Rome, 11:11:13 (Kipa) Pope Francis deplores hypocrisy and vanity among believers and priests. "Corrupt Christians" and "corrupt priests" who do not follow the spirit of the Gospel, but the worldly vanity, would bring a lot of "bad" about the Church, Francis said on Monday during his daily morning Mass at the Vatican.
"We all know someone who is in such a situation," the Pope said. These people have lived a "double life".
With one hand they should give money to the church, while with the other they rob state and the poor. Those people who do not repent of their sin and presentiment to be good Christians, according to Jesus, deserve to be thrown with a millstone around their neck of the sea, Francis said in the chapel of the guest house Santa Marta. Jesus isn't speaking about forgiveness. (Kipa / cic / bal)
It is such a SAD day when many good Catholics have realized that the best way to not endanger their faith is to simply block out, not listen to, and not read anything this holy father says.
ReplyDeleteIt's good that Pope Francis actually talked about sin. I don't recall that he's done that before (though I may have missed it if he did). Unfortunately, the sin to which he is referring seems to be that of "robbing the state and the poor." Is this really the worst type of sin that a Catholic can commit, which would warrant a millstone being hung around the neck of those committing it?
ReplyDeleteI would have thought that in these days of obscene, oppressive taxation the Pope would be better employed talking about how the state robs the poor through this excessive taxation. And how the state(s) protect the super rich by confiscating the money and savings of the poor to pay for the usurious business practices of the financial oligarchs.
DeleteIt makes me cringe whenever Pope Francis opens his mouth and says something. It's confusion and wishy-washy galore!
ReplyDeleteHow very sad indeed!
Does he realize that he's living one of the most cushy lives there is to be had in the world, surrounded by priceless works of arts, gold, jewels, buildings, painting, etc? You take this strange "robbing the poor" logic of his to its logical conclusion, and he needs to move out of the Vatican and into a Motel 6.
ReplyDeleteDO "we all know someone who is in such a situation"? Whom is he talking about? I know of ONE priest in my city who was charged with embezzling from his church because he has a gambling addiction. Just like for liberals it's always 1965 in Selma, Alabama, for the Bishop of Rome it's always Florence, 1500, with "Renaissance princes" feasting off of gold plates while the poor moan outside the palace gates. The guy lives in a cartoon fantasyland where there's always a top-hatted plutocrat with a big dollar sign on his vest kicking Little Orphan Annie.
ReplyDeleteThat's hilarious and probably true.
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