09-25-2015, 09:23 PM
(09-25-2015, 09:04 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: None, just plain political grandstanding. The Pope has no place in American, or any politics for that matter. He should be labeled a hypocrite for lobbying on issues that are of no consequence to the church, and ignoring issues that are of the churches doctrine. Is it any wonder that I quit practicing the religion that I was raised upon?
Why should he not be involved in politics? Is he not a head of state? His role is political as well as spiritual.
What issues has he ignored and what has he lobbied on that are not of consequence to the Church?
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
