The Pope: those who spend their lives accusing the Church are relatives of the devil
Audience to the faithful of Benevento who had welcomed him in Pietrelcina: Padre Pio “loved the Church with all its problems, he didn’t destroy it with his tongue as it's fashionable to do now”
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20/02/2019
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IACOPO SCARAMUZZI
VATICAN CITY
As Padre Pio “loved the Church, with all its problems and its adversities”, and “did not destroy it with his tongue as it's fashionable to do now”, so even today, in the presence of so many sinners, “some big ones”, those who love the Church “know how to fix things, yes, but always with forgiveness”: with these words, the Pope addressed, on the eve of the Vatican summit on sexual abuse, the faithful of Benevento whom he received in Saint Peter’s to reciprocate the pastoral visit made last year in Pietrelcina. On the contrary, Francis warned, “those who spend their lives accusing, accusing, and accusing are - I won't say children , because the devil doesn't have any - but they are the friends, cousins and relatives of the devil”.
Padre Pio "distinguished himself by his firm faith in God, his firm hope in heavenly realities, his generous dedication to the people and his fidelity to the Church which he always loved with all its problems and adversities", said Jorge Mario Bergoglio in the audience to the 2,500 faithful from Benevento that preceded the general audience today. "He loved the Church with the many problems that the Church has, with so many adversities, with so many sinners. Because the Church is holy, she is the bride of Christ, but we, the children of the Church, are all sinners - some big ones - but he loved the Church as it was, he didn't destroy it with his tongue, as it's fashionable to do now. No, no! Love. The one who loves the Church knows how to forgive, because he knows that he himself is a sinner and needs God's forgiveness. He knows how to fix things because the Lord wants to fix things well but always with forgiveness. One cannot live a whole life accusing, accusing, accusing the Church. Whom does the office of the accuser belong to? Who is he that the Bible calls the great accuser? I'm sorry, I did not understand... I cannot hear well... the devil! And those who spend their lives accusing, accusing, and accusing are - I won't say children , because the devil doesn't have any - but they are the friends, cousins and relatives of the devil. Well, when things are not right, one has to report the defects to correct, but when you report the defects, you make known the defects, you love the Church. Without love is something from the devil. St. Pio had both - he loved the Church with all its problems and adversities, with the sins of her children. Please don’t forget this!".
Pope Francis began the audience with a joke: "You've come in such large numbers that it seems like a canonization!", he said, and then thanked the bishop, Felice Accrocca, the mayors and all the faithful "for this courtesy visit which certainly indicates the fineness of the soul".
The Pope had gone to Pietrelcina on 17 March last year, on the centenary of the apparition of Saint Pio’s permanent stigmata and the 50th anniversary of his death. "I’ll never forget that day, just as I’ll never forget so many sick people whom I greeted that the visit has remained in my heart", he commented.
“I encourage you to understand and welcome ever more the love of God, the source and motive of our true joy”, the Pope said again. "We are called to give this life-changing love, especially to the weakest and the neediest. By spreading divine charity, each one of us contributes to building a more just and supportive world. Following the example of Padre Pio, please do not tire entrusting yourselves to Christ and proclaiming His goodness and mercy through the witness of your lives. This is what men and women also in our time expect from the disciples of the Lord – witness. Think of St. Francis, whom your bishop well knows what he said to his disciples. Go, bear witness - words are not necessary. Sometimes one has to speak, but start with witness , live as Christians, giving witness that love is more beautiful than hatred, that friendship is more beautiful than enmity, that fraternity among us is more beautiful than war”.
"Okay, the Tyneside bottlejob may have your name, address and telephone number but he will never publish these. He knows the moment he does that the sky will fall in on him. Big legal trouble."
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS BOLLOCKS.
Keep bullshitting, Gene, but you are not convincing even yourself. It is established both in statute law and case law that bloggers have no right to anonymity, as this account of a police blogger who was exposed by the press shows:
"It is just two months since Nightjack, the anonymous blog written by a police detective, was singled out for an Orwell prize. "It would have fascinated him," wrote an editorial in praise of the site.
Today, Nightjack is silent and the blog, in its entirety, deleted after Mr Justice Eady ruled that bloggers have no right to privacy in what is essentially the public act of publishing. Eady overturned an injunction that had prevented the Times from revealing the identity of Richard Norton - the detective behind the blog, following neatly in the paper's tradition of outing anonymous bloggers."
Please publish, Gene, the legal basis for your claim that when your name, address and telephone number become public knowledge that "the sky will fall in" and that I will be in "big legal trouble".
Whoops - sorry, forgot - you can't, can you? Because it won't, and I won't be.
I have just returned from my evening constitutional. It's a cold night, but I was warmed by the thought that, unless this blog goes down on Sunday night, you will be neck deep in the shit by this time next week.
What a sad, sad, twat you are - having to forge letters of support from your non-existent readers.
Spoke to Luke Godden at the Catholic Herald this afternoon - a nice bloke and he sounded very interested. It seems that he has taken the Herald away from its previous right-wing, narrow minded stance towards a more nuanced and liberal view: good news for the Catholic Church, maybe, but VERY bad news for you, Gene.