turzovka
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I am convince that Pope Francis (sorry if my comment offends you) is more a politician than a religious leader. If you want to tell me that no one
noticed that his big time activities LAND on Yom Kippur-------yeah right
I would say your cynicism does not come close to rivaling Jeremiah’s antipathy and madness, but nevertheless you are trying too hard to draw ulterior motives into this. For one, Catholics have done very little in the last 50 years to make any great mention of Yom Kippur in any formal way. I wish they would but I do not recall any commemoration of sorts. And if it were not for the commercialism of Christmas by the secular world and media, they probably would never have been aware of the minor Jewish holiday, Hanukah either. The Church has enough worries trying to get Catholics to revere and enter into some observance of our own holy days, much less those of Jewish faith.
This is a week long trip of the pope’s and so the fact one day falls on Yom Kippur is most likely that it could not be avoided, and not because they are trying to steal any attention away from Judaism. Protestants by and large are oblivious to it as well.
As long as you take Jeremiah seriously as a well-grounded and loving Christian, I do not expect you ever to get the message fair and clear on almost any related subject or point. But that is your choice. And Pope Francis is far and away a religious leader. The fact some politics cannot be avoided should not surprise you or anyone else in the 21st awful century. To think secularism or the political parties have a better way of solving man’s suffering through govt programs and politicking would be pretty sad if someone who sincerely believes in G-d believes that as well.