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In reply to the discussion: Pope Francis is naming names [View all]Aerows
(39,961 posts)31. He scares the dickens
out of the ones that Jesus called the Pharisees, and the money-changers.
And he is absolutely right, too.
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But it's the POPE. I'm not a Catholic, but the media reports what the Pope says
mountain grammy
Nov 2013
#9
Unfortunately, if certain people, and corporations and media, who will remain nameless,
pangaia
Nov 2013
#48
That is actually pretty much the anti slavery abolitionist argument
The Green Manalishi
Nov 2013
#145
I doubt it. But other things he has said I am sure have set her undies on fire.
pangaia
Nov 2013
#49
Jesuits. . .ah yes. The Catholic Church's own version of the forced conversion squad
Nanjing to Seoul
Nov 2013
#97
Unconverted Jews and Moslems NEVER came under the jurisdiction of the Church.
happyslug
Nov 2013
#146
Good idea alientaing another voting block, women, minorities, gay persons and now Catholics
Sheepshank
Nov 2013
#16
I'm sure you have come across conservatives saying that the Nazis were socialists.
Fortinbras Armstrong
Nov 2013
#124
A gay person who finds the gushing support for an anti gay bigot on DU disgusting...
eqfan592
Nov 2013
#39
Help like suing to avoid covering contraception under ACA? Like opposing choice?
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#109
Accusations of purity most often come associated with intolerance of economic feudalism
TheKentuckian
Nov 2013
#130
that is simply not true, that a large number of RCC clerics are openly gay.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#106
The Fransican priest to the New York firefighters who died on 9/11 was openly gay.
Cleita
Nov 2013
#114
You don't have to, but we are free to like him if we want. I don't give a damn what you
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#81
Liberal heads aren't "detonating" either, at least not for the reason you imply.
eqfan592
Nov 2013
#105
You owe it to your daughter to inform yourself about what Francis actually said.
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#108
Yup. Hasn't been a lot to cheer about from the Catholic church in recent decades.
Last Stand
Nov 2013
#113
Don't even claim to know anything about me. My daughter is bi. That does not mean I have
liberal_at_heart
Nov 2013
#148
When SidDithers and Rush Limbaugh hate the Pope, I know he's doing something right.
DisgustipatedinCA
Nov 2013
#116
Oh, I thought you meant he was naming names of LIVE people. Well, isn't this safe.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#35
Why would you have thought that? Are you accusing him of a crime, and if so, what crime?
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#86
Bottom line: Compared to what you expected, this Pope turned out to actually give a shit
Dustlawyer
Nov 2013
#40
Rutilio Grande, Alfonso Navarro, Ernesto Barrera, Octavio Ortiz, Rafael Palacios, Napoleón Macías,
MisterP
Nov 2013
#69
Folks, don't think for a second the religious will be offended at the wingnuts bashing the Pope
IkeRepublican
Nov 2013
#90
Of course Francis did not use the name 'Reagan' at all, because he and Reagan agree
Bluenorthwest
Nov 2013
#103
What I find interesting about this thread is that some here that otherwise would support
rhett o rick
Nov 2013
#107
A good chunck of these "chrsitians" worship money and will do anything to get it
WCGreen
Nov 2013
#142
The RCC is against abortion, yet many Catholics are very strong supporters of abortion.
ZombieHorde
Nov 2013
#154
Which makes the hypocrisy worse, not better. 'We don't really believe it, but we let our
Bluenorthwest
Mar 2014
#158