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EDITORIAL:Pope Francis I bridges conservative and progressive currents
THE CHRONICLE HERALD ^ | March 13, 2013 | Editorial

Posted on 03/13/2013 6:51:51 PM PDT by BlatherNaut

AS ARCHBISHOP of Buenos Aires, he rode the bus, cooked his own meals and chose to live in a modest apartment instead of his official palace.

The son of an Italian immigrant railway worker, when made a cardinal in 2001, appealed to fellow Argentines to forgo flying to Rome to celebrate his elevation. He asked them to donate the plane fare to the poor instead.

(Excerpt) Read more at thechronicleherald.ca ...


TOPICS: Catholic; Current Events
KEYWORDS: conclave; popefrancis; romancatholicism
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"...His approach to social justice has emphasized spiritual growth as the rock of a compassionate world rather than turning for answers to economic theory".
1 posted on 03/13/2013 6:51:51 PM PDT by BlatherNaut
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To: BlatherNaut

Compromise is WAY WAY WAY overrated.


2 posted on 03/13/2013 7:00:26 PM PDT by DManA
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To: BlatherNaut

Pro-life, against homosexual marriage and homosexual adoptions, against communism and marxism, and thinks social justice is more about being a good Christian and helping the poor rather than a basis for leftist economic theory.


3 posted on 03/13/2013 7:05:33 PM PDT by icwhatudo (Low taxes and less spending in Sodom and Gomorrah is not my idea of a conservative victory)
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To: DManA
Compromise is WAY WAY WAY overrated.

So is the use of the term in this article. He only "bridges the gap" to progressives if you think that the Catholic Church isn't charitable in its own accord.

This Pope despises socialists.

4 posted on 03/13/2013 7:10:41 PM PDT by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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There’s a huge difference between Marxist ‘social justice’ which uses the poor as props and human shields in their trojan horse rise to totalitarian power, versus the Book of James type of Christian ‘social justice’ of making sure the weak and poor in your community are taken care of thru dedication, sacrifice, and vigilance as an expression of faith.

Who do these jerkweeds think they’re kidding?


5 posted on 03/13/2013 7:18:32 PM PDT by Free Vulcan (Vote Republican! [You can vote Democrat when you're dead]...)
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To: icwhatudo
Pro-life, against homosexual marriage and homosexual adoptions, against communism and marxism, and thinks social justice is more about being a good Christian and helping the poor rather than a basis for leftist economic theory.

He sounds great. When I heard that the elected pope was from S. America, I quickly checked to see if he was an adherent of liberation theology (Catholic Marxism) and was pleased to see that he is an opponent.

6 posted on 03/13/2013 7:21:15 PM PDT by Sparticus (Tar and feathers for the next dumb@ss Republican that uses the word bipartisanship.)
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To: Free Vulcan

God doesn’t put a gun to your head, Marxists do.


7 posted on 03/13/2013 7:25:05 PM PDT by DManA
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There’s a huge difference between Marxist ‘social justice’ which uses the poor as props and human shields in their trojan horse rise to totalitarian power


Your talking about obama and the entire left in this country. Stalin was their hero.

8 posted on 03/13/2013 7:25:19 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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Yes!!


9 posted on 03/13/2013 7:27:33 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Linda Frances

Here’s the deal -

God designed the world for people who loved and obeyed him. What we have is 10 billion people trying to trim their hedges with lawn mowers. Then we bitch at God because we cut our hands off.


10 posted on 03/13/2013 7:31:53 PM PDT by DManA
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“Francis”??? So they picked a woman?


11 posted on 03/13/2013 7:32:31 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: icwhatudo

Sounds like solid Catholic Theology to me (and I hope and pray he does think like a true Catholic Theologian). There is no such thing as a “Marxist” Catholic——any “social justice” junk is against subsidiarity. “Justice” never needs a “modifier”. It makes it meaningless (as all Marxists do when they put “modifiers” before nouns-—like “homosexual” marriage.


12 posted on 03/13/2013 7:34:04 PM PDT by savagesusie (Right Reason According to Nature = Just Law)
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To: JustTheTruth

That would be spelled Frances.


13 posted on 03/13/2013 7:42:41 PM PDT by Mercat
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“Francis”??? So they picked a woman?

Pope Francis I, St. Francis of Assisi, Francis Scott Key, Francis Ford Coppola, Francis Scott Fitzgerald, St. Francis Xavier, Sir Francis Bacon, Francis Crick, Sir Francis Drake, Francis Marion, Francis Sinatra.

Not a real man in the bunch, hey?

14 posted on 03/13/2013 7:47:40 PM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: icwhatudo

Well said.


15 posted on 03/13/2013 8:00:32 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: JustTheTruth

The female spelling would be Frances not Francis...


16 posted on 03/13/2013 8:03:58 PM PDT by celtic gal
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To: BlatherNaut

It’s Pope Francis, not Pope Francis I. Until there’s a Francis II, no numeral follows his name.

A lot of the media is doing it today...it’s understandable because so many popes choose names of prior popes.


17 posted on 03/13/2013 8:09:48 PM PDT by Cousin Eddie
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To: JustTheTruth

Francis= male
Frances= female

Note my middle name. Named after Francis of Assisi (female version). My mom had really high expectations for me.


18 posted on 03/13/2013 8:13:50 PM PDT by Linda Frances (Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness)
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To: Linda Frances

Thanks! (I was only making a {dumb} joke; but thanks for the info!


19 posted on 03/13/2013 8:17:34 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: JustTheTruth

St. Francis (a male) founded the Franciscan order. San Francisco is named after him. Frank is the Angliscized nick name for Francis. In Spanish countries the nick name is Chico.


20 posted on 03/13/2013 8:55:25 PM PDT by grasshopper2
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