Posted on 03/30/2013 9:16:05 AM PDT by Cronos
Having foregone the usual covered "Popemobile" for an open white convertible, Pope Francis delighted the masses gathered in St. Peter's square Tuesday by stopping the procession multiple times to kiss a baby and a disabled man in the crowd.
As The Telegraph's Nick Squires reported "The Pope's minders must be on the verge of a nervous breakdown. In an unprecedented gesture, he told his driver to stop the Popemobile in the middle of St Peter's Square, climbed down off the back steps and kissed and blessed a severely handicapped man in the crowd."
Francis conducted his inaugural mass soon after the procession, telling his audience that a pope must "serve with love" for all people.
Ad Hominem attack. You lose.
Happy Easter anyway.
Christ has risen.
The baby, on her shoulder, recognized kindness ... mercy ... generosity ... agape. Too bad the mother only knew scamming. May God grant them both an abundance of His Grace and Mercy.
If that's an ad hominem attack, then you must find all facts to be an ad hominen attack.
I agree!
I have already been very influenced by his message of humility and re-dedication.
he puts to shame Christians who are very comfortable in their life, but really are not living the message fully....and that includes me.
As the Jews say,” He’s a real Mensch!”
You are correct, and I would like to extend an apology to anyone I may have offended with my first remark. It was totally out of line.
I am very impressed by Pope Francis and hope that hundreds of millions of Catholics are inspired by his example of servant leadership that was first and perfectly shown by Jesus Christ himself.
I also appreciate his thriftiness and financial priorities. I pointed out that I saw people eating from a dumpster just a couple blocks from the tons of gold in and around St. Peter's Square. I see the same thing with Protestant mega-churches that always seem to have enough money for a new building or ball field and uniforms, but don't seem very interested in making a visible difference in the lives of widows, orphans, refugees, etc. around them that need more than a handout every Thanksgiving and Christmas. This is not to point fingers at any church or denomination in particular, just a reminder (maybe more to myself as well) that there are some truly broken and hurting people that need someone to care about them enough to stop and love them.
The church (and I mean ALL churches) should have never yielded caring for the needy to the government. Perhaps it's time for all churches to return to this duty and free the needy from enslavement by the government. Maybe if more people stood up when there are plans to build a new recreation center that ask if an orphanage wouldn't be a better use of God's resources, well...
My two cents.
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All right then. Happy Easter.
Ahh, and did you feed the man?
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