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PopeWatch: Culture of Insults

Pope Francis is against insults. No, really.  Stop laughing! :

Social media fosters a “culture of insults,” Pope Francis has told Sunday Pentecost churchgoers in Rome. In Berlin, Protestant bishop Markus Droge warned against propagators of lies intent on “undermining” democracy.

In his homily in front of tens of thousands in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis lamented that “the more we use social media, the less social we are becoming.”

“Nowadays it is fashionable to hurl adjectives and, sadly, even insults,” said the Roman Catholic pontiff, pleading instead that people respond to “malice with goodness.”

Go here to read the rest.  Presumably the Pope does not view the statements he has made, collected by The Pope Francis Bumper Book of Insults, as insults.  Go here and judge for yourselves.

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.

 

 

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David WS
David WS
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 5:27am

“Sometimes the jokes just write themselves.“
Incredible. And yet, I don’t think he really understands.

Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 6:43am

David WS.

He understands perfectly.

He is Capo Crimini and all Don’s have great difficulty with criticism.
[ Don’s, relating to Mafia Don’s of course. ]
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Ernst Schreiber
Ernst Schreiber
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 9:52am

I’m guessing that in his ongoing battle against clericalism, he doesn’t think of the clergy as people.

Which is a kind of clericalism.

It’s also very human in that ordinary do as I say and not as I do kind of way.

And it’s kind of good advice.

Philip Nachazel
Philip Nachazel
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 11:11am

Here’s an insult for you;

https://www.lifenews.com/2019/09/27/hillary-clinton-wins-pro-abortion-lifetime-achievement-award-calls-killing-babies-a-human-right/

Take a good look at the face of Social Justice.

What’s insulting is the verbiage coming from our fearless leader on this topic.
To rigid I suppose for a weak stomach that is constantly dining on “Greens.”
Leftist favorite meal is climate smorgasbord.

DJH
DJH
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 1:02pm

“Social media fosters a “culture of insults,” Pope Francis has told Sunday Pentecost churchgoers in Rome.”
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Am I to assume that the Pope is a heavy user of FB?

Greg Mockeridge
Greg Mockeridge
Saturday, September 28, AD 2019 4:55pm

All of these insults were brought to us courtesy of the Conclave of 2013.

Michael Dowd
Michael Dowd
Sunday, September 29, AD 2019 1:44am

The thing is, he doesn’t understand that he insults people. Just another indication how far removed he is from reality–especially when it comes to the teaching of the Faith.

Obviously, PF has issues.

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Sunday, September 29, AD 2019 1:56pm

[…] FRANCIS IS AGAINST INSULTS. NO, REALLY.  STOP LAUGHING! […]

Eliane
Sunday, September 29, AD 2019 7:17pm

Calling nuns ,Old Maid, and what is a Old Maid?Encourage dialogue ,and ignore those who demand explanation on his book Amoris…..Call rigid on our faithful priests.It look like he want to eraise 2,000 years of catholic church teaching and replace it by his views and opinions.Dear pope Francis read your bible, i hoped you have a catholic one.

SAA5of5
SAA5of5
Sunday, September 29, AD 2019 7:45pm

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