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‘Sterile Hypocrisy’ Behind Mistreatment of Migrants, Pope Says
The Catholic Herald (UK) ^ | 7/7/18 | Junno Arocho Esteves

Posted on 07/09/2018 6:18:12 PM PDT by marshmallow

Pope Francis thanked Mediterranean migrant rescue teams for 'embodying the parable of the Good Samaritan'

Hearts that are closed to welcoming migrants and refugees are similar to those of the Pharisees, who often would preach sacrifice and following God’s law without exercising mercy to those in need, Pope Francis said.

Jesus’s rebuke of the Pharisees’ “insidious murmuring” is “a finger pointed at the sterile hypocrisy of those who do not want to ‘dirty their hands,’ like the priest or the Levite in the parable of the good Samaritan,” the Pope said in his homily on July 6 during a Mass commemorating the fifth anniversary of his visit to the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa.

“This is a temptation powerfully present in our own day. It takes the form of closing our hearts to those who have the right – just as we do – to security and dignified living conditions. It builds walls, real or virtual, rather than bridges,” he said.

According to the Vatican, an estimated 200 migrants, refugees and rescue volunteers attended the Mass, which was celebrated at the altar of St Peter’s Basilica. Pope Francis greeted each person present after the Mass ended.

In his homily, the Pope recalled his visit to Lampedusa and repeated “that timeless appeal to human responsibility, ‘Where is your brother? His blood cries out to me.'”

Sadly, he said, “the response to this appeal, even if at times generous, has not been enough, and we continue to grieve thousands of deaths.”

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1 posted on 07/09/2018 6:18:12 PM PDT by marshmallow
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To: marshmallow

Does this guy ever talk about the triune God, faith, the Scriptures or the hereafter?


2 posted on 07/09/2018 6:22:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: marshmallow

He can fit a thousand savages into the city he unilaterally controls.


3 posted on 07/09/2018 6:25:38 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: marshmallow

The part where the Pope dramatically opened the Vatican walls (”No more walls! No more walls!” he declared.) and said the Catholics will now house, feed and give full medical care to all the world’s immigrants and refugees was truly thrilling.

Catholic churches will now house families-—no separation of children—for all refugees and immigrants. About 110 million people around the world had expressed the intention to enter the United States if allowed, to be taken care of by American taxpayers. Now they will flood to the Vatican and other Catholic enclaves. So noble.

Then I woke up.


4 posted on 07/09/2018 6:28:53 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End non-citizen voting ,vote fraud & leftist media news censorship or we're finished.)
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To: Architect of Avalon
Speaking of hypocrisy ...
5 posted on 07/09/2018 6:30:59 PM PDT by littleharbour ("You take on the intel community they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you" C. Schumer)
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To: marshmallow

Half a million mostly young Libyan men ready to cross the Mediterranean ... are not migrants. They are an invading army.


6 posted on 07/09/2018 6:35:19 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: marshmallow
“With respect for the culture and laws of the country that receives you, may you work out together the path of integration,” Pope Francis said.

When I hear naïve statements like that it amazes me how little this Pope seems to understand about a competitive religion like Islam.

Integrating into a non Muslim society is the last thing a Muslim should be doing. Tom

7 posted on 07/09/2018 6:46:04 PM PDT by Capt. Tom
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To: marshmallow

Oh...SHADDUP! Or take a few thousand into YOUR compound....


8 posted on 07/09/2018 6:52:55 PM PDT by goodnesswins (White Privilege EQUALS Self Control & working 50-80 hrs/wk for 40 years!)
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To: marshmallow

Not my Pope!


9 posted on 07/09/2018 6:53:10 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (You Say "White Privilege"...I Say "Protestant Work Ethic")
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To: marshmallow

Pope Soros.


10 posted on 07/09/2018 6:55:11 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=600><p>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: littleharbour

Francis is a hypopecrite.


11 posted on 07/09/2018 7:04:31 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: Gay State Conservative

Long live The Real Pope, whose name is Benedict, may his reign resume.


12 posted on 07/09/2018 7:05:38 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: marshmallow

How high are the walls protecting the Antichrist’s compound at the Vatican?


13 posted on 07/09/2018 7:28:32 PM PDT by nonliberal (Sent from a payphone in a whorehouse in Mexico)
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To: Architect of Avalon

> He can fit a thousand savages into the city he unilaterally controls. <

A thousand easily. Francis could sell off just part of the Vatican art collection, and then build a high-rise where the Vatican Gardens are now. I wonder why he doesn’t do that.

I guess he’s just too busy telling everyone else what to do.


14 posted on 07/09/2018 7:30:07 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: marshmallow

The Pharasaic movement became modern Orthodox Judaism.


15 posted on 07/09/2018 7:50:03 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: marshmallow

UGH UGH UGH


16 posted on 07/09/2018 7:55:54 PM PDT by onyx (JOIN 300 CLUB BY DONATING $34 MONTHLY! TRUMP'S WAY IS THE WIINNING WAY)
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To: onyx

+1


17 posted on 07/09/2018 8:13:11 PM PDT by pax_et_bonum (Never Forget the SEALs of Extortion 17 - and God Bless The United States of America.)
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To: marshmallow

Migrants my a$$. Illegal invaders is more like it.


18 posted on 07/09/2018 9:13:15 PM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: littleharbour

Couldn’t have “said it” any better meself!

Pictures really are worth 1,000 words!


19 posted on 07/09/2018 10:24:29 PM PDT by GraceG ("WWG1WGA")
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To: Leaning Right

Sorry, cannot build any high-rises. By Italian law, nothing in Rome may exceed the height of St. Peter’s dome.


20 posted on 07/10/2018 12:38:08 AM PDT by Marchmain (Let freedom ring)
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