Why I cringe when Pope Francis gets on an airplane

Is it the altitude? Is it free cocktails? Is it the urging of a captive media hungry for headlines? Is it a loquacious and friendly Pope who likes to freewheel and think aloud? I just don’t know. But now we are told that Christians “have to apologize for so many things, not just for this (treatment of gay people), but we must ask for forgiveness. Not just apologize – forgiveness.”

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Western liberals are okay with women being treated as second class citizens

Liberals despise Ayaan Hirsi Ali.

And yet Ms. Ali is a feminist. She speaks out on behalf of women who are raped, mutilated, sold, and treated like objects. She does so at risk to her life, as she has received death threats.

You’d think American liberals would swoon over a gutsy freedom fighter for female rights. They don’t. Ms. Ali has committed a cardinal sin in the eyes of Wester liberals…

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Jesus has to be the most insensitive man who ever lived

This reading makes it clear that Jesus is en route to Jerusalem. He’s going to be hanging on a cross within a week.

Keep in mind, Jesus and His entourage have just passed near Samaria, which is only some thirty miles from Jerusalem. That means they could be in Jerusalem as soon as ten to fifteen hours on foot.

So when a man says “Lord, let me go first and bury my father”, Jesus knows the guy is going to miss out in witnessing the divine.

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