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Why Does Glenn Beck Think Pope Francis Could Be One of the Best Popes in the Catholic Church’s History?

Mar. 20, 2013 10:09pm
Glenn Beck Digs Into the Ideology of Pope Francis I

Pope Francis prays during his inauguration mass on March 19, 2013 on St Peter’s square at the Vatican. The pope waved to the tens of thousands of pilgrims, who carried flags from around the world and shouted ‘Long live the pope!’. Credit: AFP/Getty Images

There is no doubt, Pope Francis I is a spiritual leader who deeply cares about those less fortunate and believes that the church should, just as the priests who vow to serve God, be as poor as those who need the greatest help.

But is the new Pope a socialist or proponent of social justice in the vein of liberation theology? TheBlaze’s Billy Hallowell interviewed Sam Gregg, research director at the Action Institute, to glean greater insight into Francis’ views on poverty and social justice. After speaking with Gregg, Hallowell noted:

Well, it’s clear from his past and present statements and behaviors that Pope Francis cares deeply about the poor and that he lives a very humble and — by all accounts — modest life (he cooked his own meals, took public transportation and decided not to live in lavish quarters). But how far does this devotion to the poor go? Is Francis concerned with government structure and taxation or will he stick firmly to the faith and encouraging believers to help those in need?

This quest for context and its associated curiosities, of course, is nothing new. Whenever a new pope is elected, the public and media, alike, look incessantly for any and all information that will shed light on the new-found faith leader’s character and a past actions. And considering that the Catholic Church has 1.2 billion members across the globe, Pope Francis’ viewpoints matter, mostly because of the control and influence he will have over believers.

On his Wednesday evening broadcast, Glenn Beck invited prominent rabbis and priests on a special panel to discuss the new pope and where the Vatican may be headed.

“If the pope believes in collective salvation, if he worries about the collective and fails to speak about the individual salvation, individual empowerment, individual responsibility, individual potential, then there is trouble,” Beck said. “But if he recognizes the individual, and then leads by example and demonstrates how you change the world, not through a big government but you change the world by being more kind, more gentle, more humble — we will see one of the best popes, I believe, in the Catholic church’s history.”

“And we might just see a man that is not on our side, but on God’s side,” he concluded.

Watch Beck’s expert panel dig deeper into the pope’s ideology:

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  • RNM
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 3:41pm

    Well, there you have it… Glenn-approved and safe for the lemmings.

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  • Yatahey
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:57pm

    Glenn,

    Why did you leave Holy Mother Church that was founded by Christ Himself for an “ism” that was founded by a man some 150 years ago?

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  • oldwmn
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:01pm

    its amazing how Protestants have selective memory loss….Tammy Fae dogs dog house had more gold in it then Vatican…and then the i am a tv preacher caught with my pants down with a prostitute , I have sinned, and a few fake tears solves it all, i love the MY GOD can whooop your God type of dumber then a radish mentality i see posted here… I will go have pretzels and beer with my Buddhist and Shaman friends and no one insults the other..duh?

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  • Verokats
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:55pm

    There is so much evil in the world. Christians please stop judging one another and stand together.

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  • Dismayed Veteran
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:18am

    Why is that every time there is a story concerning the Catholic Church, there are “the Catholic Church is a cults” expressed by Protestants? Why is it that Catholics almost never make any “you are heretics” comments about Protestants in response or when there is a story about one of the many Protestant faiths? Doesn’t that strike anyone as odd? Why is that Protestants seem to enjoy making comments about the Catholic Church? Are they afraid of the Catholic Church? Are they afraid they are wrong? So sad.

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    • wheelz0505
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:53am

      Good question!!!

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    • matt93312
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:59pm

      Its really simple… Protestants are “protesting” a little thing called the Roman Catholic Church. We hold the Bible to be authoritative in all things spiritual. Google Sola Scriptura. The RCC believes in the doctrine of men, the infallibility of the pope and other Heresies.

      Most Catholics are ignorant of even their most basic history. Your church killed members of my church in a little thing called the “Inquisition.” Your church smiles and pats Protestants on the head while confirming a slew of Anathemas from the Council of Trent. The pope thinks that we will all return to the mother church once he spanks a few pedophiles and fires a couple cardinals. And to his credit, there are some denominations apostate enough to make the move.

      If you want Protestants to end their protest, this is what must happen. Stop ordaining gay priests. Allow priests to marry as Peter was married. Return Mary to her place as a woman highly favored “among” women who worshiped her Son… the Messiah. Dethrone the pope and enthrone Jesus. He does not need a “vicar.” I think that is a good starting place for a reunification discussion.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:19pm

      Perhaps because Catholics I know were taught that, though we belong to the one, true Church, , we should still respect and love those of other faiths as Jesus would want us to do and not be hateful and nasty to them or about their beliefs. I would be curious to know if my fellow Christians of other faiths are taught the same thing.

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    • Caleb-Texas
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:37pm

      Dear Matt,

      Your comments as those of many brother and sister in Christ remind me of something that Archbishop Fulton Sheen said:

      “There are not more than 100 people in the world who truly hate the Catholic Church, but there are millions who hate what they perceive to be the Catholic Church”.

      Although all the doctrines of the Catholic Church have a solid scriptural foundation we believe that it is the Church that Christ founded that has the ultimate authority. The premise of “Sola Scripture” cannot be found in the bible however Christ did founded one Church Mathew 16:16-19 and gave authority to that church Matthew 18:15-18. Moreover it is because of that authority that the Catholic Church gave us the cannon of the New Testament. If it wasn’t for the Catholic Church how do you know that the book of Revelation is inspired and not the Gospel of Peter? If you trust in the bible then you trust in the authority of the Catholic Church.

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    • firearm
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:39pm

      Protestants are innocent little angels. Quit fooling yourself. Try doing a little research yourself by starting with the”Plantations of Ireland”. P.S. I’m not Irish.

      “Plantations in 16th and 17th century Ireland were the confiscation of land by the English crown and the colonisation of this land with settlers from England and the Scottish Lowlands.”

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantations_of_Ireland

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    • tradcatholicgirl
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 5:46pm

      @MATT93312,

      You know, you don’t have to “protest” the Catholic Church anymore.

      Newsflash: The reformation is over. And we’ve all forgiven each other over historical wrongs you mention in your post.

      You mentioned about protestants being persecuted by the RCC. Good.

      But you neglected to mention that in Great Britain starting in the Elizabethan era, Roman Catholics were forbidden to practice, under threat of arrest and death.

      Priests were quartered and hung. (Ya know what quartered means? Look it up.)

      And, uh, Matt?

      For centuries, it was against the law to be anything but ANGLICAN in Great Britain.

      This is why the Pilgrams came to America. Their own protestant brothers would not let them practice the faith as they saw fit.

      Do some reading. Then come and post here about the reformation and its repercussions in today’s world.

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  • abeliever2010
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 9:32am

    Mr. Beck is best left to discuss the politics and associated issues.

    Mr. Beck should research and educate himself about the Catholic faith a bit especially the Pre-Vatican II era. By indications he does not have knowledge of the Church and its history, traditions, internal issues.

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    • johnthebabtist
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:27am

      love glenn, but you are SO right. he really does need to know more about THE CHURCH. this pope is not a priest, bishop, archbishop, he’s just a man like all anti popes since vat. 2.

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    • wheelz0505
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:54am

      Agree!

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    • firearm
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 6:53pm

      Where you a Catholic?? Why are you upset about Vatican 2 like I am, being a conservative Catholic. I’ll never understand why Protestants are upset about Vatican 2 when it was created to appease them!

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  • suzzi
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 8:43am

    Glenn, if your great effort to be a uniter and peace-maker, you are leading people astray! I have been an avid supporter, watcher and listener of yours since your first day at CNN. You’re leaning on your own understanding.. your ego has grown extensively! And the things you have been working on lately have made myself along with many others uneasy. You started out right and showed people many truths and I am greatful, but you have mocked and scoffed your way off the right path. I was baptised in the catholic church as an infant and my best friend is Catholic. There are many nice people unknowingly in this cult. They pray to the virgin Mary!!! They call the cardinals and pope “father “.. the Bible clearly states “call no man father”.. the pope claims to be the “vicar” (or replacement) for Christ on earth. They also have a dark history of persecution, making up their own rules and claim to speak for God, pedaphilia, mofia ties, murder, scandle ..the list goes on and on.. why are you saying this man who is currently reaching out to the Jews in an effort to set up a place for the pope in Jerusalem? Are you ignorant of this history or blind? Many people are listening to you.. I have been praying about this for a while now you have gained the trust of so many.. Please check yorself.
    States “call no man father!”

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 9:52am

      Pray – to make a request in a humble manner. Yes Catholics pray to Mary. We pray that as a mother she has a special connection with her son. We ask for her prayers not only for her to help us in asking her son for a particular need, but also that she will lead us closer to Jesus. Your best friend is Catholic, if you wanted her to help you with something, would you not also ask her mom to help you persuade her?
      Call no man father…read the whole passage you are not to call anyone master or teacher or doctor. Obviously you are taking 4 words out of context because it fits your predetermined bias.
      The title vicar of Christ is not a “replacement” for Christ on earth. The title implies his supreme and universal primacy, both of honor and jurisdiction, over the Church Christ established here on earth. It is founded on the words of the Divine Shepherd to St. Peter: “Feed my lambs. . . . Feed my sheep” (John 21:16-17), by which He constituted the Prince of the Apostles guardian of His entire flock in His own place, thus making him His Vicar and fulfilling the promise made in Matthew 16:18-19.
      The Catholic Church has a long past (2,000 years). Did bad things happen? Yes. However, the good has vastly outweighed the bad. Hospitals, schools, providing for the poor and hungry. Are there sinners in the church, Yes. Every last one of us.

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 9:52am

      The church has “reached out to the Jews” for centuries. The crusades were an effort to protect the Holy Lands from Muslim brutality. Catholicism is not a replacement of Judaism, but a fulfillment of it. Why would the Pope want a place in Jerusalem? He already has a pretty nice set up in the Vatican.
      The “history” you refer to is a Protestant revisionist version of history. Maybe you should look into it.

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    • scarletworm
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:33am

      Suzzi- you are wrong to say that Catholics pray to the Vigin Mary. We ask for her to PRAY FOR US to our Lord. Have you ever asked anyone to pray for you? We ask Her to pray for us because she is the most perfect human crated by God. Jesus took his body from hers and they share a special bond. He loves his Mother and will not deny her requests. Stop spreading error and lies about Catholics.

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    • proliance
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 6:11pm

      Suzzi, you got owned. I await your apology for your ignorant and hateful remarks.

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  • CatherineAnn
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 7:55am

    I have a good feeling about this new Pope. He appears to be a great man who will lead by example. I am not a member of his church but understand the importance to the world. Finally this generation will see what being a Christian means.

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  • SonOfThunder
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 6:57am

    Pretty funny… Beck critiquing a cult when he is in a cult himself. This Pope is probably the false prophet in the end days. All you dummies think this pope is some special person especially you Catholics and Mormons. You will find out that Jesus did not know you even though you called Him “Lord Lord”. Sorry you got the Jesus which equals the wrong salvation equals the lake of fire. You can change all that so there is hope for you folks. Simply Repent and put your trust in Jesus alone. And not in your silly ceremonies, indulgences, sacraments, idol worship of Mary, purgatory, and works.
    “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.” -Matthew 7:21

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  • melife123
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:59am

    this is to glen beck and every other red-blooded American still out there look were at the worst time in the history of this country lets take a step back in time for a moment who were the first people to come here and why well I will tell you a very chosen group of people who wanted nothing more then freedom from the catholic church and so with the blessing of god look what became from it all just look at our history before we as the people stared to step away from god who built this nation so I ask you glen beck and who read this watch this link this is what this nation is now but pleas ask you all if nothing at all just pick up your bible and read …. …
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1YoDX79tfw

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  • melife123
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:58am

    this is to glen beck and every other red-blooded American still out there look were at the worst time in the history of this country lets take a step back in time for a moment who were the first people to come here and why well I will tell you a very chosen group of people who wanted nothing more then freedom from the catholic church and so with the blessing of god look what became from it all just look at our history before we as the people stared to step away from god who built this nation so I ask you glen beck and who read this watch this link this is what this nation is now but pleas ask you all if nothing at all just pick up your bible and read …. ;;
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1YoDX79tfw

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:07am

      MetLife

      Study history. The first English colonists came for the riches of America. The Virginia Company of London funded Roanoke Island and Jamestown. Beyond being Church of England, religion didn’t play a part in this colony.

      The Pilgrams were an offshoot of Calvinism who came to America to avoid strict control of their faith by the Church of England.

      By the time these colonies were founded, the Roman Catholic Church was banned in England and the Church of England was the official state church.

      The 1st Amendment was written to prevent the Church of England or any church from being the approved state church.

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  • jp2feminist
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:19am

    Come home, Glenn.

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  • shorelineliz
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 3:37am

    @Glenn Beck:

    Glenn. You have “stars” in your eyes about this Pope but remember. This is the Catholic Church. Be sure to cover your corn hole okay?

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  • Maxim Crux
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:33am

    Expert Panels… I love it. They all went to school…except for Beck, to be educated and indoctrinated. Yet, Beck departs from his own background and ideology that the person outside of the system with given knowledge can fully comprehend and excel more than those indoctrinated through institutional programming.

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  • Maxim Crux
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:21am

    Beck is a hypocrate. If he really wanted a diversity of voices, he would be an advocate of the other voices as well….like everyone and anyone who voices their opinion like he does. Like I have said, Beck says that he is a self made man who pays his own way….really?. Well then, where did he get the cash he said he had to offer to buy Current TV? 500 million dollars? Beck did not make that money in the 4 or 5 years. No way he could have that cash and still build a network. Beck is falling in the pit of evil and it is because he relies on institutionalized people…which he has now become a part of.

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  • CommonSense41
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:42am

    You are “….” cowards

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  • CommonSense41
    Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:41am

    Jesus did not found a new religion. Jesus adopts the Jewish religion, religion of Old Testimonies, to a new version to fit his agenda. He was a politician. They all are the same for more than 2,000 years. Please give me a break, the new Pope is the same hypocrite as all of them. The new Pope used to live in a modest apartment but now he will live in the luxury in the Vatican. Did he announce that he will rent an apartment in the Rome slums? Of cause he did not. Mother Teresa was honest at least, although she was driven by pride.

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    • begreen
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:12am

      CommonSense41With all due respect you are a fool!

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    • spirited
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:12am

      And the Vactican should do what?

      All bets are that Pope Francis is a good man
      and good will come
      by his practices
      and from his service.

      >Pray God.

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    • spirited
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:25am

      By the way,

      Jesus politicianed himself
      …nail-mounted to some wood.

      Jesus was born and raised a Jew.
      He died and resurrected: –Christ

      Regardless, He was still Jewish.

      Those who belive; have faith –are Christian.
      Jews are still waiting for the Mesiah.

      Judeo-Christian
      >Old Testament ~ New Testament ~>Get it?

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    • Maxim Crux
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:37am

      Begreen, you are the fool for believing in a man before the Son of God. The Pope will not save you.

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    • johnthebabtist
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:42am

      why THE CHURCH? SAVE SOULS, save souls. feeding the hungry secondary. “the devil wonders thru the world looking for souls for his taking” he’s full of tricks.

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  • Paulzy
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:51pm

    Our only salvation is believing that Jesus died for our sins and we are saved by the grace of God. No worshiping statues or Mary or crucifixes.

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    • begreen
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:18am

      Paulzy
      No Catholic ever worship statues or Mary or crucifixes are you nuts! Who told you that? Loony toons that’s it . If you want to argued about what catholic believes good but don’t argue about something that catholic don’t believe in. That’s being stupidly dishonest.

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    • spirited
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:01am

      That’s right.
      Christians do not worship or pray TO statues
      no more than TO a rosary.

      Man-made statues … and religious symbolisms
      are not intended for worshiping or being prayed TO.

      They tell stories, represent history and man.
      They are inspirational and contemplative aids.
      They remind.
      They evoke.

      To witness someone kneeling in front of a statue to pray may be confusing.

      Take for instance the Pieta in Saint Peters, in Rome.
      Men made it –yes.
      Those who dug out the stone and the one who carved it.
      Or, as Michelangelo said, “let out of the stone”.

      If that “statue” does not stir emotion
      –and thoughfullness;
      about life
      –including death
      and joy, and sorrow
      and choice, and oppressions
      and love
      and beauty
      …and God
      …and how
      …and why

      > Nope….. no praying TO statues.

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:08am

      Do you have pictures in your home?
      Pictures of a love one who may have died?

      The Catholic Church has paintings and statues because our faith pre-dates cameras.

      Daniel 7:9: “As I looked, thrones were placed and one that was Ancient of Days took his seat; his raiment was white as snow, and the **** of his head like pure wool; his throne was fiery flames, its wheels were burning fire.” Protestants make depictions of the Father under this form when they do illustrations of Old Testament prophecies.
      The Holy Spirit revealed himself under at least two visible forms—that of a dove, at the baptism of Jesus (Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32), and as tongues of fire, on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1–4). Protestants use these images when drawing or painting these biblical episodes and when they wear Holy Spirit lapel pins or place dove emblems on their cars.
      But, more important, in the Incarnation of Christ his Son, God showed mankind an icon of himself. Paul said, “He is the image (Greek: ikon) of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.” Christ is the tangible, divine “icon” of the unseen, infinite God. Even Protestants use all sorts of religious images: Pictures of Jesus and other biblical persons appear on a myriad of Bibles, picture books, T-shirts, jewelry, bumper stickers, greeting cards, compact discs, and manger scenes. Christ is even symbolically represented through the Icthus or “fish emblem.”
      No graven images? Re-read ALL

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:47am

      Read ALL of Exodus
      Exodus 20:4-5
      4 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
      5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
      This is where most anti-catholics stop reading.
      But lets keep going”
      17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
      18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
      19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

      Cherubim: a type of spiritual being mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and cited later on in the Christian biblical canons, usually associated with the presence of God.

      Numbers 21:8
      8 And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
      This was preserved for 800 years and then destroyed when some began to worship it (2 Kgs 18:4).

      1 Kings 6
      In giving the Israelites a beautiful temple strewn with images God acknowledged the reason why he gave

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:54am

      He gave us our senses: to use them to worship him in spirit and truth.

      It is right to warn people against the sin of idolatry when they are committing it. But calling Catholics idolaters because they have images of Christ and the saints is based on misunderstanding or ignorance of what the Bible says about the purpose and uses (both good and bad) of statues.

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  • spfoam1
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:27pm

    The Pope and the Catholic church should change from worshipping on Sunday (a pagan sun worshipping holiday) to Saturday, the real Sabbath. A lot of things would work out better for them if they actually followed the 4th Commandment instead of telling everyone to disobey it.

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    • spirited
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:09am

      If you are Catholic you know better.
      Churches hold Mass/ service on others days of the week besides Sunday.

      If you are not….who are you to dictate? -lol

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    • Maxim Crux
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 2:44am

      Spirited, you should use the wonderful world of information found on the internet to learn a little bit about your belief. If that fails, learn…which means read the bible, over and over and over and over until the history and the understanding of it makes some sense to you.

      The Sabbath is Saturday. It has nothing to do with going to a building and sitting in pew. It means rest one day and work your ass off 6.

      As a matter of the Church, Christ said that it only takes 2 or more to gather in His Fathers name and there you have it…a church. Read the Gospel

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    • shorelineliz
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:16am

      That is just so weird. Are you a 7th Day Adventist?

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    • tradcatholicgirl
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 6:51am

      With all due respect, SPFOAM1,

      There is a Mass being celebrated every hour of every day — all around the world.

      But even in my town, I can go to Mass every day. And in fact, I can choose from five to six times of day!

      We don’t reserve one day a week for “worship services.”

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    • DissenterKnight
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 8:23am

      @ Maxim Crux
      I appreciate your devotion to what you believe. But I have to ask, do you understand the history of the Sabbath? Yes, the Hebrew Sabbath was Saturday; the 7th day of the Hebrew week. Jews in the early church marked the Sabbath but also celebrated the 1st day of the week; the new week was symbolic of their new lives in Christ. When the early church –long before the East-West schism- needed to separate itself from the Jewish faith (the Romans were persecuting anything that remotely looked Jewish) the church moved away from the 7th day and undertook to celebrate on the 1st day.

      G-d tells us to set aside a Sabbath; does it really matter what day of the week that is? If it does, what about your pastor, who is clearly engaged in the pursuit of his vocation every Sabbath? Is he violating G-d’s commandment by preaching the word? What is important is that we set aside time to rest, to slow down and hear G-d.

      But, if that’s not enough, I ask, are you this devoted to all things Jewish? Do you also celebrate the Year of Jubilee? The same biblical source directs that every 7th year be a year of rest; the Children of Israel were to neither labor in their fields nor engage in business transaction. They were also to forgive debts, free indentured servants, give richly to those in need and generally celebrate G-d’s rich bounty.

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 8:45am

      St. Justin Martyr writes of Sunday as the day of the Christians 160 years before Constantine. From his FIRST APOLOGY, chapter 67, St. Justin writes: And we afterwards continually remind each other of these things. And the wealthy among us help the needy; and we always keep together; and for all things wherewith we are supplied, we bless the Maker of all through His Son Jesus Christ, and through the Holy Ghost. And on the day called Sunday, all who live in cities or in the country gather together to one place, and the memoirs of the apostles or the writings of the prophets are read, as long as time permits; then, when the reader has ceased, the president verbally instructs, and exhorts to the imitation of these good things. Then we all rise together and pray, and, as we before said, when our prayer is ended, bread and wine and water are brought, and the president in like manner offers prayers and thanksgivings, according to his ability, and the people assent, saying Amen; and there is a distribution to each, and a participation of that over which thanks have been given, and to those who are absent a portion is sent by the deacons. And they who are well to do, and willing, give what each thinks fit; and what is collected is deposited with the president, who succours the orphans and widows and those who, through sickness or any other cause, are in want, and those who are in bonds and the strangers sojourning among us, and in a word takes care of all who are in need.

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 8:51am

      Continued

      But Sunday is the day on which we all hold our common assembly, because it is the first day on which God, having wrought a change in the darkness and matter, made the world; and Jesus Christ our Saviour on the same day rose from the dead. For He was crucified on the day before that of Saturn (Saturday); and on the day after that of Saturn, which is the day of the Sun, having appeared to His apostles and disciples, He taught them these things, which we have submitted to you also for your consideration

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    • Caleb-Texas
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:24pm

      @DUDLEY DO-RIGHT

      Great response brother!!!

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  • WhenLiberalsAttack
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:22pm

    I’m encouraged that he’s so outspoken on abortion. It isn’t just religious rhethoric: it is an aggressive, fearless stand for the unborn. And I’m not even Catholic.
    http://www.examiner.com/article/new-pope-is-staunchly-pro-life

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  • COREZONE
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:16pm

    My son went to a very prestigious Catholic Jesuit college. He was raised in a small conservative town with conservative values. Although he arrived in college as a conservative he graduated a liberal. I now believe that the teachers and priests in the Jesuit system may initially have started with good intensions and conservative values, but it appears they may not end that way. In our case, our son returned to his roots and after much effort on our part, is no longer on the dark side. If one is trapped in that system, I don’t know if one can escape.

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    • THERAPTURCOMES
      Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:26pm

      There is nothing good or Holy about the cult of catholicism. Do you know what the Mass/Eucharist actually is?

      It is a hostile take over of the ONCE FOR ALL SACRIFICE OF CHRIST. It is the bloodless sacrifice that is administered by mere men as again and again and again and is a usurpation of what Christ did once for all on the cross.

      This is an idol that the catholics have created and named jesus.

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    • shorelineliz
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:18am

      You nailed it Mama. The Jesuits have the most LIBERAL Catholic schools in the USA and anywhere. Your Catholic kid will get RADICALIZED. The Jesuits in South America founded ‘Liberation Theology” a “politicized form of Christian Marxism.” BEWARE this Jesuit Pope from Argentina.

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 11:14am

      Prendergast said that former Cardinal Bergoglio, as the Argentinean Provincial at that time, took a “very strong stance that the Jesuits should stay out of political issues and certainly not take up the liberationist theology.”

      http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jesuit-archbishop-recounts-strong-stand-of-pope-francis-against-liberation

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    • Caleb-Texas
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:11pm

      Dear THERAPTURCOMES,

      I think your disagreement with the Catholic believe of the Eucharist which has been held since by all Christians since the first century and through the early years of the reformation is based on a misunderstanding of the doctrine. First Catholic do not believe that we re-sacrifice Christ at the altar over and over again but that we re-present the same sacrifice that Christ did on the Cross once and for all every time we celebrate mass. We follow what Christ instructed in Luke 22:19-20:

      “Then he took the bread, said the blessing, broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which will be given for you; do this in memory of me.” And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which will be shed for you”.

      And John 6:46-59:

      Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever believes has eternal life. I am the bread of life. Your ancestors ate the manna in the desert, but they died; this is the bread that comes down from heaven so that one may eat it and not die. I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.”

      The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, “How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?”

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    • Caleb-Texas
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:20pm

      Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you.

      Whoever eats* my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him on the last day. For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him. Just as the living Father sent me and I have life because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on me will have life because of me.

      This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your ancestors who ate and still died, whoever eats this bread will live forever.”

      I invite you to meditate on Jesus words. The more he is pressed for clarification the more literal he becomes: Jesus said to them, “Amen, amen, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you do not have life within you”. Notice the amen, amen part signifying the importance of what he is about to say…if Jesus really meant it as symbolic act why did he let them go and not clarify that he only mean it symbolically…putting their salvation at risk because of a misunderstanding?

      Moreover the early Christian of the first century believed in real presence of the Eucharist. I invite you to read the Seven letter of St. Igntious of Antioch who knew the apostle John and Paul and wrote his letter on way to his martyrdom in Rome. In those letter you can see a very Catholic early Christian church…

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:26pm

      Four times he says, eat my flesh and drink my blood. How many times have you heard preachers say you must be born again? But those same preachers never say you must eat his flesh and drink his blood. They say you must take it literally here when it’s only said once but what happens when they hear it four times? They ignore it or try to make it have a figurative meaning when it doesn’t seem possible under closer scrutiny. That’s why in verse 60 we read many of the disciples saying, this is a hard saying, who can listen to it? They’re not saying, who can understand it, they’re saying who can even bear hearing it? But Jesus knowing his disciples murmured at it, said to them, do you take offense to this? Of course he knows they do. And knowing that, once again he could have explained it was symbolic. Not surprisingly we read in 66, many of his disciples drew back and no longer went about with him. So I ask you, why did those disciples take offense and walk away? Because they knew it wasn’t a symbolic gesture. Do this in memory of me.

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    • Dudley Do-Right
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:36pm

      And…In Chapter 6:4 you read that it was the time of the Passover that Jesus was giving this bread of life discourse. Now here he is discussing how he’s the living bread, how he’s the true manna that comes down from heaven. He is linking himself in the most essential way to the Passover. Back in Chapter 1, John the Baptist says twice behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. So one of John’s principle emphasis is Jesus is the Lamb, the Passover sacrifice. Back in the OT, back in Egypt when Israel was in bondage and the tenth plague was about to descend, the law was clear. God stipulated through Moses, you’re going to have to take an unblemished male Lamb, slaughter him, sprinkle his blood on your doorpost, roast that Lamb and eat that Lamb. Now suppose a family did all that but didn’t eat the Lamb, what would have happened to that family? They would have woken up the next day and found their first born son dead. It wasn’t enough to kill the Lamb they had to eat the sacrificial Lamb. And if Jesus Christ is coming to perfect the OT types which he does, then he really is the Passover Lamb. He is slain, his blood is sprinkled but if he is the sacrificial Lamb of the New Covenant Passover, it isn’t enough for the Lamb to die, it isn’t enough for his blood to be shed, we have to eat the Lamb. We have to consume sacrifice for communion to be reached.

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  • Mrs.Determined
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:04pm

    I think it would be a better world for all people to keep their theology, but work closer together. The more people segregate themselves from each other the stronger the other side will become. I follow my faith. I don’t follow other religions, but I am able to respect them.

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    • THERAPTURCOMES
      Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:23pm

      Your faith if it is in Christ should not be respecting cults in any way shape or form. It is your duty as a Christian to mark out the wolves in sheep’s clothing and to expose the lie so that others may see them and their deception.

      Let me ask you, do you respect satan? Is he not behind cults and deception?

      The ultimate exposure will be when the cults are left behind with all the unbelievers at the resurrection/rapture http://youtu.be/ahEVxIzlxwo

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  • Molly4561
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:49pm

    Religion is not going to save you, Only Jesus can save you!

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    • THERAPTURCOMES
      Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:58pm

      Amen

      Glenn Beck being a mormon has little to no understanding of what real Christianity is and is in fact a CULT

      No different than catholicism

      Both cults will watch as the resurrection/rapture http://youtu.be/CBsYDhNxFlU comes and goes and at that point and time some just may figure out that they had been lied to and come to faith upon the REAL Jesus Christ

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    • John655
      Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:24pm

      That’s funny Jesus founded a religion. And @Rapture how many people have to post the fact the the dogma of the rapture is a 19th century invention before you get it?

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    • THERAPTURCOMES
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:14am

      JOHN665

      If you would study from a Hebraic standpoint you would most likely understand that the resurrection/rapture is not a late construct by a mere human.

      The church is not meant for wrath, ANY WRATH 1 Thes 1:10, 1 Thes 5:9-11, Rev 3:10

      John 14:1-3 is a marriage contract between Christ and the Christians shows that the resurrection/rapture cannot be post trib as does Rev 3:10

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    • begreen
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:23am

      Molly4561

      If you truely want to follow Jesus then follow not try and lead. Like the blind leading the blind. to “Scripture for truth by the Holy Spirit” as you point out in your letter. . So where do we find this truth? John 8:32 ” And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free” To set us free means to save us. This is critical for us to know the truth to be saved John 14:7 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. So truth is a person! To deny the truth is to deny Jesus. What did Jesus tell Pilot John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice. So truth is obviously an important commodity. So what does Scripture say is the ” pillar and ground of the truth”? In 1 Timothy 3:15 hmm it reads the pillar and ground of the truth.” is what the Bible? NOPE. ” But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” So the Bible says, the word of God says it’s the Church not scripture. Therefore, the final authority is God’s Church. So the Church founded by Jesus Christ is an singular visible authoritative church. for the Bible to have authority the Church as

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    • begreen
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 1:28am

      .THERAPTURCOMES
      There will be no rapture except in your imagination. What authority do you have to come up with such a silly idea.

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  • Freunlaven
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:35pm

    Glenn Beck just needs to admit that he’s really a Catholic at heart…

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  • sparkyrules
    Posted on March 20, 2013 at 10:25pm

    If Pope Frances strictly adheres to Catholic religion and the Sacraments,he’ll be fine.

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    • The Big Mick
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 12:40am

      Seems to be exactlywhat he’s about.

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    • shorelineliz
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 4:20am

      The Vatican is its own country okay? It has DIPLOMATIC relations with other countries. It is a political machine. With religious robes okay? The Pope is the CEO of 1 billion Catholics with his Cardinals and Bishops as “managers.” The Catholic Church is a HUGE CORPORATION.

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    • joboww
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 9:57am

      @shore

      If for but a moment yo could step back and see the bigger picture you would be all the better for it. Of course the office of the Papacy has a temporal aspect to it, Vatican city is a soverign state and answers only to itself, therefore it is not bound by worldly expectations. The Pope is a monarch indeed, an elected one at that. And yes Bishops around the world do fulfill an administrative role, thats obvious. However you pretend that one excludes the other. This is foolishness taken to a new level. Peters primary concern is Feeding the lambs, tending the sheep, feeding the sheep. Got that: teach them and keep them in check. If he was not sovergien he could be manipulated much easier. Hope that helps. +JMJ+

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    • by faith
      Posted on March 21, 2013 at 10:31am

      JOBOWW

      Adapted from Franz Werfel’s book, the 1943 film of “The Song of Bernadette” , was nominated for 12 Academy Awards; and Jennnifer Jones won the Best Actress Oscar for her portrayal of Bernadette.
      The film began with: “For those who believe, no explanation is necessary; for those who do not believe, no explanation is possible”.

      I’m looking at you Liz

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