Pope reveals he took his late confessor's cross

Associated Press ^ | March 6, 2014 | Nicole Winfield

[.45 Long Colt]

The saddest part of the story isn’t the revelation that Bergoglio is a low grave robbing thief, it’s that he believed this man could forgive his many sins. Of course it is likewise sad that he finds comfort not in a Christ, but in a dumb idol made with human hands.

[ansel12]

You people have too many worldly notions of possessions.

""I took the cross and with just a bit of force I removed it," he said, showing with his hands how he pulled the cross off the rosary.""--""He now keeps it in a little pouch underneath.""

We do?

[redleghunter]

Just add kleptomania to the list of charges against this pope.

[redleghunter]

So we can all go help ourselves when we stop by a wake and spot something we like in the casket, as long as the person was "like a brother, not a stranger"?

At an Irish wake no one steals from the casket. However, everyone tries to pay their respects early so they can be the first back at the house of the deceased to "lay claim" to what they think is "their's".

[BipolarBob]

Amen .45 amen.

[redleghunter]

Good thing he did not yank off a finger when he tugged off the rosary. I mean what exactly was Pope Francis thinking back then? He sent his priest friend to purgatory without rosary beads!

[CynicalBear]

Oh my! Such leadership!

[Iscool]

HaHaHa, them Catholics...Stealin’ is stealin’ no matter how you paint it...If the guy wanted to give his property away, seems he would have mentioned it before he died...

Apparently his shoes were the wrong size...

[FourtySeven]

I give up.

Now I wish I had quit FR for Lent.

[redleghunter]

“IB4TPWMA”

You are going to have to school me on your short hand:)

[BlatherNaut]

:)

[redleghunter]

AND I have some stories on the Irish wake tactics, techniques and procedures as well:) Two uncles “estranged” show up early to the wake to pay their respects, leave and when we all go back to the house...certain trinkets are missing. When my father decides to “open” my grandfather’s homemade bar he notices 4 bottles of good Irish Whiskey (Grandpa brought back from Ireland) ‘saved for a day as such’ were missing.

Seems Francis I has a bit of Irish ‘inem.’

[Genoa]

Drudge linking now.

[BlatherNaut]

Seems Francis I has a bit of Irish ‘inem.’

Seems like, though he's clearly a complete piker in the wake pilferage business compared to the sneaky uncles.

[redleghunter]

[Bayard]

So because you take this action out of context, deliberately misinterpret it to suit your image of the action it means the same thing as theft.

Would a soldier taking an ammo pack off of a dead comrade be stealing?

How about a brother priest who was a personal friend and confessor who passed away? Taking up the cross is not the same thing as a television set, it is not the same as a car.

You judge wrongly, and too harshly by misinterpreting this.

[BipolarBob]

“Thou shalt not steal” sounds pretty cut and dried to me. Instead of contrition he still carries his swag. To pry it out of a dead priests hands sounds pretty cold to me. But, being Catholic . . . your mileage may vary. Peace be unto you.

[redleghunter]

"And immediately there came to mind the thief we all have inside ourselves and while I arranged the flowers I took the cross and with just a bit of force I removed it," he said, showing with his hands how he pulled the cross off the rosary. "And in that moment I looked at him and I said `Give me half your mercy.'"

So you have no issues with the above? It's a wonder he did not pull off a finger.

[.45 Long Colt]

Oops, pardon my typo. There are certain words, including both God and Christ, that my iPad automatically adds a word in front of and I don’t know how to make it stop. I didn’t catch it that time.

My last sentence should have read “Of course it is likewise sad that he finds comfort not in Christ, but in a dumb idol made with human hands.” The inclusion of “a” before Christ gives off the idea that there is more than one Christ, a most unfortunate error.

[redleghunter]

When attending a vigil or viewing, you will see a kneeler beside the casket; it is customary to kneel beside the casket to pray for a few minutes. You should pay your respects to the family with words of hope for the resurrection and sympathy, and plan to stay for at least 10 minutes. The immediate family members generally stay for the entire vigil. Because the traditional Requiem Mass does not permit eulogies, the eulogy may be given at the viewing or at after-interment gatherings, rather than during the funeral mass.

http://www.funeralwise.com/customs/catholic/

I did not see anything about taking items from a casket in the above.