Post of the day!! Thank you so very much.
The Catholic Church
Remarkably, the Catholic Church breathes with two lungs and respects its treasury of ancient churches and rites, open to ALL Catholics.
Posted on 03/17/2013 11:37:37 AM PDT by NYer
When the DL says this, they don't think he really means it, any more than they thought Obama really meant it when he opposed same-sex marriage--they were correct concerning Obama, and since the DL doesn't have any political power in the US, they aren't concerned with the DL's prohibition. Pope Francis is different, because the Catholic Church is still perceived as having some political pull in the US.
Post of the day!! Thank you so very much.
Remarkably, the Catholic Church breathes with two lungs and respects its treasury of ancient churches and rites, open to ALL Catholics.
They are correct, however, that the Dalai Lama has very little pull inside the U.S. There are a number of Americans who describe their religious beliefs as "Buddhist" in order to be hip and trendy, but I doubt they really follow or deeply understand traditional Buddhism. More likely they just like to toss around the label, have an excuse to do yoga classes, and claim to be spiritual without having to accept God or religious dogmas.
It would be interesting to see how liberal American "Buddhists" who profess to be followers of the Dalai Lama (Richard Gere, etc.) would react if they were ever confronted with the Dalai Lama's beliefs on abortion and homosexuality, and asked whether or not they accept it.
Not the current Pope, he breathes with one lung. ;-)
There are a lot of CINO's, and I think many of them will hate this Pope.
Many had already written positive stories (especially the libs at the Baltimore Sun)before his comments on homosexuals and abortion came out. They saw that he was a Jesuit from South America who made the poor a priority and automatically assumed he was a liberal. They are now realizing the mistake and are freaking out.
they already did, on his second day by aligning him with the junta and stating that he didn’t do enough when a jesuit priest was kidnapped.
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