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Pope Francis Calls Greedy Employers 'True Leeches'
Courthouse News Service ^ | May 20, 2016 | SEAN DUFFY

Posted on 05/21/2016 6:21:30 AM PDT by Auntie Mame

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To: Olog-hai

Good observation.

When is he going to criticize the political and sociological wreck that is the result of Venezuela’s centralized government?


21 posted on 05/21/2016 6:58:35 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Auntie Mame

He is a beguiling deceiver.

He is a devil Pope.


22 posted on 05/21/2016 6:59:21 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: littleharbour

Don’t neglect the high walls and secure borders.


23 posted on 05/21/2016 6:59:59 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: littleharbour

Don’t neglect the high walls and secure borders.


24 posted on 05/21/2016 7:00:14 AM PDT by Paladin2 (Live Free or Die.)
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To: littleharbour

There’s a wall surrounding Vatican City. Don’t hear too much from him about that.


25 posted on 05/21/2016 7:00:53 AM PDT by Starboard
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To: Don Corleone

It’s a zucchetto.


26 posted on 05/21/2016 7:01:56 AM PDT by BBB333 (Q: Which is grammatically correct? Joe Biden IS or Joe Biden ARE an idiot?)
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To: G Larry

Whenever my liberal family members and friends say they like what this pope is saying, I ask: “So you’re gonna convert?”.

Always a blank stare.


27 posted on 05/21/2016 7:13:49 AM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: littleharbour

BINGO! My thoughts exactly. Put your money where your mouth is Pope Francis. Give away all the billions the Catholic church has then come back and talk to us.


28 posted on 05/21/2016 7:15:36 AM PDT by 2nd amendment mama ( www.2asisters.org | Self defense is a basic human right!)
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To: Auntie Mame
Nothing new in his words. They echo back over the ENTIRE human history.

Seven deadly sins: (Coined by the Catholic Church a LONG time ago.)

PRIDE (from here flow the others), the worst sin
Envy
Anger
Sloth
Greed
Gluttony
Lust

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http://www.deadlysins.com/history/

In the late 6th century, Pope Gregory the Great reduced the list to seven items, folding vainglory into pride, acedia into sadness, and adding envy. His ranking of the Sins' seriousness was based on the degree from which they offended against love. It was, from most serious to least: pride, envy, anger, sadness, avarice, gluttony, and lust. Later theologians, including St. Thomas Aquinas, would contradict the notion that the seriousness of the sins could be ranked in this way. The term "covetousness" has historically been used interchangeably with "avarice" in accounts of the Deadly Sins. In the seventeenth century, the Church replaced the vague sin of "sadness" with sloth.

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I use the acronym GAPLEGS to remember them all, but also remembering that PRIDE (arrogance) is the lynch pin of them all

29 posted on 05/21/2016 7:28:15 AM PDT by cloudmountain
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To: G Larry

And if he was not *misinterpreted* it would be the first time.

EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. the guy opens his mouth, he says something so off the wall that no sane person could accept it, and we are forever hearing how what he said was *misrepresented.*

I can’t recall ONE statement that he’s made since becoming pope that this hasn’t happened with.

Y’all need to come to the place where you recognize this guy for what he is.

NOBODY can be that off so often and have it be accidental.

Y’all would be better off just admitting that everyone else is right and stop making excuses for him. Y’all are just embarrassing yourselves by doing it.


30 posted on 05/21/2016 7:29:44 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: metmom

A lot of health care facilities are owned by that church. He should provide health care free for all.


31 posted on 05/21/2016 7:53:07 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Auntie Mame

John Galt gave a very detailed speech about this guy and his motivations.


32 posted on 05/21/2016 7:53:58 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: RummyChick

It would be a nice example to set.

I don’t recall Jesus charging for healing people.....


33 posted on 05/21/2016 7:56:43 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith...)
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To: Auntie Mame

It’s ironic I suppose, that the last several Pope have always had mildly nervous discussions as to whether they were the “last Pope”, based in some fortune telling prophecy.

But not a word about this about the current occupant. I suspect because his behavior is so questionable that such a consideration cuts too close to home.


34 posted on 05/21/2016 7:56:54 AM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Auntie Mame

Wait until he gets a load of AI robots.


35 posted on 05/21/2016 7:58:53 AM PDT by SaraJohnson
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To: Auntie Mame

I make it a point never to listen to people who preach about the sin of wealth of others while they use bathrooms with gold faucets.


36 posted on 05/21/2016 8:03:49 AM PDT by HarleyD
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To: HarleyD
I make it a point never to listen to people who preach about the sin of wealth of others while they use bathrooms with gold faucets.

I'm going to have to quote you on this in the future. Very good.

37 posted on 05/21/2016 8:23:08 AM PDT by Auntie Mame (Fear not tomorrow. God is already there.)
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To: Auntie Mame
Exploitation of people today is a true slavery

Marx's exploitation theory is wrong and its invalid conclusions lead to wrong predictions. The exploitation theory is wrong because it is based on

1) the dialectic process
2) metaphysical materialism
3) an incorrect abstract conceptual framework
4) marx's wrong absolute labor theory of value
5) marx's wrong theory of prices
6) marx's wrong theory of profit/surplus value
7) marx's wrong iron law theory of wages
8) marx's wrong doctrine of progressive impoverishment

38 posted on 05/21/2016 8:26:05 AM PDT by mjp ((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
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To: Auntie Mame

“These industrialists are lining their pockets with the sweat of the working man!”


39 posted on 05/21/2016 8:28:57 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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To: Auntie Mame

Pray that this Papacy may end soon.


40 posted on 05/21/2016 8:30:12 AM PDT by Arthur McGowan
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