THE POPE, THE PRESIDENT, THE PRESS, AND POLITICS

  THE POPE, THE PRESIDENT, THE PRESS, AND POLITICS

In pursuit of the truth - www.//www.cinopsbegoneblogspot.com - Mon. Oct. 12, 2015

An excellent report by BillOreilly.com - Thursday, Sep. 24, 2015

    When Jorge Mario Bergoglia was elected pope in 2013, he sent a message by choosing Francis as his papal name. In the 13th century, St. Francis of Assisi renounced his family's wealth and worked with the poor and society's outcasts.

    The original Francis and his band of followers shunned property, sold all their worldly goods, and walked the streets in bare feet. So you can see why some of the far left, who are often hostile to Catholicism, make the exception for St. Francis, thinking he was a 'redistribute the wealth' kind of guy.

  
 Similarly, today's left-wing media and politicians have finally found a holy man they can admire. NBC News heralded the arrival of 'Progressive Pope Francis' while socialist presidential candidate Bernie Sanders says Pope Francis has a 'very progressive agenda.'

    So in addition to being the embodiment of Christ on Earth, Pope Francis has become a political Rorschach test. Pundits and politicians see what they wish to see, hear what they wish to hear and conveniently ignore the rest. It is true on both sides of the aisle, but especially on the left.

   Self proclaimed progressives are fond of the pope when he pontificates about 'climate change' or wealth inequality, especially when he rails against "the worship of the ancient golden calf." But they overlook his teachings on same-sex marriage and, most especially, abortion.

    A few days before Francis touched down on U.S. soil, our House of Representatives considered a bill that would protect the life of any baby who miraculously survives a late-term abortion. To clarify, consider that an attempted abortion is unsuccessful and the baby is born alive. Is that newborn an actual person deserving of medical intervention and protection? Or just a worthless clump of tissue?

   STUNNINGLY, ONLY FIVE DEMOCRATS VOTED FOR THE BILL, WHILE 177 VOTED NO, ONE-HUNDRED-AND-SEVENTY-SEVENTY ELECTED OFFICIALS BELIEVE IT IS OKAY TO KILL THAT BABY, WHO IS LIVING AND BREATHING IN THE OPERATING ROOM. (THEIR NAMES ARE POSTED HERE ON BILLOREILLY.COM.) TALK ABOUT EXTREMISM! #

  
 President Obama lauds Pope Francis for caring about society's "most vulnerable." Is there anyone more vulnerable than those infants? Are progressives so delusional that they believe Pope Francis is okay with religious Americans being forced to fund abortions through their taxes.

    The president and his acolytes also find common ground with the pope's criticism of capitalism.They all should be reminded that nothing - no system, no ideology - has done more for the poor than our capitalist society. In contrast, soul-less and God-less communist regimes have created misery, poverty, and a level of pollution that is unimaginable in the West.

 
  In the foreign arena liberals in the media are giddy when the pope seems to endorse the president's emphasis on diplomacy. But too many words and not enough action have directly led to hundreds of thousands of deaths in Syria and the entire Middle East. There is now a staggering flood of desperate refugees, a crisis largely due to our unwillingness to confront ISIS. Looking down the road, our diplomacy with Iran has empowered and enriched the nuke-envious, Israel-hating mullahs....

    But the primary purpose of his visit is to attend the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia.... the pope surely knows that the "the most vulnerable" grow more vulnerable when families are dysfunctional or nonexistent. And he certainly believes that the traditional family, headed by a married man and woman, is the best way to raise children. The Holy Family is not all that keen on same sex parenting and adoptions.

    GEORGE H.KUBECK -                                                                                                                                                                       

# EVERYTHING MUST BE DONE TO LIST THE NAMES OF CATHOLIC-IN-NAME-ONLY POLITICIANS WHO VOTED NO ON THIS BILL. THEY ARE ALSO THE ONES  WHO VOTE YES ON CONTINUED FUNDING OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD. MEMORIZE THEIR NAMES.