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Originally Posted by Father Maurice Lester
It has been a brilliant 79th year for his Holiness.
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Mixed, I would say, yes, definitely "mixed".
He's said a lot but not much has actually been done. The casual observer might think that he is simply crying in the wilderness.
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As the single most admired man on earth, a man who has invigorated the very Church of Rome
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Just remind us why it needed invigorating...
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Originally Posted by Father Maurice Lester
I know you Baptwits like to pretend that you don't love and admire Pope Francis
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I don't think it is personal enmity, more a frustrated sorrow at seeing so many souls led to the Gates of Hell.
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but we all know that deep down you, like the rest of the planet, are smitten with his folksy honesty, commitment to transparency and dedication to world peace and the eradication of poverty.
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Well, I see his words on peace have been taken to heart by ISIS. Why, they are lining up to buy relics, crucifixes and indulgences in Syria...
And this poverty thing... I know you Catholic priests shun the Bible as you would a woman but you really should here the Words of Jesus when He foretold that the poor will always be with us, and that thus, praying to eradicate poverty is not only pointless but asking God to deny His Son.
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Now you can't compare the Pope to any of the great Baptwit leaders and thinkers of today...
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I can think of a dozen off-hand - six of them here at Landover, but this is the point, isn't it? Does the Pope actually think?
The evidence is against it.
M't:6:6: But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Lu:12:3: Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
and what does the Pope do? He stands on a balcony dressed like the Pharisees and Sadducees and bawls his corrupt message to the idolaters below... I assume he then sends his minions among the crowd to collect filthy lucre.
Small wonder papal prayers are not answered.
Anyway, his birthday was yesterday, so it's been and gone - remind me again next year.
PS, have you no inquisitions to attend?