High Praise, Indeed, from President to Pope

H/T Rorate Caeli

In a jaw-dropping statement, the President of Italy thanked the Successor of St Peter, otherwise known as THE POPE, His Holiness Pope Francis, for introducing elements of "doubt" and "uncertainty" in communicating the Catholic faith and applauded His Holiness's reluctance to promote unpopular teachings of the Faith, noting the "absence of all dogmatism"  in the Holy See's "dialogue" with the World.

'Pope Francis made the first state visit of his pontificate today, traveling two miles from Vatican City to Italy’s presidential palace, where he voiced the church’s solidarity with the nation in facing social challenges that included immigration, unemployment and the well-being of families.

 

Pope Francis said: “There are so many questions on which we share common concerns, and where our responses can converge,” the Pope said in his address to Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, following their private half-hour meeting. “The primary task for the church is to bear witness to God’s mercy and encourage generous responses of solidarity in order to open a future of hope.”

Pope Francis recalled his July visit to the southern Mediterranean island of Lampedusa, a landing point for many immigrants without legal permission to enter Europe.

During that visit, the Pope said, he “witnessed at close range the suffering of those who, owing to war or poverty, set out as emigrants under often desperate conditions,” and “saw the laudable example of solidarity of the many who work generously to welcome them.”

Pope Francis also mentioned his pilgrimages to the island of Sardinia in September and to the city of Assisi in October.

The Pope said that the family lies at the “centre of social hopes and difficulties,” since it is the “primary place where the human being grows and is formed, where one learns values and the examples that render them credible.” Thus, he said, the family deserves to be “appreciated, valued and protected.”'

Read the full Catholic Herald article here.We appear to have a Pope who, far from casting the mighty from their thrones, makes the work and lives of the powerful elite more than comfortable. How eugenic population control advocates like David Rockefeller must be laughing all the way to his banks. His Holiness even mentioned "sustainable development" - a green euphemism for depopulation via the promotion of abortion, sterlisation, abortion and other forms of birth control at one end, and assisted suicide and euthanasia at the other.

And is it just me, or is there something quite artificial about this 'dialogue' with the World. In order to have a constructive dialogue, at some point, Francis surely has to say:

"This is what I/We believe concerning the issue of ________________.

Now you tell me what you believe concerning this issue of _______________.

Interesting. Now, I will explain why I am right on this issue and you can defend your position but all authority has been given to me by the Lord Jesus Christ.  Such has not been given to you."

Unless a true, expressed opinion is made concerning what the Church really believe, there is no dialogue between the Church, but a dialogue about how some day we should really get together for a dialogue. If there is no disagreement, one wonders just how effective this kind of 'dialogue' is.