Here's a quote on "Gay Marriage" you'll never see in Time magazine:
Posted on 12/11/2013 5:58:08 AM PST by NYer
American Catholics may be celebrating Advent with extra gusto this month, welcoming the Christmas holiday under the leadership of an almost unanimously popular new pope – marking the church’s continued recovery from the depths of its pedophile scandals a decade ago.
Nine months after his elevation to the papacy, a remarkable 92 percent of Catholics in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll express a favorable opinion of Pope Francis, 16 percentage points more than said so about Pope Benedict XVI early this year.
See PDF with full results, tables and charts here.
Indeed among all Americans, including the nearly eight in 10 who aren’t Catholics, 69 percent see Francis favorably, 15 points more than said the same about Benedict at the end of his papacy. Still, there’s room for Francis to advance further: Pope John Paul II was seen favorably by more Americans overall, 86 percent, in a Gallup poll in December 1998.
Beyond Francis’ personal popularity, a new question in this poll, produced for ABC by Langer Research Associates, finds that 85 percent of Catholics approve of the direction in which he’s leading the church. Even ratings of the church overall have improved among Catholics, from 86 percent favorable in February 2013 to 95 percent now. Among all Americans, 62 percent view the church favorably, the same as last February.
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The media cannot separate polling from religion, ping! Do catholics really care about papal poll numbers?
OK, I’m not Catholic and if any of my friends out there are, you can tell me where to go if you think I’m wrong, but I think the media gave Pope Benedict XVI the Republican treatment and now Pope Francis is getting the Democrat treatment.
Well Catholics view Pope Francis living up to his namesake, Saint Francis of Assisi.
> Well Catholics view Pope Francis living up to his namesake,
> Saint Francis of Assisi.
Francis of Assisi gave his OWN wealth to the poor.
He did not, neither did he advocate, taking the wealth, or relative wealth, of others by force in order to give to the poor.
He’s a Marxist so of course the Mainstream Marxist Media love him.
Please support your statement with evidential documentation.
Please support your statement with evidential documentation.
At least Pope Francis is much more pastorial, more of the heart. Pope Benedict XVI Emeritus was way too much head thinking.
I miss the other guy.
Hating the Pope is not a particularly Catholic attribute.
Unless you’re Sinead O’Connor.
This Catholic sees him as a Roman obama.
I think you are quite correct.
He is not a Marxist. Why do you say that? Because Rush said that?
You’re a Catholic and you don’t know about Francis of Assissi?
As for Pope Francis, haven’t you kept up with hos pronouncements over the evils of Capitalism?
Do your homework, laddie.
:)
I certainly hope you are not speaking for me?????
How could I do that? I speak only for myself.
Here's a quote on "Gay Marriage" you'll never see in Time magazine:
"Something" could be --- reasonably ---- reducing licensing requirements so that small entrepreneurs can easily get in on the lowest rungs of the enterprise ladder; cutting back on taxation and regulations so businesses can thrive and therefore people can get jobs; it could be allowing more liberty for private schooling for the poor and middle class, e.g. 100% tax credit up to, say, $1800 a year for educational expenses --- so the poor can get better PRIVATE educations from COMPETING and support themselves; it could be reducing the number of government bureaucrats by 90% and using the savings for benefits available only to families headed by a married husband and wife...
My bottom line is that he has not specified what approaches should be used, only that we should be mindful of the impact on the poor. The above "Heritage Foundation" Liberty-oriented approaches are not ruled out; and in fact, I would say they are called for.
Do yours ... Michael Coren on Popes who condemn “unfettered” capitalism
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