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Trump Vs the Pope

As a Catholic, I wish more members of the clergy would speak sense into the Vatican. Lately, those elected to the position of Pontiff -- namely, Pope Leo and Pope Francis -- have demonstrated what seems to be such a stunning level of ignorance that gives one cause to suspect something nefarious is happening at high levels in the church.

Pope Francis, while living in a city surrounded by a 39 foot wall, criticized Trump for building a wall along its southern border to stop a flood of illegal immigration. Now, Pope Leo, with his criticisms of the Trump administration, undermines a just war against an evil regime that brings to life hell on earth for people who wish to live freely and in peace.

Pursue "peace" the Pope says, like a 5-year old. He says so like a child blind to the realities of the world and the nature of the enemy that aims to impose its evil will on the world. He ignores the cheers of the Iranian people who plea for American support, the recent murder of tens of thousands of those people, and justifies the ignorance and simplicity of his message by simply pointing to the gospel.

The Bible warns us to be careful about we what we teach because teachers will be judged more harshly if they lead people astray, so I will preface carefully that it is my understanding that the message of the gospel speaks to you and me as neighbors -- but it does not command nations to lay down in front of an enemy that wishes to destroy it. Nations have the responsibility to protect their people against evil and, one might argue, to fight evil in the world.

Lately, the moral leadership the Pope provides is not leadership. It is like the words of a child, blind to reality and danger; misguidance or something worse.

The Catholic church supports just wars. In fact, it has criteria to determine wars that are just and wars that are not. Why does this Pope not see this war as just? Why does he not mention the thousands of innocent Iranians murdered in the streets?

The Catholic church believes in the doctrine of infallibility. The misconception is that any words the Pope utters are considered by Catholics to be infallibile. The reality is that for the Pope's position on an issue of morality to be considered infallibile, the Pope must explicitly exercise the doctrine. The doctrine of infallibility has only be exercised once during the entire existence of the Catholic church.

This Pope is far from infallibile. He has become a useful idiot for the IRGC, for the radical left, and his naivity is suspect.

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