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PopeWatch: Contempt

How much contempt does Pope Francis have for those who are on the right and disagree with him politically?:

In his new book, “Let Us Dream: The Path to a Better Future,” to be released Dec. 1, the head of the 1.3 billion–member Roman Catholic Church lambastes those who protest the health measures aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19: “Some groups protested, refusing to keep their distance, marching against travel restrictions — as if measures that governments must impose for the good of their people constitute some kind of political assault on autonomy or personal freedom,” he writes.

He goes further, and contrasts those who dig in against health measures with anti-mask protests. “You’ll never find such people protesting the death of George Floyd, or joining a demonstration because there are shanty towns where children lack water or education, or because there are whole families who have lost their income,” he adds. “On such matters, they would never protest; they are incapable of moving outside of their own little world of interests.”

Go here to read the rest.  Quite a bit apparently.  The word is not used, but the phrase YOU DEPLORABLES! is received loud and clear.  The Pope is much more interested in being the Vicar of the chattering classes of the West rather than in being the Vicar of Christ.

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Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 3:54am

There is no one more deplorable person on this earth than “Pope” Francis, a megalomaniac and servant of those who wish to impose totalitarian control over all of us all in the name of doing the will of God.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 5:22am

“You’ll never find such people protesting the death of George Floyd, or joining a demonstration because there are shanty towns where children lack water or education, or because there are whole families who have lost their income,”

Well, no, of course not. George Floyd died of an overdose of fentanyl. Four police officers are facing a political show trial because they were present when he died, he being under arrest and they having called an ambulance to take him to a hospital. ShAmnesty International will never classify Derek Chauvin as a ‘prisoner of conscience’, of course.

And, of course, people who live in shanty towns live in shanty towns because the productive capacity of the country in question is such that there is only so much manpower, equipment, and material to devote to the construction of dwellings. Other manpower, equipment, and material is devoted to other components of subsistence. ‘Demonstrations’ are not going to do one blessed thing to improve the productivity of the economies where shanty towns are located. Of course, if you have a lot of rent-seeking in your economy, people working the informal sector or in wage jobs in private enterprise in the formal sector will commonly suffer welfare losses as politically-connected insiders collect the rents. That’s going to be a function of the degree to which incomes are politically-determined. Since when did the Peronist movement ever promote a retreat from state power in determining incomes?

The man’s the Dunning-Kruger effect personified.

DJH
DJH
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 5:39am

I’ve got a friend who attends of of those one “worship band churches,” and I’ve gotten to know the community fairly well. Their first service precedes my parish’s and I found myself attending this past Sunday.
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Over the years they have added responsive prayer and discovered Advent. They even passed out a Bible reading sheet based off the Book of Common Prayer and some good spiritual direction on how to celebrate CHRISTmas.
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Looking over the materials, I texted my friend and joked that if her church kept on its trajectory, they’d soon be more Catholic than Pope Francis.
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I may have been a bit late with that statement. That . . . white-washed tomb . . .has little regard for the starvation among his own flock. As it turned out, the speaker at the service that day was a “missionary” from Costa Rica. His particular area of interest had an economy that is 60 to 70 percent tourist based. No tourists, no money, no unemployment check. Lots of hunger (and yes, the virus is an issue even there, but I don’t know to the extent). The missionary organization has given out over 4 million meals this past summer.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 5:57am

His particular area of interest had an economy that is 60 to 70 percent tourist based.

The ratio of tourist receipts to nominal domestic product was 0.065 in 2018, not 0.65. The Costa Rican economy contracted at an annual rate of 8.6% during the 2d quarter of 2020. Bad as that is, the rate of implosion was far more violent here than there. Thus far, the pandemic in Costa Rica has followed a pattern you see in other tropical countries – single peak, long tail. The daily death toll hit a plateau between mid September and mid October and has fallen about 40% since. Over all, deaths per million to dade is less than half of what it is here.

David WS
David WS
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 6:24am

I didn’t know what the term “gaslighting” meant until this Pope was elected.

Dave G.
Dave G.
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 8:10am

The amazing thing is the speed with which Pope Francis judges the inner thoughts and intentions of those who simply question prevailing leftist narratives, like is it right to assume the officer involved in George Floyd’s death was racist because he was white? Or is the fact that close downs are hurting lower income businesses and workers more than billion dollar corporations a bad thing? Ask those things, and Pope Francis comes at them like a Spanish inquisitor. Let people support our drugs and porn and abortion culture, on the other hand, and while the pope may say those aren’t good, it’s always ‘who am I to judge?’.

Ernst Schreiber
Ernst Schreiber
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 8:13am

See a lot of masks and social distancing at George Floyd protests do you, your Holiness?

DJH
DJH
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 8:54am

Art–the missionary was not talking the entirety of Costa Rica, only the small portion in which his organization operates. Regardless, it is still a lot of hungry people who should be allowed to work.
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GregB
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 10:52am

Viva Frei and Robert Barnes had a live stream segment on the George Floyd case. Barnes brought up information that Chauvin had his own legal problems, that it appears that he and Floyd had a history, and that Floyd may have been an informant. Between that and Floyd’s use of fentanyl the whole thing sounds like a complete mess.
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Here is the video highlight segment titled “HL-39: George Floyd NEW EVIDENCE? Viva & Barnes HIGHLIGHT”:
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Pinky
Pinky
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 1:12pm

Actually, the people protesting the measures are seriously worried about the “whole families who have lost their income”. The shanty towns aren’t the result of our government’s actions, so protests here wouldn’t be effective. And I’d bet that some people have protested both George Floyd’s death and the coronavirus policies.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 3:04pm

Barnes brought up information that Chauvin had his own legal problems, that it appears that he and Floyd had a history, and that Floyd may have been an informant.

There were conflicting accounts of whether or not they were acquainted from work. I believe it was eventually debunked per the testimony of the club owner who employed them. Chauvin’s other legal problems arose subsequent to the events in question and that prosecution smells as well.

Don L
Don L
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 3:12pm

If I weren’t Catholic…there’d be so much more to say.

CAM
CAM
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 5:26pm

R Barnes’ comments about Derek Chauvin’s other legal problems. One is that his wife is divorcing him. Since his arrest in the Floyd death she’s received many death threats. Kellie Chauvin has asked the court for a name change and title to their two homes. Although she is an unemployed she has waived spousal support claiming that she doesn’t need it because she can support herself. Looks as if she is protecting the family assets. Before the George Floyd case she was was known in the twin cities for her financial support of Hmong women in need and the Hmong community and as..Mrs. Minnesota in 2018.. Her employment is listed as a radiologist and a realtor.
The other Chauvin problem: https://thegrio.com/2020/07/22/derek-chauvin-wife-charged-felony-tax-crimes/ Before his arrest Derek, 46, and his estranged wife, Kellie Chauvin, 45, were charged with nine felony counts of aiding and abetting taxes, false or fraudulent returns or failing to file returns. They owe for unreported income from 2014 -2019.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Tuesday, December 1, AD 2020 6:19pm

IIRC, the quantum of off-the-books income the prosecutor is attributing to each of them is absurd.

I’d like to think Kellie Chauvin has launched a pro forma divorce action in order to protect assets, and she isn’t just bailing on him.

Ranger01
Ranger01
Wednesday, December 2, AD 2020 6:27am

I refuse to waste four letter words on the current bishop of Rome.
Though, IMHO, he deserves all of them. Anyway, I ‘pray’ for him.

Bill
Bill
Wednesday, December 2, AD 2020 10:07am

It looks like Frances is as good at uniting Catholics as Obama was at uniting Americans.

FreemenRtrue
FreemenRtrue
Thursday, December 3, AD 2020 5:48am

am I still banned?

Donald Link
Donald Link
Thursday, December 3, AD 2020 10:24am

It is quite improper to hold even PF in contempt. On the other hand, I believe St. Paul described the procedure to be followed with errant Church members.

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