2016 Postmortem
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A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel." -Pope Francis
Pope Warns Against Walled-Up Citizens in Global Politics, Twitter Users Freak Out
http://www.mediaite.com/online/pope-warns-against-walled-up-citizens-in-global-politics-twitter-users-freak-out/
http://nypost.com/2016/11/06/pope-makes-subtle-jab-at-trump-before-election-day/
Dear brothers and sisters, all walls fall. All of them, he said at the Vatican Saturday while addressing the World Meeting of Popular Movements, which includes various organizations that represent the poor and unemployed. Do not be fooled.
While the pontiff didnt specifically mention Donald Trumps plan to build a wall between the US and Mexico, he continuously slammed the idea.
No tyranny can be sustained without exploiting our fears. This is clear, he said in Spanish, according to The Atlantic. All tyranny is terrorist.
Pope Francis said terror causes some to be tempted to false security of physical or social walls.
apcalc
(4,465 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)I think he left when Pitt did.
Kahuna
(27,311 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,155 posts)to keep him from exploding at this news.
Barack_America
(28,876 posts)...and Donald Trump. Very specifically and very directly fearful of how these individuals would handle power, if given to them, and how deviant their messages are from that of Christ.
The message was powerful.
msongs
(67,441 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)would take heed of what he said because he's very popular. He's trying one last time.
He is a good man and he's right...this is coming from an Atheist.
shrike
(3,817 posts)TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)I'll make sure to email her this article. There is no way she'll vote for Hillary but if I could secure one less vote for Trashpot I'm happy.
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)... will be in a minority because polls show the majority of Catholics are voting for Hillary.
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)at it today when I saw her. I just reminded her that history will be very unkind to Trashbag and that when she tells her grandchildren about the election of 2016 she can be on the right side of it. I said You can say Ok I didn't vote for Hillary but I sure as hell didn't vote for Trump. I let it go at that. My coworkers lifelong Repub father after the 3rd debate said "I cant vote for this guy he's an idiot'...I really think he's going to get demolished on Tuesday (fingers crossed).
CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)Very conservative - no way he would ever vote anything but Republican. However, it didn't take him until the 3rd debate. Here is the article that I wrote where I described my experience with him.
A Strange Thing Happened Today
TrekLuver
(2,573 posts)CajunBlazer
(5,648 posts)That article is posted on my blog - cajunscomments.com. Glad you enjoyed it. Don't be a stranger.
And by the way I too am a Teck lover - a lover of all science fiction really.