By Judi McLeod ——Bio and Archives--September 8, 2015
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“Those who have known Francis, both before and after he became pope, say the reasons for his absence have everything to do with his distinctive identity. He is a Latin American critical of the United States’ economic and political hegemony, a Jesuit of Italian ancestry who looks more to Europe than to North America, a Spanish speaker who is not all that comfortable speaking English, and a pastor who disdains “airport bishops” — his term for prelates who spend more time jetting around the globe than serving in their dioceses. “He is not opposed to all America represents. But he is troubled by privileged people and nations that consume more than their share and turn their backs on the vulnerable. The message he will probably deliver when he comes, they say, is that the United States has been blessed with great gifts, but that from those to whom much is given, much is expected.”The Pope’s not “opposed to all America represents”, but Obama to whom the pope is coming to pay homage, is. If the pontiff is “a little nervous about coming” to America, perhaps he should listen to his inner voice and stay home. Americans, and westerners in general, need a break from the bitter criticism of all its detractors, including that of the anti-American president. No good ever came out of Obama. No good comes from the overbearing United Nations. Humanity will not buy into exaggerated man-made global warming alarmism just because it is being espoused by a visiting pope. The very idea of a pope addressing the United Nations where Gaia and not Christianity is the religion of favour is enough to send shudders down the back bones of people of faith. From the lips of people of faith to the Almighty: Please keep Francis in Rome where prayers for persecuted Christians worldwide are so sorely needed, rather than coming to the stage to boost Obama and the U.N. before a watching helpless world. That way, a truth no one wants to hear will never come to pass: Pope Francis seeks Obama while the Christian world seeks the Lord.
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