Posted on 09/18/2015 8:47:12 AM PDT by ebb tide
It is difficult to convey the excitement I first felt when it was revealed that His Holiness Pope Francis was invited to Washington D.C. to address the world from the floor of the House of Representatives. Many believed, like I did, that this was an opportunity for the Pope to be one of the world’s great religious advocates and address the current intolerance of religious freedom. An opportunity to urgently challenge governments to properly address the persecution and execution of Christians and religious minorities; to address the heinous and senseless murders committed by ISIS and other terrorist organizations. An opportunity to address the enslavement, belittlement, rape and desecration of Christian women and children; to address the condoned, subsidized, intentionally planned genocide of unborn children by Planned Parenthood and society; and finally, an opportunity for His Holiness to refocus our priorities on right from wrong.
Media reports indicate His Holiness instead intends to focus the brunt of his speech on climate change--a climate that has been changing since first created in Genesis. More troubling is the fact that this climate change talk has adopted all of the socialist talking points, wrapped false science and ideology into “climate justice” and is being presented to guilt people into leftist policies. If the Pope stuck to standard Christian theology, I would be the first in line. If the Pope spoke out with moral authority against violent Islam, I would be there cheering him on. If the Pope urged the Western nations to rescue persecuted Christians in the Middle East, I would back him wholeheartedly. But when the Pope chooses to act and talk like a leftist politician, then he can expect to be treated like one. Artist and columnist Maureen Mullarkey effectively communicated this fallacy stating, “When papal preferences, masked in a Christian idiom, align themselves with ideological agendas (e.g. radical environmentalism) [they] impinge on democratic freedoms and the sanctity of the individual.”
The earth’s climate has been changing since God created it, with or without man. On that, we should all agree. In Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment (written with the consultation of that great seminary the EPA and its embattled head Gina McCarthy), he condemned anyone skeptical of the link between human activity and climate change and adopted the false science being propagated by the Left. If the Pope wants to devote his life to fighting climate change then he can do so in his personal time. But to promote questionable science as Catholic dogma is ridiculous.
Furthermore, I am a proud Catholic. I chose to attend a Jesuit college in the Midwest, not just for my undergraduate but also my graduate studies (D.D.S.). I received an excellent education where I was taught to think critically, to welcome debate and discussion and to be held accountable for my actions; a trademark of a Jesuit education. And finally, I am a Conservative, a member of Congress, a constitutionalist and adamant defender of our Republic; an American that believes in strict adherence to the rule of law and a firm believer in our First Amendment protections, in this particular discussion, the freedom of religion.
So at this pivotal moment in world history, His Holiness, Pope Francis, is intending to spend the majority of his time on one of the world’s greatest stages focusing on climate change. I have both a moral obligation and leadership responsibility to call out leaders, regardless of their titles, who ignore Christian persecution and fail to embrace opportunities to advocate for religious freedom and the sanctity of human life. If the Pope plans to spend the majority of his time advocating for flawed climate change policies, then I will not attend. It is my hope that Pope Francis realizes his time is better spent focusing on matters like religious tolerance and the sanctity of all life. As the leader of the Catholic Church, and as a powerful voice for peace throughout the world, His Holiness has a real opportunity to change the climate of slaughter in the Middle East… not the fool’s errand of climate change.
Good on Gosar.
This pope is a Marxist jerk.
Yep - a "Social Justice Warrior" and SJWs ALWAYS lie.
Because I do not care what some ordinary Joe from another country says about mine or my salvation.
I just try to ignore this Pope comp!etely. He sounds like a white version of Obama to me. I am one of those fundamentalist Catholics he criticizes.
As a Catholic, I’ll be ignoring him too.
Good for you Congressman. This pope is a leftist tool working to advance the left wing agenda. He deserves to be boycotted. He deserves our strongest condemnation.
I've always had a certain respect for ordinary Joes from foreign countries.
The truth from Catholic sources as compiled by Mrs. Don-o.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3335905/posts?page=22#22
Why do you form your beliefs about the Catholic Churchon secular sources when you don’t trust them on conservatism or Republicans?????
So, he’s not a Marxist jerk?
Too late, Pope Francis. Congress has already had one socialist
addressing it this year, you know, the one that has been addressing it every year in January for the past 6 years.
Save your bullsh!t for someone who might be impressed by it. Every time that Marxist jerk (the pope) opens his mouth on some "social justice" issue it's like Marx, Castro, and Lenin resurrected. AND every time he does some jackass apologist comes out of the woodwork and says "oh no, that isn't what he really said" or "Oh no, that isn't what he really meant." or "It wasn't translated properly." etc. I think by now we really do know he's a hard core Marxist. Like I said go peddle your lies and whitewash to someone who might believe them.
I am boycotting this pope period..........
“Media reports indicate His Holiness instead intends to focus the brunt of his speech on climate change”
And you think that those media reports are correct?
The White House houses a Socialist Mooselimb President Usurper...
The Vatican houses a Socialist Jesuit Usurper Pope.
Birds of a feather....
I noticed in one of Trump’s interviews or the Town Hall or something (they all run together as I try to watch them all when I have time) that he has no plans to meet the Pope “but he’s a very nice man.”
I am beginning to think Trump’s “a very nice person” is about equal to an Alabama “bless your heart.”
Because Trump is a very nice man...so whether he thinks the guy is or not, that’s what he is going to say...
If you have been around someone who says nice things about people all the time, those type of people know people, they watch them, they listen to them, they know what ‘types’ they are....and then you hear about someone attacking the person that always says ‘nice’ things, watch out, you just pulled the plug off the bomb.....
Gosar is Catholic and he has a Jesuit education. He is a true Catholic, unlike Frank.
Yep.
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