[Bridesheadfan]

You want to know who the scribes and the Pharisees are? They aren't the average Catholic/Christian in the pew who tries to live their life according to the Gospel. The Pharisees are people like Cardinal Mahoney, who put on air of sanctimony, but while pretending to be "holy", they shuffle around priests who abused minors and try to cover it up. Caiaphas, Annas and the priests were the people Our Lord was talking about, not the average Jewish believer who was led astray by the Priests.

The people who have been fighting the "culture of death" need to be applauded by the Pope, not told they are "obsessed" with it. Real children are dying in abortuaries. If the Pope wants to save them, he should uphold those who do God's work in this area, and not give reasons for glee to the enemies of Christ like NARAL, who sent a personal "thank you" message to Francis yesterday. That disgusts me, and it should disgust anyone, Catholic, Christian or Jew, who has tried to uphold the right to life for all, from conception until natural death.

[Friendofgeorge]

But doesn`t the average Catholic now vote Democrat, at least a small majority, according to the polls I see.

At least a majority of Catholics now vote Democrat, which means they are good with abortion and gay marriage and a liberal supreme court, which in turn means they are Not Christian