http://www.addictinginfo.org/2013/12/11/pope-francis-quotes/
Since becoming the newest pontiff on March 13, 2013, Pope Francis has had a lot to say. His words are literally moving the Catholic Church from what has been a right-wing dominated institution toward a more liberal one. In other words, back to the actual teachings of Jesus.Of course, that means conservatives here in America hate him. What has the Pope been saying to enrage conservatives you ask? Well, just read and enjoy the following 20 quotes uttered by Pope Francis himself.1. “In ideologies there is not Jesus: in his tenderness, his love, his meekness. And ideologies are rigid, always. Of every sign: rigid. And when a Christian becomes a disciple of the ideology, he has lost the faith: he is no longer a disciple of Jesus, he is a disciple of this attitude of thought… For this reason Jesus said to them: ‘You have taken away the key of knowledge.’ The knowledge of Jesus is transformed into an ideological and also moralistic knowledge, because these close the door with many requirements.The faith becomes ideology and ideology frightens, ideology chases away the people, distances, distances the people and distances of the Church of the people. But it is a serious illness, this of ideological Christians. It is an illness, but it is not new, eh?”
~Pope Francis, taking aim at ideologically obsessed Christians, October 20132. “We don’t want this globalised economic system which does us so much harm. Men and women have to be at the centre (of an economic system) as God wants, not money… The world has become an idolator of this god called money… To defend this economic culture, a throwaway culture has been installed. We throw away grandparents, and we throw away young people. We have to say no to his throwaway culture. We want a just system that helps everyone.”
~Pope Francis, criticizing “savage capitalism,” September 20133. “We cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage and the use of contraceptive methods … It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time. The dogmatic and moral teachings of the church are not all equivalent.The church’s pastoral ministry cannot be obsessed with the transmission of a disjointed multitude of doctrines to be imposed insistently.”
~Pope Francis, criticizing obsessed focus on abortion, same-sex marriage, and contraception, September 2013
this tends to point out the difference in evangelical and real Christianity, i'm Baptist but when you are correct you are correct and this Catholic Pope has the ability to change the world view of religion regardless of denomination.
some things are just basic and not unique to any religion, like carrying for sick and poor sorely absent from right wing tenets.
Pope Francis is everything that conservatives hate.
Pope Francis is a different pontiff than his predecessors, and that's a good thing that the world has badly been in need of. While not an absolute liberal, Pope Francis does hold many views in opposition to many conservative policies.Conservatives are largely prejudice, anti-poor, anti-women, anti-education, anti-healthcare, anti-peace, anti-gay, anti-immigrant, and against other religious beliefs. Pope Francis is none of these things. And that's why conservatives hate him.He doesn't fit the extreme mold that the right-wing demands. In other words, he's not a cold-hearted lunatic. He's the compassionate and inclusive pontiff that a majority of the people have been waiting for.
i can't say it better, they hate him because he is not them and nor are his beliefs so if he is more of a Pope then before then by default the others were sympathetic not to parhisioners but right wing ideology, this type of discourse never came up with others except maybe John the 23.
Catholic voters republicans hate your religious leader can you still support them?