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 Pope Francis joins young Italian pilgrims this week at St. Peter's Basilica for a photo making waves on social media.
August 30th, 2013
12:37 PM ET
Is this the first papal selfie?By Eric Marrapodi, CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor (CNN) - In another precedent-shattering moment for Pope Francis, the bishop of Rome, the Vicar of Christ, successor of St. Peter and the head of 1.2 billion Catholics worldwide has taken what may be the first papal selfie. The pontiff posed for the photo with young Italian pilgrims Wednesday at St. Peter's Basilica. The image of Francis mugging for a cell phone photo with the Italian teens charged through social media when the papal newspaper L'Osservatore Romano released the photo Thursday. The group of 500 young people was visiting the Vatican from the Catholic diocese of Piacenza-Bobbio in Italy and had a private audience with the pope. According to Vatican Radio, the pope told the young crowd he wanted to meet with them "for selfish reasons ... because you have in your heart a promise of hope." "You are bearers of hope. You, in fact, live in the present, but are looking at the future. You are the protagonists of the future, artisans of the future,” the pope told the pilgrims. “Make the future with beauty, with goodness and truth," he said. "Have courage. Go forward. Make noise.” Before the selfie shot around the world, the teens presented the pope with the gift of a wooden-framed illustration of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns.  Pope Francis receives a gift from Italian teenagers. Italian journalist Fabio M. Ragona got his hands on the selfie and posted it to his Twitter account.
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Sure, he's a TRUE CHRISTIAN, ain't he? Living in ungodly wealth and luxury, on top of huge vaults of money and art treasures, while people starve and freeze to death all over the world.
He makes it even worse by telling poor people they can't use birth control and force them to have children they can't afford to feed and who will almost be guaranteed a death from starvation, malnutrition or disease.
But hey look! He took a picture of himself! HURRAY!
What kind of phone do you have?
The better of his points, Bill, is the concept in the second paragraph.
you realize the Roman Catholic Church is the largest charitable organization in the history of the human race right? you also realize that Pope Francis lives in a one bedroom appartment right?
You do realize that he took a vow of poverty? He doesn't live a wealthy lifestyle. And, if you took a minute to research and understand the Catholic faith and teachings, instead of accusing his holiness of something so ridiculous as forcing people to have children they cannot afford, you would be ashamed. But, you would rather pass judgment on someone and something you know nothing about. Right on. May God Bless you.
Amy, the Catholic Church actively opposes any kind of birth control, including making contraceptives and condoms available in very poor or AIDS infested areas. It is remarkable and aloof arrogance from an organization that is often so dedicated to charitable works.
It goes to show how religion can poison the minds of even the most caring of people.
Colin is an example of how pretension can poison the minds of even the most caring of people.
So Brittany, do you disagree with what I said, or do you just resent the fact that I said it?
It is pathetic to watch a hypocrite point the blame at a broad concept like religion, when you can't even behave like a caring person yourself.
So, still avoiding the issue. Look, the Catholic church has actively opposed condom use in subsaharan Africa, thereby sentencing millions to a slow painful death from AIDs. It has also actively opposed making contraceptives free and available to dirt poor women in the Phillipined and Brazil. This sentences them to a life of having to feed five or more children.
It is a global and disgusting abuse of power and trust.
You are trying to spread pure bunk. Not only is there absolutely no evidence of millions of people contracting AIDS in Catholic-dominated areas, the opposite appears to be true. If anything, Catholic teaching, forbidding s~ex-on-demand seems to be saving countless lives. And of course, Toynbee's claim that Catholics are to blame for the AIDS orphans in “countries where 50% are infected” is equally (and demonstrably false). There are no countries with 50% infection rate.
http://catholicdefense.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-impact-does-catholic-teaching-have.html
Brittany, Are you really that fvcking stupid. This peverse, death-causing logic infuriates me. Ever heard of Brazil? Of South Africa? Of the rest of Subsaharan Africa? Heavilly Catholic areas where AIDS is rampant. To the extent it is controlled, it is because governments ignore the Catholic Church and inst.itute public policies that provide access to condoms. The World Health Organization has cited Catholic Church opposigtion to condom use as a principal contrributor to the spread of the virus.
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Colin
Amy, the Catholic Church actively opposes any kind of birth control, including making contraceptives and condoms available in very poor or AIDS infested areas. It is remarkable and aloof arrogance from an organization that is often so dedicated to charitable works.
It goes to show how religion can poison the minds of even the most caring of people.
what you prove is that you have no clue. when did catholics begin opposing abstention?
It is the epitome of a wealthy lifestyle – a whole city plus a summer residence and that's just for the Pope, the RCC is one of the world's welathiest organizations.
and has contributed more funding to charitable endeavors than any other group in the world
Amy, great job defending the faith! I realize that it can be hard and very frustrating at times, but your attempts are truly virtuous. You are doing a great job – you have planted the seeds of truth – now it is up to them. You have done your part.
Is it just me, or does this pontiff appear to get "it"? He's seems to be more in tune with the people and less about the politics of the Vatican. Let's hope he keep chugging along.
The Vatican is a horrible beast and although I would love it, I just don't think that one man with good intentions is going to tame that monster. I tend to think that the pope will operate as he wishes, but only at the Vatican's pleasure. He will stay no longer than the machine allows.
Cpt. Obvious
The Vatican is a horrible beast and although I would love it, I just don't think that one man with good intentions is going to tame that monster. I tend to think that the pope will operate as he wishes, but only at the Vatican's pleasure. He will stay no longer than the machine allows.
one man inspired more good than all lying atheists combined. one uneducated, poor, isolated, decent, caring, good man who lived thousands of years ago, spoke and his words still speak, and have been the catalyst for more people to do good, than anyone.
stay focused churches or ministers or celebrities and you will continue to be blind to him. remember horus, you lying phony
THIS IS NOT A SELFIE! A) He is not taking the picture! That's your first clue!!!!!
YES IT IS! You are delusional and believe in fairy tales is you don't agree with my ego.
Prayer changes things ,
GOD HATES AMPUTEES.
That's why, in the entire history of the world, not one amputee has ever had their prayer for their lost limb to spontaneously grow back has EVER happened.
EVER.
Now you'll have to list every amputee in history and prove that none were healed. It is a pathetic excuse for a human being that uses the misfortunes of others to bolster their sick hatreds and bigotry.
As you're so confident – provide, say 10 verifiable examples where amputees successfully prayed and their limbs regrew. I'm pretty sure if it had happened we'd have heard about it – we hear about "Jesus in toast" after all.
problem? you don't want to be embarrassed, again? lol
problem? you don't want to be embarrassed, again? lol
lawsuit
problem? you don't want to be embarrassed, again? lol
lawsuit
yo observer, where is kelly. i sent her post to authorities, you know, the one in which she explains how to hack this site
It is dark in your South African condo. You come into the living room to switch off the television. You are ready to join your girlfriend in the bedroom. It is Valentine’s Day. As you pad quietly up the stairs, you here a peculiar sound and hear a door shut. You start, then collect yourself and retrieve your gun from the nearby closet. Thinking your beautiful sweetheart is in the bedroom sleeping, your mind reels madly. Terrified you fire without thinking through the bathroom door where you just heard noises. Four times you fire your gun. Your girlfriend is not in bed sleeping. Where is your god now?
You're an idiot.
@ Apple Bush: and yet they're still bringing Blade Runner up on charges... do you think that's how it happened?
I think it's a fair point, actually. When things are at their worst, where is god? Usually in the form of a compassionate person, if you're lucky enough to find one in your hour of need.
When things got tough for me, my gerbil came to the rescue. God was the gerbil, right? I mean, that's what you hinted at – that people who need help and find a compassionate person has found God.
So – God is a gerbil. Squirmy little god, up there, in that nice, dark, moist, humid, dank rectum of mine...
it wasn't the nicest rectum
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August 30, 2013 at 7:29 pm | Report abuse | Reply
Sorry, but this is the leader of millions of schmucks and he is a schmuck. Who gives a fuck what this schmuck does?
Your life must be so full filling
Arff Arff
Just don't become like Miley Cyrus and twerk
I find this refreshing,
I'm so hgih...i think this story about the pope is about pot.
You seem to be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=wQ3KE2Jgats
Git stoned.
R U happy now..?
Prayer changes things
It is a proven fact that prayer changes things, just ask the hundreds of children who have died because their parents gambled on prayer vs. medical science. Prayer was not too healthy for those children.
According to the American Cancer Society:
... available scientific evidence does not support claims that faith healing can actually cure physical ailments... One review published in 1998 looked at 172 cases of deaths among children treated by faith healing instead of conventional methods. These researchers estimated that if conventional treatment had been given, the survival rate for most of these children would have been more than 90 percent, with the remainder of the children also having a good chance of survival. A more recent study found that more than 200 children had died of treatable illnesses in the United States over the past thirty years because their parents relied on spiritual healing rather than conventional medical treatment. In addition, at least one study has suggested that adult Christian Scientists, who generally use prayer rather than medical care, have a higher death rate than other people of the same age.
It is a proven fact that you are a moron.
Yes. No debate here.
Michel, if you believe in prayer so much, next time you are driving on the highway, how about taking your hands off the wheel and closing your eyes and just pray to your ghost man in the sky to protect you?
There is ample proof that prayer works. Many scientific studies have been conducted that validate this observation. An Israeli survey following 10,000 civil servants for 26 years found that Orthodox Jews were less likely to die of cardiovascular problems than "nonbelievers." And a study from Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., monitoring 250 people after open-heart surgery concluded that those who had religious connections and social support were 12 times less likely to die than those who had none.
In an attempt to understand the depression that often accompanies hospitalization, Duke University researchers assessed 1,000 hospital patients; patients who drew on religious practices, including prayer, were found to cope far better than those who didn't.
Woof Woof
Science as it is presented here bears no resemblance to what science actually is and could be. Science is on the wrong road.
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