Posted on 01/20/2014 4:40:51 PM PST by ebb tide
Pope Francis' visit with a group of refugees at the Sacred Heart parish can best be described as simple, warm, and relaxed.
POPE FRANCIS "Thank you. Because by welcoming everyone as family, you make anyone that comes in feel like family. Today I am here and I feel at home, like family. Thank you very much. But I am missing one thing: Mariana hasn't offered me any mate.”
To get to Italy, many of the refugees had to endure many hardships, even the loss of friends and family. Pope Francis said that to lighten the weight of their suffering, they should share their pain among one another, helping and encouraging each other despite any differences in beliefs.
POPE FRANCIS "Sharing our experience in carrying that cross, to expel the illness within our hearts, which embitters our life: it is important that you do this in your meetings. Those that are Christian, with the Bible, and those that are Muslim, with the Quran. The faith that your parents instilled in you will always help you move on.”
In addition to meeting with refugees, the Pope also met with the homeless that depend on the parish for help.
POPE FRANCIS "Hold on to hope. Hope never lets down. Never! True hope. And thank you very much for helping each other, for this friendship in helping each other to move forward in life.”
Pope Francis' visit marked the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The Parish is close Rome's central train station, Termini. That's the starting point for many people arriving at the Eternal City, in search of a better life.
AMEN, amen!
Pope Francis is simply living up to his namesake.
Thank-you and God Bless!
Have you ever heard of the saying, “love the sinner, hate the sin” ?
Yes. But regarding such sayings, beware of the "traditions of men" which Jesus warned about in Mark 7:8 which don't complement what the Scriptures teach us. And not only does Isaiah 5:20 warn us not to call evil good, but note that the way that Jesus addressed how Christians were to treat unrepentant sinners in Matthew 18:15-17, and the way that he addressed the Pharisees in Matthew 23, don't reflect the idea of loving the sinner and hating the sin.
And how does "love the sinner, hate the sin " compliment Paul's words of 1 Corinthians 5:13, "With such a man do not even eat (NIV)," or from 1 Corinthians 15:33, "Bad company corrupts good character (NIV)." It doesn't compliment those passages either.
Yes, Jusus taught us to love our enemies. But with respect to the passages referenced above, love them from a distance.
Somehow I don’t see pre-Vatican II popes giving any credence to the Koran and the Muslim faith.
Probably because they were busy teaching the truth: that it’s false and evil.
Koran-kissing JPII?
He kissed the Koran? When was that?
Well, he certainly should have; because the afterlife is a lot longer, and final, than the mortal life. And I still pray for the soul of Mother Theresa, mlizzy.
See post 28.
Thank-you and God Bless you!
Pope Francis’ namesake converted Muslims: he did not encourage them to follow their false faith like the current pope does.
I wonder how other freepers would react if OTHER Christian ministers were treated this way.
Let's see... I'm pretty sure Billy Graham didn't focus a lot on the afterlife in his final television sermon, either. Perhaps he's an cozy with atheists and imploding "idiot" who "needs to read the Bible" and Graham "certainly doesn't understand it".
Gee, that doesn't sound very nice when hate is spewed at Billy Graham for preaching Christian love, DOES IT?
You’re doing a poor job of reading my mind; it doesn’t matter what I think. Better focus on God’s mind and whether you want to go the Heaven.
Same place the pope wants to move on to... Jerusalem...
When Pope meets with Obama, Israel will be the conversation privately.
And how to slice and dice God’s promised land of Israel..
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