Mass. lawmakers hail Pope Francis’s message

The Boston Globe ^ | 3/31/14 | Lisa Grace Lednicer

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WASHINGTON — From the beginning, Representative Jim McGovern’s political life was entwined with his Catholic faith. As a young aide to Democratic Representative Joe Moakley in the early 1990s, McGovern led an investigation into the murders of six Jesuits and two lay women in El Salvador.

As a congressman, he has pushed for more spending on global nutrition, higher taxes on the wealthy, and other positions that, he says, derive from the Catholic Church’s mission to serve the poor. But for most of the last three decades, McGovern wondered if progressives like himself still had a place in the church.He felt “a little bit of an outcast,” he said, because of his liberal views on abortion and gay marriage.

Then came Pope Francis. “He’s saying the things I want my church to stand for,’’ McGovern said.

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"Representative Michael Capuano, a Democrat who supports abortion rights and gay rights, used to worry that his mother would be embarrassed if a priest ever denied him Communion once he became an elected official. After hearing Francis speak about income inequality and poverty, he instructed his staff to contact Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, leader of the Boston archdiocese, and let him know he has a “friend here and a supporter” in Capuano."

[armydoc]

CINO’s see the Pope as supporting their “CINOcity”. Even if the Pope has been misinterpreted as we are often told, is the Pope fine with this perception? A stinging rebuke would be in order, I would think

[delchiante]

Just more confirmation that roman catholic democrats are liberals first and secular humanism is their true religion and their god is government..

Mary can’t save em....

[jch10]

The Catholics in Congress hear what they want to hear and blatantly disregard their Church’s teachings. They will surely burn in Hell.