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As a Catholic, I have some questions for the Pope ...
American Thinker ^ | 01/14/24 | Jack Hellner

Posted on 01/15/2024 9:41:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Pope Francis says many things that, in my opinion, just regurgitate leftist talking points, so I have many questions for this supposedly religious man who is supposed to look out for the best interest of the people, especially the poor.

The pope frequently denounces capitalism as some kind of enemy of the poor, but capitalism is the best system to lift poor people up through opportunity instead of making them dependent on the government, so I would ask him:

Isn't it better to give people economic opportunities than to have them depend on a master, a powerful government, for their needs and wants? The pope denounces border walls, or severe restrictions on those who illegally enter a country, so he should be asked: Why does the Vatican City have walls? Why don't they just let everyone in?

He also is a frequent regurgitator of how capitalism, humans, and our use of natural resources are destroying the Earth which brings up many more questions:

Does he believe that God blessed the Earth with many natural resources and natural elements in the atmosphere?

Does he believe that God created our only heat source, the Sun? Does he believe humans can control the distance the Earth is from the sun or the temperature on the Sun?

Does he believe that humans were blessed with a brain that allowed them to figure out how to greatly improve our quality and length of life by utilizing the natural resources the Earth has been blessed with?

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TOPICS: Catholic; Moral Issues; Religion & Culture; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: capitalism; popefrancis; socialism

1 posted on 01/15/2024 9:41:49 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The answer to every question about the Pope is, because he’s a South American Jesuit.


2 posted on 01/15/2024 9:46:12 AM PST by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind

Good questions. Does the pope engage in rational dialogue?


3 posted on 01/15/2024 9:50:21 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: EEGator

Yes, he was installed to get the Catholic church woke. My question for him as a catholic is “when did you turn to Satan?”


4 posted on 01/15/2024 9:50:45 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

Heck, as a NON Catholic I have a few of my own.......1st one is what the hell are you doing?


5 posted on 01/15/2024 9:51:32 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“All my life child…”(smiles in creepy fashion)


6 posted on 01/15/2024 9:52:25 AM PST by EEGator
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To: EEGator

Who was president when Rome smoked him in? Francis is as much a political as religious planting. just like godfather Joey.. The Heavenly Father is sending a message..


7 posted on 01/15/2024 9:54:18 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: EEGator

RE: because he’s a South American Jesuit.

How is that an excuse? President Javier Millei is an Argentinian like Francis, and studied in a Catholic school, but doesn’t think like the pope does.


8 posted on 01/15/2024 10:00:28 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

The Communist Pope


9 posted on 01/15/2024 10:00:36 AM PST by No Party Affiliation
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To: SeekAndFind

Talk about Millei in a year or two. I guarantee he will be a tremendous disappointment.


10 posted on 01/15/2024 10:04:05 AM PST by EEGator
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To: SeekAndFind
It's not the "South American" part that's the issue; it's the "Jesuit" part. Over the course of time, they've become ridiculously, radically left. If President Millei was taught (raised) by Marists, say, then he's as different from the pope as the pope is from Catholicism.

Worst part for me is I was taught/trained by Jesuits since I was four. Not once did I see them ever being where they are now.
11 posted on 01/15/2024 10:59:16 AM PST by Retrofitted
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To: SeekAndFind

“capitalism is the best system to lift poor people up through opportunity instead of making them dependent on the government”

That is a matter of great controversy, but with reference to your question to Bergoglio, can you base your opinion on this in the Gospel?


12 posted on 01/15/2024 11:10:34 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: SeekAndFind

“President Javier Millei is an Argentinian like Francis, and studied in a Catholic school, but doesn’t think like the pope does.”

There’s a difference between Catholic schools and Jesuit schools.

IYKYK

;)


13 posted on 01/15/2024 11:17:04 AM PST by castlebrew (Gun Control means hitting where you're aiming!))
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To: SeekAndFind

Question for the Jesuit:

When did the Jesuits stop their opposition to the Word of God?

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PS The Jesuits were founded in 1540 to oppose the Biblical Reformation that started in 1517.


14 posted on 01/15/2024 11:21:57 AM PST by fishtank (The denial of original sin is the root of liberalism.)
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To: EEGator

Yeh, that.


15 posted on 01/15/2024 11:27:02 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: SeekAndFind

You can ask Bergoglio all the questions you want, but don’t expect a meaningful answer.


16 posted on 01/15/2024 12:45:45 PM PST by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative. )
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