Palin Apologizes For Comments About Pope Francis

washingtonpost.com ^ | November 14, 2013 | BY AARON BLAKE

[BarnacleCenturion]

Sarah Palin on Thursday apologized for comments that suggested Pope Francis might be adopting liberal positions.

Palin had said on CNN on Tuesday that the Pope has "had some statements that to me sound kind of liberal, has taken me aback, has kind of surprised me."

[TBP]

She was right about him.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Why are you posting something from a month ago?

[GeronL]

Why should she apologize for being right?

[NormsRevenge]

Call a spade a spade.. and leave it at that.

[Incorrigible]

It doesn’t say what the Pope actually said without the media filter?

[circlecity]

I haven’t been able to determine where I come down on Pope Francis yet. One thing I have noted, whenever I read published words of Pope Benedict I always understood exactly what he was saying. Much of the time when I read Pope Francis’ comments I don’t have a clue what his point is. It sounds like platitudes and obfuscation. That may be the media taking partial statements out of context or it may just be me. But it’s a phenomenon I’ve noticed.

[Alex Murphy]

"...It was not my intention to be critical of Pope Francis," Palin wrote. " I was reminding viewers that we need to do our own homework on news subjects, and I hadn't done mine yet on the Pope's recent comments as reported by the media. Knowing full well how often the media mischaracterizes a person’s comments (especially a religious leader’s), I don’t trust them to get it right when it comes to reporting on the Vatican. Palin said that, since she made her comments, Catholics have assured her that the Pope is a "sincere and faithful" leader of the church.

Liberal Catholics have assured her?

[BarnacleCenturion]

“Why should she apologize for being right?”

Because she obviously doesn’t think that she was right.

And she wasn’t.

If you have any direct quotes from Pope Francis saying anything against capitalism post them here. Articles from MSNBC and the Huffington Post are not valid.

[sickoflibs]

Should this be under ‘Breaking News’ ??/

[McGruff]

What’s your opinion?

[Bob]

That may be the media taking partial statements out of context or it may just be me.

It ain't you. Just sayin'...

[driftdiver]

He has made several statements which are confusing, but then he’s a man and makes mistakes like the rest of us.

[C. Edmund Wright]

Then where can we go to find out the super duper deep secrets about this Pope, who apparently, unlike every other Pope in history, cannot be figured out from his statements??????

[from occupied ga]

Here you go

But just as a sample try this

In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system

Sounds rather marxist to me.

[Berlin_Freeper]

among all Americans, including the nearly eight in 10 who aren’t Catholics, 69 percent see Francis favorably

[TangoLimaSierra]

She apologizes for something this mild while the libs let some of the worst bile come out of their mouths with no sanctions. See tagline.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I really wish I spoke Italian because the more I look into this, the more I find conflicting and contradictory translations.

[Buckeye McFrog]

Sarah Palin is truly a Christian woman.
She seeks forgiveness from those she offends, and grants it to those who have offended her (Martin Bashir).

I think it’s in the Bible or something.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

What’s your opinion?

The poster doesn't have one, this is simply a piece lazily posted that has already been discussed.