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[Heikki Raudaskoski]

Contraception and pro-choice, e.g., are pressing concerns among the poor
and poor countries, IMO.


On Thu, 14 Mar 2013, alice wellintown wrote:

> While the Press will focus on sex abuse, corruption, female priests,
> marriage of priests, of gays, pro-choice, contraception, etc., these
> issues, that must be pressed by the press, this new pope has signaled that
> he will put his focus on the poor, the environment, the broken and damaged
> church. As a Society of Jesus man, he has taken the vow to poverty; though
> he has distanced himself from Marxist Theology, he may be a great Francis.
> Who knows?  A great move by the FCC here. While the rich worry about who
> gets to marry, the poor, the focus of this new pope, have more pressing
> concerns.
> On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, rich wrote:
>
> > and he's a fucking Jesuit
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 5:56 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'fqmorris at gmail.com');>
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> http://www.esquire.com/blogs/politics/new-pope-saint-francis-031313
> >>
> >> "Most important, he's 76-years old which means, quite honestly, that the
> >> man's a caretaker, or that there is a real faction within the
> >> cardinal-electors arrayed against the idea of very long papacies on the
> >> order of that of John Paul II.
> >> [...]
> >> The longer a pope reigns, the more indelible a mark he puts on the
> >> Church, and it is possible ? probably likely ? that the Curial members of
> >> the Clan Of The Red Beanie once again hedged their bets. The likelihood of
> >> this crew electing a real reformer was slim enough anyway ? Thanks to the
> >> last two popes, there weren't many real reformers in the room ? but it is
> >> possible that the papacy could change a man from a safe bet to a guy who
> >> would inconvenience the power of the institutional church, so better to
> >> vote for a guy with the actuarial tables lined up against him."
> >>
> >
> >
>