#16 OF 40 - THIS UNHAPPY BOOK REPORT ON "THE POLITICAL POPE"

# 16 OF 40 - THIS UNHAPPY BOOK REPORT ON "THE POLITICAL POPE"

IN PURSUIT OF THE TRUTH - HTTP://WWW.CINOPSBEGONEBLOGSPOT.COM - TUES. MAY 21/ 2019

 

George Neumayr, "The Political Pope" Center Street, 2017

Chapter 5,  Unholy Alliance" 80- 85

Bernie Sanders Goes to the Vatican

"Pope Francis has been influenced by Pedagogy of the Oppressed, a book that sought to spread Marxism among the peasants of Latin America.The Alynskyite Left in America regards that book as a classic. The author of the book is the late Paulo Freire, and Pope Francis has made a point of visiting with Freire's widow. The meeting was set up by Cardinal Hummes, the Brazilian whom Francis credits with inspiring him to name himself after St. Francis. Pope Francis "consider the meeting with me because of the writings of Paulo , because of the importance of Paulo for the education of oppressed people, poor people, black people, for women, for minorities," Ana Freire said....

 

"Maybe I have given the impression of being a little bit to the left," allowed Pope Francis in a 2015 understatement. It is more than just an impression for socialist like Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton's opponent in the 2016 Democratic primaries. In an interview with Vatican spokesman Fr. Thomas Rosica, which a Catholic television in Canada aired in 2015, Sanders spoke about Pope Francis as a fellow socialist.

 

"Well, what it means to be a socialist, in the sense of what the pope is talking about, what I am talking about, is to say what we have got to do our best and live out lives in a way that alleviates human suffering, that does not accelerate the disparities of income and wealth," Sanders said. It pleased Sanders to see Pope Francis inveigh against the "idolatry  of money, and to say maybe that's not what human life should be about, and that is a very, very radical critique of the hyper-capitalist system, world system, that we are living in today." In April 2016, at the height of Democratic primaries, Sanders accepted an invitation from the Holy See to lecture at the Vatican and meet Pope Francis....

 

"In an interview with the Leftist Italian newspaper La Repubblica during his visit to Rome, Sanders praised the pope's socialist commitments: "Look I believe the reason I was invited to participate in this conference is that many of the issues which the pope tackles are similar to mine."...

 

"George Soros has been pouring money into groups such as the aforementioned Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good" to capitalize on the so-called Francis effect in U.S. politics. In 2016, that group which was founded by an aid to Obama and put out a "Pope Francis Values Reflection Guide" to steer Catholics toward voting for Hillary Clinton. A Coalition of Catholic front groups for the left disseminated the document, including the Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Faith in Public Life: ... Franciscan Action Network, Leadership Conference of Women Religious... Pax Christi USA, Pax Christi International and Extended Justice Team of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas....

 

"As Catholics, we are called by our faith to engage in this election. Pope Francis says that ' a good Catholic meddles in politics, offering the best of one's self so that those who govern can govern well.".... Never mind that the good Catholics whom they extol,, such as Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi, support positions diametrically opposed to centuries of Catholic teaching on abortion and the traditionally marriage...

Pope Francis Democrats

"Indeed, it has now become chic for pro-abortion, pro-gay marriage Catholic officeholders to invoke Francis as an inspiration for their left-wing politics, including their cultural liberalism. He is "starting to sound like a nun," Pelosi has said. " He challenge us to rescue our planet from the climate crisis that threatens the future of our children."

"Joe Biden has long supported abortion rights, pro-gay marriage in defiance of Church teaching. He has even officiated at gay weddings. Yet he boasts of his cozy relationship with Pope Francis. He said that he knew Pope Francis "as well as anybody" and that they share a socialist interpretation of Catholicism....

 

"Despite Biden's support for making scientific use of aborted embryos, he has invited to speak at the Vatican on the subject of medicine. Such invites have undercut the efforts of conservative Catholic Bishops who chastise secularized Catholic politicians."    George H. Kubeck