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Losing Patience With the New Pope

PhillupSpace2 Wrote: Mar 20, 2013 3:04 AM

You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself any carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above-- For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children of those who hate me-- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain— Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Honor your father and your mother-- You shall not murder. You shall not commit adultery. You shall not steal. You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his donkey! (Is that like envy, Lust and Greed all covered by one?)

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Losing Patience With the New Pope

Many millions of Catholics around the world were joyous with the naming of a new pope -- a holy man from the Third World no less. Even in choosing his name, Pope Francis is emphasizing a devotion to the poor, and humility in his clothing and manners.

The liberal media should be lapping this up. There was an accurate recounting of the global rejoicing, especially in Argentina. There were hopeful words about his pastoral modesty. But as the day came for the pope to be installed, the natural secular liberal nastiness toward the oldest Christian faith bubbled up in demands for "tolerance"...