Pope Francis congratulates Biden in phone call

[BlueWavePsych]

Source: Axios

President-elect Joe Biden spoke with Pope Francis on Thursday, thanking him for "extending blessings and congratulations" and praising the pope for his leadership in "promoting peace, reconciliation, and the common bonds of humanity around the world," according to the Biden transition team.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/joe-biden-pope-francis-catholic-blessings-599033f6-b8ce-4c21-b899-679942177560.html

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FWIW, should add more pressure for Drumpf to concede, from evangelical base.

[MyOwnPeace]

1. Uh-oh!!!!! Looks like

another "FAKE CATHOLIC!!!!" (can I use the "devil" think here?)

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. Let's all watch and see if OrangeAnus has the balls to discredit the Pope.

[BlueWavePsych]

3. Yeah, I dare it to try

[CincyDem]

4. Can you imagine Joe's heart overflowing during this call.

I'm sure they've spoken before during his VP tenure but still, it's got to be a rush for him (in a good way).

[FarPoint]

20. Just hearing about it..

brought tears of joy. .

[trueblue2007]

25. BY HEART I BEIEVE THIS PRAYER

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen.

[FarPoint]

26. Amen...

[shrike3]

42. Amen.

[Princess Turandot]

5. Francis: "We have five exorcists on stand-by..

...If you need more, let us know."

[JudyM]

12. .

[ancianita]

24. gasp

[colorado_ufo]

31. Best laugh I have had in a long time!

[lunatica]

33. The Church has resources. Wink, wink.

[karynnj]

6. I remember how obviously excited he was when Pope Francis came to DC when Obama was President

There are lots of pictures from that trip. From their comments at the time and the pictures themselves, it seemed obvious how much it meant to two of the prominent Democrats - Biden and Kerry.

I would imagine that that call was a fantastic moment for the now President elect!

[tavernier]

13. I also remember how excited Sean Spicer was

to meet the Pope but rump wouldn’t make that happen.

[FarPoint]

21. I too never forgot that!

My dislike for Spicer didn't discount my sadden feeling by the bully.

[colorado_ufo]

32. Yes, he brought his Jewish daughter and son-in-law instead.

However, I think Spicer eventually did get to meet the Pope.

[Mc Mike]

7. I love Pope F. But he should also send a letter to the US Bishops,

congratulating them for now having a much more Christian leader, according to papal interpretation of official catholic doctrine.

Any complainers should be excommunicated and removed, immediately.

[BlueWavePsych]

10. As 'God's representative on earth', supporting Drumpf can be construed as a 'sin' ...

[spike jones]

28. Here is a Pope actually speaking with god

[link:http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1jTFxlbC8Co/TGHWYRPSIEI/AAAAAAAAADk/_Z6Fzz8vWUs/s320/Bob+Dylan+with+Pope.jpg|

[zanana1]

44. HAH!

[Mc Mike]

40. Cardinal sin, for sure.

[pnwmom]

17. Despite what outsiders think, the Pope can't order the Bishops around like that.

And there is a group which is openly antagonistic toward Pope Francis.

[shrike3]

30. Yes, a lot of people don't understand how the Catholic Church works. Then again, a lot of Catholics

don't understand how the Catholic Church works.

[Mc Mike]

35. That isn't a slam at Pope F. I'm a catholic.

Ratzinger did a very public smackdown of the Maryknolls. I suggest our side do the same to the opus dei nazi side of 'catholicism'.

[pnwmom]

36. But the Bishops are a part of Church leadership, along with the Pope.

Pope Francis can't do to Bishops whatever Ratzinger did to the Maryknolls.

[Mc Mike]

37. Those JPII ratzinger appointed US bishops back tRump.

Grave sin.

"The letter, which is dated March 18, is signed by Maryknoll Fr. Edward Dougherty, the order’s superior general, and warns Bourgeois that his dismissal will also be forwarded to the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith “with a request for laicization.”

NCR received the letter in a fax from Bourgeois this morning. Bourgeois, who attended and preached a homily at the ordination of Roman Catholic Womanpriest Janice Sevre-Duszunska in August, 2008, was notified by the same congregation shortly after that event that he had incurred a Latae Senteniae, or automatic, excommunication for his participation. Dougherty’s letter references that event and says Bourgeois’ continued support of women’s ordination since — specifically mentioning his Feb. 12 participation as a panel speaker at a showing of the film Pink Smoke Over the Vatican — has been “in disobedience to the explicit instructions of your Superiors.”

If Bourgeois does not respond with 15 days, the letter says he will be given a second warning, after which Dougherty will dismiss him for “publicly reject[ing] the teaching of the Holy Father.”

In the Catholic Church, a priest, deacon, or bishop may be dismissed from the clerical state as a penalty for certain grave offenses, or by a papal decree granted for grave reasons. "

http://rosemarieberger.com/tag/benedict-xvi/

[pnwmom]

38. And some of those Bishops are accusing the Pope of heresy.

https://www.newsweek.com/archbishop-accuses-pope-heresy-over-legitimization-homosexuality-1521825

[Mc Mike]

39. Agreed.

The fashy ones, the church can do without.

[shrike3]

41. Lord almighty. The bishops we sensible Catholics try and ignore.

[onetexan]

8. i'm sure the good pope would be much happier to have an audience w Bidens

[efhmc]

9. Most Evangelicals are antiRCC and the pope.

[rustbeltvoice]

11. the evangelical base hates Catholics

Sure, there are exceptions. People of good will, including Protestants, other believers, and non-believers will give the call some diplomatic value, and affirmation. Catholic boy, here. The average "evangelical" has contempt for any pope. Excluding rabid atheists, the most antagonistic individuals in the population towards Catholicism are "evangelicals".

[DeminPennswoods]

14. As a faithful Catholic, this must have been beyond thrilling

for Biden. It's not every day one gets a call from the leader of your faith.

[Hekate]

15. That must have been especially meaningful for Joe

[pnwmom]

16. It won't matter a bit to the evangelical base, whose relationship with rightwing Catholics

is one of convenience, because of their agreement on the abortion issue.

They've always viewed Catholics as "Popists," not real Christians, and this will alienate them from Catholics, not from Trump.

But it could possibly influence Catholic Trump supporters. (Though some of them have picked up on the evangelicals' antipathy for Pope Francis.)

[AllaN01Bear]

18. anyone from my generation remember a parody song called the nixorsisim?

would fit. props to the pope for recognizing the legit prez of the usa .

[JohnnyRingo]

19. FFS Now he's lost God.

Please, please, please Trump, call out the Pope on this. Call him a loser on twitter and do it in all CAPS. Tell us what a corrupt religious leader he is. Call him a RINO. Don't let him get away with this. Please do it Donald.

The feeling of rejection should be strong by now.

[George II]

22. trump is probably steaming from that! BTW, good thread for you to reach your 1,000th post. Congrats!

[Jack-o-Lantern]

23. Evangelicals don't just hate the Pope, they hate the teachings of Jesus.

[ancianita]

27. Yep. And don't even know how non-Christian they are, being in a kind of pharasaic culty groupthink.

[MyMission]

29. What took him so long?!?

I guess the Pope didn't want to seem too eager to congratulate a good Catholic.

But seriously, he took a bit longer than others leaders.
Just saying.

[McCamy Taylor]

34. I love Francis!

[MRDAWG]

43. Remember that the pope is infallible...............

suck it you Catholics who don't like our pope's belief.

Read Matthew 25 again.