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Link to tweet
I just checked and it is about 4 miles north of the White House. Will he make a military parade out of it?
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)applegrove
(118,676 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 2, 2020, 04:51 PM - Edit history (2)
Let's call it "take 2".
I stand corrected:
Catholic Archbishop Slams Trumps Visit to Shrine
June 2, 2020 at 1:28 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 169 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2020/06/02/catholic-archbishop-slams-trump-visit-to-shrine/
"SNIP......
President Trump triggered sharp condemnation from top religious leaders for the second time in two days on Tuesday, with Washington Archbishop Wilton Gregory slamming his visit to a D.C. shrine honoring Pope John Paul II, the Washington Post reports.
Said Gregory: I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles, which call us to defend the rights of all people, even those with whom we might disagree.
......SNIP"
greyl
(22,990 posts)That's my bet
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Is that what this new weird new propaganda push of his is all about?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)herding cats
(19,564 posts)Photo-ops rather than Christian empathy for the lives of others is their attempt to patch this up.
Think it will hold?
roamer65
(36,745 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)consider them to be real Christians? Is this just another example of Trump's total cluelessness about religion?
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Yes, some think they're the only true Christians and the rest won't be seeing the "pearly gates." But, the degree of separation varies by what charter (for lack of a better word) they subscribe to.
Fundamentalist Christians tend to lean more toward it's their way or the highway to hell (my apologies to AC/DC!), but others just think they'll be raptured in the end times while the non-fundamentalist will have to suffer the fallout of the anti-Christ and the apocalypse.
That's at least what I've managed to glean from my conversations with them.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)She sees Trump as the savior of the unborn. But once they're born, she's fine with Trump putting the brown ones in cages.
pnwmom
(108,978 posts)But the PEW studies show RW Catholics are a minority of Catholics. The majority of Catholics are much more liberal than average evangelicals.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Last refuge of a scoundrel.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)He's losing the evangelicals so hard and so fast I don't think this is helping him whatsoever at the point now
elleng
(130,935 posts)Establishing a 'defense?'
DanieRains
(4,619 posts)Defend the church from the Anti-Christ at all cost.
This could mean the war..... For all humanity.....
TeamPooka
(24,228 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)Eyeball_Kid
(7,432 posts)Then shell bring on a line of clothes in the nun tradition. Black robes, habits, rosary beads around the neck, etc. Fashion at its finest.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)... one might find interesting pictures with her "kidneys"...
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)But no need to post that here.
SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)Her kidneys look painfully stretched in that one, which could explain the scowl on her face.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I'm laughing at the thought of it.
herding cats
(19,564 posts)Fingers crossed here!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)Grokenstein
(5,723 posts)Rubber bullets?
Lead ones?
Generic Other
(28,979 posts)How else?
larwdem
(758 posts)John Paul ll was he the the pope with Nazi ties?
Blue_playwright
(1,568 posts)sarisataka
(18,656 posts)He was in the job from 1978 - 2005.
Pius XII was pope during WW2.
sarisataka
(18,656 posts)Did he have Nazi ties during the war prior to becoming Pope, not was he Pope during WW2
I know JP2 was not even ordained until after the war ended.
mwooldri
(10,303 posts)He tried to lay low during WW2, even hiding in basements to escape the SS rounding up Poles for execution.
You might be thinking of Pope Benedict XVI. He was conscripted into the Hitler Youth, as everyone of that age in Germany was at that time. He refused to attend meetings apparently. Later on he got conscripted into an anti aircraft corps. He did end up as a prisoner of war.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)He was apparently often appealed to, told of specific cases, and did nothing. Some are furious he may soon be declared a saint--- Or has he already been declared one? I've lost track
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I can't remember that one's name right now to save me though.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)Two hours in an underground bunker with Eva Braun and spawn and the boy found religion. Hallelujah!!
Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)I love your signature line.
Totally Tunsie
(10,885 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Jamastiene
(38,187 posts)IcyPeas
(21,884 posts)NBachers
(17,116 posts)The Via Crucis de Trumppi, with the sTrumpet adorned as Dei Genitrix, the Mother of God. What a pageant it will be, with riot batons and tear gas and blood in the streets.
Freddie
(9,267 posts)Lady_Chat
(561 posts)he's surrounded by others carrying weapons. How his supporters fall for this con, is beyond me.
orleans
(34,053 posts)MFM008
(19,814 posts)To re-grab the national spotlight and change the subject and keep it off C19 and unemployment numbers.
D I S T R A C T I O N.
Rhiannon12866
(205,435 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,320 posts)Or be ready to block the roads too, in case he does take the armored car. Just a thought for any of you in DC.