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Post by M. Hawbaker on Sept 2, 2019 17:21:41 GMT
ROME — Pope Francis, like most in the Vatican, keeps to his schedule. On trips abroad, he is punctual. On Sundays, when he delivers the Angelus for followers in St. Peter’s Square, he begins uniformly at noon. But this Sunday, the pontiff was late. When Francis finally poked his head out of a window from the apostolic palace — the building overlooking the square where the pope gives his weekly address — he quickly apologized for his tardiness and offered an explanation: He had been stuck in an elevator.
“Thank God the fire department came — I thank them so much,” the pope continued. “After 25 minutes of work, they managed to get it working. A round of applause for the firefighters!”
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Post by barb43 on Sept 2, 2019 17:48:44 GMT
This certainly proves the extent of the Pope's being a human (ie, nothing supernatural about him). An interesting point in the article gives a clue as to how this Pope is moving away from those who support the old traditional Catholic views: This sounds like a mere announcement of promotions within the rank-and-file, but I don't believe that. I think it's far more telling of the Pope's agenda.
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Post by M. Hawbaker on Sept 2, 2019 18:06:44 GMT
This sounds like a mere announcement of promotions within the rank-and-file, but I don't believe that. I think it's far more telling of the Pope's agenda. It seems that pope Francis is "stacking the deck" so to speak by getting as many extreme liberals as possible into the group that will elect the next Pope.
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