THE POPE IS WRONG ABOUT AMERICA

boblonsberry.com ^ | 09/22/15 | Bob Lonsberry

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Thomas Sowell has stated in a column today, "Pope Francis’ own native Argentina was once among the leading economies of the world, before it was ruined by the kind of ideological notions he is now promoting around the world.

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[I want the USA back]

He doesn’t understand how things work. All he sees is a country that he has always thought was super rich, and he wants it to give its money to the “poor.”

Got news for you, el popo. We ain’t rich no mo.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Thomas Sowell has stated in a column today, “Pope Francis’ own native Argentina was once among the leading economies of the world, before it was ruined by the kind of ideological notions he is now promoting around the world. -—

Very true. And we wonder, How can this be? But it’s no different from our country, where a large number of people blame free markets for our social ills, when the true cause is welfare programs.

Economics is abstract, and people generally struggle with identifying cause and effect when causes are remote from the effects.

[jpl]

When this guy is hectoring hard-working Americans about our evil consumerist ways, just laugh and remember that his compadres are the guys who tortured Galileo and shield child molestors. That's what I'm going to do.

By the way, how much money do you suppose the Sistine Chapel is worth? My guess is that the ceiling alone is probably more than 99.999% of all the people in the history of human existence saw in their lifetime.

[Rusty0604]

Keep attending as your church needs a voice of reason.

[Rusty0604]

I know churches, not just Catholic, are getting a lot of money from the gov’t to assist refugees and illegal immigrants. I would not contribute to those charities.

[kenmcg]

The commie pope who proclaims that capitalism is evil is quick to come to America to enjoy the fruits of our hospitality. Imagine all the money he would have saved American taxpayers (security costs) had he stayed in Italy with his socialist liberal ideas.

[DesertRhino]

Isn’t this the first time he’s ever been here? Really, his opinions cannot really have much intelligence if that is the case.

[mosaicwolf]

Holy Father? Not mine. He is the False Prophet as far as I am concerned.

[longfellowsmuse]

Remember the Eucharist....when everything else is gone, it remains for you as a gift.

[BitWielder1]

The Opulence in the Vatican did not appear by itself.
He claims personal poverty while having full control of untold billions, churches, cathedrals, ancient art, donations...
Seems a bit hypocritical to me.
Working people created the wealth he is enjoying.
Sure, however we do things can always use improvement, but the basic idea of using natural resources to improve our living standard, what's wrong with that? Seriously?

[mom of young patriots]

“I hope the pope is open minded enough to recognize that.”

This hope is in vane. Pope Francis is a flawed man with an agenda, just like Obama has an agenda. The most effective way to accomplish it is to infiltrate and affect change from the inside of a very powerful organization or country. Makes me glad I am not a Catholic because I would be locked in a moral struggle with myself for even saying that. My father-in-law went to his grave believing that the pope was infallible. It is just as well that he didn’t live to see this one.

[thirst4truth]

I saw a Catholic church in the 70’s in Oxaca, mexico and its aisle and pews and altar were all lined with gold inlay. The parishioner all were dirt poor, but the catholic church was lined with gold.

[PATRIOT1876]

This pope is a dope.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

I stopped going thirty years ago....couldn’t take the leftist crap from cardinal Roger Mahoney in LaLa land.

It’s only gotten worse since.

[PATRIOT1876]

* Yeah, well, then he oughta sell all the real estate The Catholic Church owns in New York and around the world. While he's at it, he should sell all the gold, art and historic artifacts The Vatican owns. *

“Do as as say, not as I do”
~The Pope

“You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”
~Matthew 7:5

“They profess to know God, but they deny him by their works. They are detestable, disobedient, unfit for any good work.”
~Titus 1:16

“Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God?”
~Romans 2:3

“Having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.”
~2 Timothy 3:5

““Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves.”
~Matthew 7:15

“If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.”
~James 1:26

[Logical me]

The Pope from a communists Country is still a communists. He does not truly represent Catholicism.

[free from tyranny]

This NMO pope is there for a reason. The reason is the that elites control the Vatican as well the western international banks, hold controlling interest in all global major corporations and own all of the western governments. This pope is no one off. The elites are revealing the web of deceit because they are desperate. This pope's job is convince and prepare the unwashed on the need for global austerity.
The elites have given up on the growth model for humanity.
and instead have planned on depopulation and deindustrialization.
I believe that the elites have grandiose plans for the worlds resources that don't include the present population's needs for even a subsistence level of existence.
Automation will produce the goods that will meet the needs and dreams of the elites and their servants( managers, technicians, laborers) will support them. Within these categories will be those people needed to produce the machines that will help the elites as they attempt to build their vision of utopia on earth and elsewhere in the galaxy or universe.

[Lou L]

It seems to me that when rolling our Laudato Si, the Pope and his PR people had no problem tweeting select thoughts about consumption, and use of fossil fuels, and oppressing third-world countries. Did they not realize the irony of using electronics and technology, and the components of the hardware? Did they not appreciate the instantaneous ability to communicate to billions, and how that was made possible through electricity?

I've wondered this aloud before, but I think this Pope would prefer his sheep living not with modern-day conveniences, but in the drudgery of the Middle Ages. Like that, we could all be serfs and give whatever meager wages we earned to the Popes and kings.

[stylin19a]

Ima waiting for Father Guido Sarducci’s take ona new pope