was so loyal.
Frankie’s hypocrisy is just to over the top for me. I’ve never once heard him demand his home nation of Argentina, who has some of the strictest laws on this side of the globe against illegal immigration, open their borders.
LOL!!!
…I meant to ask: Were you on vacation recently?
We went to upstate NY recently- great fun… great weather!
Do you golf?
Have you ever been to Alaska?
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