tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post4778016597546555751..comments2024-03-28T18:02:12.286-04:00Comments on southern orders: A CATHOLIC MOMENT IN A PREDOMINANTLY PROTESTANT CITY: THREE STORIES IN THIS MORNING'S AUGUSTA CHRONICLE AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL AN EDITORIAL IN THE MACON TELEGRAPH CONTAINING THE NORMAL DRIVIL OF DR. BILL CUMMINGSFr. Allan J. McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-28800350408358185982016-04-18T05:42:39.529-04:002016-04-18T05:42:39.529-04:00Father, I am sorry but I certainly don't think...Father, I am sorry but I certainly don't think the Pope is stupid. He has done more or less as he wishes since he took office. If he had wanted to bring Christians to Rome, he would have brought them to Rome. Anyone with the courage of their convictions or who wished to show mercy would have insisted on a mixed group or none at all. I think he is his own man.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18143842002341428752016-04-18T05:24:54.260-04:002016-04-18T05:24:54.260-04:00I think it is untoward to attribute bad motives to...I think it is untoward to attribute bad motives to everything Pope Francis does with his gestures. Being hypercritical is not healthy. But with that said, I think Pope Francis could be compulsive with some gestures and doesn't think it through. Not including Christians was a tactical error but might be attributed to his underlings who did not consider how this would come across in its details. Keep in mind how poorly served Pope Benedict was with his advisors. Fr. Allan J. McDonaldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986575955114152639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-72950295975565819132016-04-18T05:15:38.504-04:002016-04-18T05:15:38.504-04:00If the Pope can't [or won't] help the Chri...If the Pope can't [or won't] help the Christians in the Middle East, who will? He was quick to say after the beheadings that they are martyrs but what must they think now that he has taken all Muslim families and none of the Yazidis or Christians the two most suffering minorities in the Middle East. The more I think about it, the more disgusted I am. Better to have brought no families to Rome at all. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-72834560060027177472016-04-17T19:21:02.906-04:002016-04-17T19:21:02.906-04:00Sorry, George, I believe he would have set a bette...Sorry, George, I believe he would have set a better example if he had brought Christians home and highlighted their plight, the fact that they are being persecuted and driven out of the Middle East. He has done nothing for three years about it.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-49733234499446680662016-04-17T15:14:24.315-04:002016-04-17T15:14:24.315-04:00Jan, I understand your concern and how this would ...Jan, I understand your concern and how this would come mind. One thing Pope Francis is doing though is setting an example for others (including and especially Muslims) that this is what Christians do. While certain adherents of the Muslim faith kill and destroy in the name of Allah those who are outside their faith, Christians will come to the help of others, irregardless of their faith and creed. If the Holy Father had just brought Christians back with him,what would that demonstrate to those in the countries the migrants come from, who are predominately non-Christian? Even non-Christians and those of no faith at all are willing to help their own. <br />What is going on in some of the countries of Europe is of a whole different dimension though. It involves more than the application of just the corporal works of mercy. Governments in Europe have to make prudential and practical judgements on how many numbers of migrants can absorbed, along with adequately providing for the safety and welfare of their own citizens. It will be some time before we know the effect of all this migration, good or bad. What is happening could be seen as a chastisement on the West for abandoning God by not obeying His Holy laws.<br />It would be good though if Pope Francis, or someone he delegates to do so, would also bring back to Italy some of the migrant Christian families,who have suffered much because of the turmoil in that part of the world.<br /><br /><br />Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05809499822558662728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-77669181885189832732016-04-17T10:21:09.926-04:002016-04-17T10:21:09.926-04:00Nice to actually see nuns in habits. The leadersh...Nice to actually see nuns in habits. The leadership in our two Georgia dioceses would like us to think that is just a curiosity of the past.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7846189835239594160.post-18641147108198450032016-04-17T07:25:14.157-04:002016-04-17T07:25:14.157-04:00My question is why the Pope chose to bring Muslim ...My question is why the Pope chose to bring Muslim families when it is the Christians who are being slaughtered in Syria? There has been an open request to him from the patriarch but nothing ... <br /><br />@Asked why they were all Muslim, he said there was something wrong with the papers of a Christian family that had originally been on the list.@<br /><br />This is nothing more than the usual publicity stunt. No one knows more than the Pope of the plight of Christians and he does nothing about it. Shame is the word that springs to mind ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com