Just wanted to paste in the relevant statement for those that don't link through:
Wonder what the Pope would think about one of his flock running around here quoting Calvin.
The American religious right would do well to keep their mouths shut about this. There are plenty of politically liberal Catholics, but there's been a tenuous friendship between conservative Catholics and the religious right since the late 70s. Everyone should keep in mind that it really wasn't that long ago that the yokels considered Catholics only ever so slightly less sinister than atheists.
Quote:When a journalist attempted to draw the Pope into yet another condemnation of the world’s 2 billion Muslims on the basis of the actions of a few thousand – the pontiff dropped a logic bomb.
“You just can’t say that, just as you can’t say that all Christians are fundamentalists. We have our share of them (fundamentalists). All religions have these little groups,” Pope Francis said.
Wonder what the Pope would think about one of his flock running around here quoting Calvin.
The American religious right would do well to keep their mouths shut about this. There are plenty of politically liberal Catholics, but there's been a tenuous friendship between conservative Catholics and the religious right since the late 70s. Everyone should keep in mind that it really wasn't that long ago that the yokels considered Catholics only ever so slightly less sinister than atheists.
