September 22, 2015, - 4:31 pm
Pope Francis: Castro’s PosterPope of Oppression
To my Catholic readers, I respect your faith and your Church’s struggle to keep it from dying out. But your current Pope, Francis, sickens me. I have no respect for him. Anyone who claims to be a world leader and discusses global warming with the Castro Bros, while his parishioners are oppressed and tortured by them, is a disgusting man who deserves no respect from anyone.
I was going to say something on Sunday, when I heard radio and watched TV reports of Pope Francis’ visit to Cuba and how he pledged he was “not going to make political statements.” Apparently, it’s now “political” and out of the Pope’s moral domain for him to speak out about thousands of Cuban Catholics who are thrown into jail for years, beaten and tortured, for daring to try to speak out and demand freedom, including their freedom of religion as Catholics. And if that’s “political” and off the table for him, then maybe he shouldn’t be a Pope. No, not maybe. Definitely. For certain. He has no business being in this position and turning a blind eye to what is still going on in Cuba, just as Barack Obama has.
But, then, the Pope actually did engage in political statements. He met with Fidel Castro and they had a circle jerk about the “tragedy” of global warming. Sickening. He’s worried about an unproven theory of the environmental crazies. But Catholics whom we know are torn from their families and tortured and killed for public speech, that he can’t mention. And this guy is your Pope? How can you stand for it?
Yes, I know the Pope is a liberal. You don’t need to be a good Catholic anymore. You can have abortions, engage in gay marriage, get divorced rather than seek an annulment, and you are welcome. And if you are a human rights abuser who tortures and murders thousands of innocent Cuban Catholics, that, too, makes you a welcome guest of Pope Francis.
My grandparents survived the Holocaust (and most of both sides of my family was wiped out in it) and, although it was much worse than what is going on in Cuba, I can’t help but think of Pope Pius and how he enabled the Nazis, as well as how his Vatican sanctioned Catholic officials who helped Nazis like Adolf Eichmann escape justice. Now, we have a close modern equivalent with Francis engaging in mutual orgasms with the Castros. It’s simply nauseating. And a complete outrage. (For those who don’t normally read this site, I’ve attacked the many unelected Jewish “leaders” who deign to speak for me and who also sanction this kind of crap.)
If you think I’m exaggerating in comparing Francis to Pius, I challenge you to read Against All Hope: A Memoir of Life in Castro’s Gulag
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So, why are we celebrating this Pope? Why are religious Catholics tolerating him as he throws them and their religion overboard in order to stay afloat on a sinking ship of a dying religion? Why are religious Catholics saying nothing as the Pope turns his back on their brave brothers and sisters of Cuba, including the Ladies in White, whom the Pope refused to see and avoided like the plague?
I, for one, am glad I’ll be in synagogue praying during most of Pope Panderfest USA 2015. As for you Catholics, I don’t know how you can tolerate this fraud.
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BTW, I’ve mentioned this on the site before: when I was a sports agent and represented some U.S. Olympic divers, I used to know a former Cuban Olympic diver, Rioger “Rio” Ramirez. He defected to America and, so, he never got to actually compete in the Olympics. Rio, a Catholic, was taken from his family at age six because they saw he had athletic ability. He only got to see his parents and siblings once a year and barely knew them. Instead, the Cuban state owned him and forced him to train for most of his young life. He was a good-looking kid, and he told me how terrified he was when Fidel Castro met with him and took a liking to him. Rio was afraid he’d be raped by Fidel (and fortunately that never happened). It’s more than a rumor that Fidel Castro liked to molest young boys.
You’d think a “liberal” Pope who is trying to escape the reputation of the past of molestation by Catholic priests, wouldn’t go out of his way to embrace an atheist who likes young boys and has probably had his way with more than a few. I mean, Castro is not even a Catholic, and the Pope is kissing his ass like there’s gold hidden inside.
Sad. Even more sad that the criticism about this is almost non-existent. I feel for the Cuban people on whom this Pope has turned his back.
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Oh and this is the same church that has backed the Iran nuclear deal and denounced Israel for trying to keep the peace in Jerusalem.
The Pope could have met with Cuban dissidents and victims of Communism. He could have used his moral authority to highlight their demand for freedom and defended their right to practice their Christian faith.
Instead he sought face time with their torturers, murderers and jailers. History will not be kind to Pope Francis.
NormanF on September 22, 2015 at 5:38 pm