US envoy predicts Pope will speak on immigration, environment during US visit
August 25, 2015
Kenneth Hackett, the US ambassador to the Holy See, says that he expects Pope Francis to speak on immigration, the environment, and family issues during his September visit to the US.
Hackett told the Associated Press that the Pope is likely to remind Americans of their country’s history of welcoming immigrants. He said that the Pope might also speak about economic inequalities.
The American ambassador said that he is not concerned about possible controversial statements from the Pontiff. “I’m not worried about the tense moments, really," he told AP. "In my two years here I've come to realize that Pope Francis will say and do what he wants. And that, people find refreshing even if they disagree with him."
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Posted by: jrorr19609092 -
Aug. 25, 2015 11:36 PM ET USA
con't. "of Jesus, and this means ultimately their acceptance or rejection of Jesus himself; cf 10, 40, 'Whoever receives you, receives me.'" Jesus sent his 72 disciples out in pairs directing them to take no supplies with them; therefore relying on peoples listening to God's soft message to help these disciples with food, water, and a place to stay. The bishops are misrepresenting what our Catholic bible says. There are other versus that substantiates what this footnote explains.
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Posted by: jrorr19609092 -
Aug. 25, 2015 11:30 PM ET USA
con't. "or a particular group of people who have sufferer hunger, thirst, etc. (35.36) or a particular group of such suffers" "... seems that a stronger case can be made for the view that in the evangelist's sense the sufferers are Christians; probably Christian missionaries whose sufferings were brought upon them by their preaching of the gospel. The criterion of judgment for 'all the nations' is their treatment of those who have borne to the word the message of Jesus, and this means......
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Posted by: jrorr19609092 -
Aug. 25, 2015 11:23 PM ET USA
Footnote in my Catholic bible for Mt 25; 31-46 says:"...the only parabolic elements are the depiction of the Son of Man as the shepherd and of the righteous and the wicked as sheep and goats respectively (32-33). The criterion of judgment will be the deeds of mercy that have been done for the 'least of Jesus' brothers (40).' A difficult and important question is the identification of these 'least brothers.' Are they ALL PEOPLE (my emphasis) who have suffered hunger, thirst, etc (35.36).........
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Posted by: Gregory108 -
Aug. 25, 2015 10:44 PM ET USA
Maybe he should first speak on the sale of dead baby parts before immigration and carbon. The US welcomes immigrants still. He need not remind us of our tradition. All we ask is that immigration be done legally and not by stealing across the border. Didn't Paul say something about our need to obey civil laws that don't violate God's law since that comes from above too. Maybe that's why the Pope should emphasize the killing of innocents, always wrong, rather than issues of prudential judgement.
