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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPope Francis BLASTS Conservatives For Sin Of Spreading Fake News, Equates It To Eating Feces
Pope Francis is once again speaking the truth, and Christian conservatives are going to hate him even more for it.
This time it concerns the rights newest endeavor spreading fake news. With reports of Pizzagate and now Newtown threats causing a rise in violence by right-wing ideologues (and Trump supporters), his holiness is taking on the epidemic of fake news, calling it sin and equating it to eating feces.
Speaking to to Tertio, a Belgian Catholic weekly, the Pope said in rather strong terms:
I think the media have to be very clear, very transparent, and not fall intono offense intendedthe sickness of coprophagia, that is, always wanting to cover scandals, covering nasty things, even if they are true. And since people have a tendency towards the sickness of coprophagia, a lot of damage can be done The means of communication have their own temptations, they can be tempted by slander, and therefore used to slander people, to smear them, this above all in the world of politics. They can be used as means of defamation. No-one has a right to do this. It is a sin and it is hurtful.
http://addictinginfo.org/2016/12/07/pope-francis-blasts-conservatives-for-sin-of-spreading-fake-news-equates-it-to-eating-feces/
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Pope Francis BLASTS Conservatives For Sin Of Spreading Fake News, Equates It To Eating Feces (Original Post)
meow2u3
Dec 2016
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C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)1. I've often wondered about their bad breath
Thanks Pope for the explanation.
And yes, spreading fake news is a sin.
Bucky
(54,013 posts)2. I like this pope, but that kind of potty talk is uncalled for.
Also, hyphenating "no one" should be at least a venial sin.
TwilightZone
(25,471 posts)3. It's an excellent summation.
That's really what it is - figurative shit.