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LuvNewcastle

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6. I love that last line, xfundy!

Reply to xfundy (Reply #5)

Fri May 24, 2013, 01:42 AM

May 2013

Francis is pretty clever, I'll give him that. It must be that Jesuit training. He goes back and forth with his pronouncements, getting conservatives on his side by trashing gay people, and then getting liberals on his side by trashing capitalism. He's trying to build this cult of personality around himself, and by extension, the Catholic Church. Some of us see it for what it is.

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Pope Francis is changing people's lives [View all] MannyGoldstein May 2013 OP

this being the same man who said that if you don't pray to the lord, you are praying to the devil? niyad May 2013 #1

I usually agree with you, but Francis' anti-abortion stance is anti-WOMEN. Over half the world MotherPetrie May 2013 #2

so he is gonna allow the heathens into heaven because he has that power? so much for his god lol nt msongs May 2013 #3

I agree... peoli May 2013 #4

He'll get over it soon enough. xfundy May 2013 #5

I love that last line, xfundy! LuvNewcastle May 2013 #6

On one not-so-minor point, you're out of date. Jim Lane May 2013 #7

Pope Francis only reiterated what is already in the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and... Humanist_Activist May 2013 #8

the historical doctrine you refer to is a bit different and was re-affirmed after francis misspoke. Warren Stupidity May 2013 #9