Do you consider Pope Francis a leader in the fight against abortion?
Go here to read the rest. Pope Francis always condemns abortion when he speaks about it, but, compared to his two immediate predecessors, the fight against abortion is not a priority for him. Pope Francis prefers issues where he can speak in unison with the political left rather than in opposition to it. Hence the priority given by him to the completely fraudulent leftist crusade against global warming, his constant attacks on free markets, his support for mass immigration of muslims to Europe, his support for illegal aliens entering the US, etc. These are the issues that captivate the Pope. Those opposed to abortion, homosexual marriage and are champions of other aspects of traditional Catholic morality that are unpopular with the left, get almost nothing but lip service from this Pope. The Pope has obviously decided that no progress can be made on these issues, and that therefore he will concentrate on issues where the left supports him and he can drive forward his agenda. The problem of course is that the agenda of the left that the Pope embraces has bupkis to do with Catholicism,
Subtle, indeed.
How about his speech before Congress where he called for a global abolition of the death penalty? Ignore the ongoing holocaust and, instead, stake out a foolish, unscriptural position to advance your leftist agenda. Subtle, indeed. More like, deliberate!
It is better to keep our eyes on Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith (Hebbrews 12:2) than this Pope.
Ii have difficulty ignoring his “obsession” comment regarding pro-life folks. How dare they have the passion of St Paul in their endeavors to save sacred life.
Given the quantities/tens of millions of the murders and the horrid “quality” of the evil of abortion, it is the only pro-life issue that the pro-life leader of the World should be fighting. The other issues are infinitesimally small in comparison. Sadly, it is not so with Pope Francis.
Our Lord and Creator and Savior made His Law clear in innumerable ways as can be found in the books of the Bible, which were inspired by His Holy Spirit. These inconvenient Truths are now, and have been dismissed, or otherwise ignored, by the leader(s) of the church for a ‘softer’ versions of love.
Without a clear frame of reference for Reverence, people will not have maturity or understanding. This is a grave disservice to our children, for whom Jesus told the women of Jerusalem to weep.
So, no is my answer to the title question.
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No way! Whether this is the position of Micaiah Bilger (the LIfe-Site News writer) or Richard Poopflinger, this is the naval equivalent of the destroyer-line putting up the smoke-screen, evasion for the capital ships in the 2nd and 3rd lines.
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This pope, where ever it has really mattered (such as his historic opportunity in October 2015 to address Congress and the US), has been deathly, and I do mean, deathly silent on abortion. …
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What poop-flinging. (I would like to be more explicit, but this is a refined blog-site.)
Interesting that reporting that Pope Francis is pro-life is considered noteworthy. The man’s other interests are so political, socialistic and secular that finding out that he has an interest in the singular Catholic moral issue of our time is considered news is not a positive development.
Michael Dowd, your astute point becomes all the more significant when one considers the source of the information is part of that erratic group of “shepherds known as the USCCB. Why would they have to push such a point? It should be as obvious to all as fish preferring water.
How shameful that our pope , the bishops and priest do not stand up and fight or the end of abortion. Then they wonder why so many catholics have left the church and more will continue to do so in the future.
I always reflect back to Mater et Magistra, by none other than of course, “the saint of Vatican II”, John XXIII, stating “No Catholic could subscribe even to moderate socialism”:
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“Pope Pius XI further emphasized the fundamental opposition between Communism and Christianity, and made it clear that no Catholic could subscribe even to moderate Socialism (citing Pius XI, Quad. Anno, 1931, n .111; John XXIII, Mater et Mag., 1961, n. 34)
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Besides his socialist leadership, there is the fawning capitulation he displays to the great dictators of our age, even captured photographically laughing with them (the Venezuelan putz; partial-birth Obama; the Greatest-Living-Murderer, Fidel Castro; Iranian president-executioner Hassan Rouhani), this tiger (Bergoglio) showed his stripes once and for all to me by his deathly silence on the very name of Jesus Christ—he, the Vicar of Christ—at his historic opportunity addressing Congress this past October, as well as his silence on abortion and the present-day martyrdom of Christians by Islam around the world. The Silent Watchdog that will not bark. The Willling Lapdog of every dictator