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Popes like this one are the reason there
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Posted By: Hazymac, 4/20/2026 10:09:16 AM

By almost any analysis, Christianity is the superior religion. Of all, Christianity reigns supreme. Christianity has positively transformed the entire world. Even now, ill-informed leftists don’t realize most of their thoughts on the dignity of the human and individual freedom -- and hundreds more -- are due to Christianity. Thomas Jefferson noted, “Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.” And if one is going to become a Christian it would seem that His Church, the Catholic Church, should be the choice. The other denominations were

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Reply 1 - Posted by: enemyofthestate 4/20/2026 10:18:04 AM (No. 2094925)
The Chicago Way infects the Vatican.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: farmwife 4/20/2026 10:20:10 AM (No. 2094926)
It's the left's playbook. Divide and conquer. If they are successful in moving the Catholic vote, they will no further use for this , or any other, pope.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: stablemoney 4/20/2026 10:38:17 AM (No. 2094933)
They picked the Obama Chicago pope for a reason. He is a communist, which they disguise with the "community" euphemism. Obama is a "community" organizer.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hurricanegirl 4/20/2026 10:53:12 AM (No. 2094938)
Excuse me? "His" Church is ANYONE--no matter what denomination or no denomination at all--who calls upon the name of the Lord to be saved! The church is not an organization or a denomination. Instead, it is the body of Christ made up of the "whosoever will"--those who believe that Jesus is who He claimed to be: Emmanuel, "God with us" who came to Earth to die and save us from the fatal disease of sin.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 4/20/2026 11:05:02 AM (No. 2094946)
Commies like religion when it is state run. They can use it to control the populace. This has all the earmarks of a schism and is how new religions/churches are formed. Not only are the Commies trying to influence Christianity, they are trying to influence Islam too.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: DVC 4/20/2026 11:29:23 AM (No. 2094966)
Well, the headline has the story.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Italiano 4/20/2026 11:53:03 AM (No. 2094990)
I'm one of them. Catholic schools from first grade through college. I bailed in the 80's, way before this clown. It didn't start with him.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Ruhn 4/20/2026 12:06:46 PM (No. 2094999)
The author is opening a denominational can of worms on this one.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: philsner 4/20/2026 12:14:23 PM (No. 2095007)
Well, I disagree. The protestant reformation was about differences in belief, not the Pope. And if you are a Catholic who becomes a protestant because you don't like the pope, well, you don't understand what it means to be a Christian, much less a Catholic
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Maggie2u 4/20/2026 12:27:44 PM (No. 2095014)
I was raised Catholic, 1st thru 8th grade. Married in the Church,(husband isn't Catholic) all my children were baptized, and our three oldest went to Catholic school. Our two youngest went to public schools. But, if you look at history, starting with the United States, it was White, Anglo-Saxon Protestants that should be credited with modern civilization. Really, not a single Catholic country is a first world country. Not Mexico, any in South America, Spain, France maybe but barely. All have one thing in common, Catholicism. And I'm not insinuating that Protestant countries are perfect but they're a lot better off than the Catholic ones. Convince me I'm wrong.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Maggie2u 4/20/2026 12:30:00 PM (No. 2095015)
I should have added that I'm talking about before the European countries and Britain collectively lost their minds and let the muslims invade them. Now it's all bets are off.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: philsner 4/20/2026 12:37:54 PM (No. 2095020)
Scribbler failure and contradictions, Consider this paragraph from his article: "I’m not a member of the Catholic Church so my thoughts have no meaning for them, but Popes like this -- and the one before him -- are the reason there are Protestants and why so many have simply abandoned their faith." He is not a Catholic. I doubt he is a Christian; he didn't say. But what he does say is contradictory. He says "his thoughts" have no meaning for Catholics. With that I agree. But he goes on the say that "his thoughts" are why Catholics quit the faith. You can't have it both ways. And I still maintain that being a Christian is much more than one aspect - the pope - and more about Jesus Christ, his teachings and instruction, along with his Resurrection and his institution of the Eucharist. There have been popes - who are merely sinners like the rest of us - much worse than the present one. People who leave the church because of the pope were simply waiting on a plausible excuse or they are pretend Catholic Christians. I get irritated when ignorance passes for knowledge. Stay in your lane, Mr. Conlin. Find yourself a good entertainment church and leave your incorrect analysis at home.
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By almost any analysis, Christianity is the superior religion. Of all, Christianity reigns supreme. Christianity has positively transformed the entire world. Even now, ill-informed leftists don’t realize most of their thoughts on the dignity of the human and individual freedom -- and hundreds more -- are due to Christianity. Thomas Jefferson noted, “Had the doctrines of Jesus been preached always as pure as they came from his lips, the whole civilized world would now have been Christians.” And if one is going to become a Christian it would seem that His Church, the Catholic Church, should be the choice. The other denominations were
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