Sarah Palin fears "liberal" Pope Francis being influenced by the "sneering media"

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LiberalPrincess said:
Your headline makes it seem like Palin was criticizing Pope Francis. However, her statements were a bit more nuanced:

“He’s had some statements that to me sound kind of liberal, has taken me aback, has kind of surprised me. There again, unless I really dig deep into what his messaging is, and do my own homework, I’m not going to just trust what I hear in the media.”

She continued: “I’m kinda trying to follow what his agenda is. You know he came out with a couple of things in the media but again I’m not one to trust the media’s interpretation of somebody’s message but having read through media outlets,” the former Governor of Alaska said."

Does not seem like she has made up her mind about Fracis yet.That said, Sarah Palin’s 15 minutes are long gone and she needs to go away.
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But Hillary “Benghazi” Clinton’s time has yet to arrive? :confused:
 
S. Palin stands firm against the HHS mandate that is a threat to the existence of many Catholic groups, including religious orders like Little Sisters of the Poor. She is not a Catholic and I imagine she and Pope Francis may have more in common then Nancy Pelosi and Pope Francis. Unlike Mrs Pelosi she has never misrepresented the teachings of the RC church. She has never hesitated to acknowledge her belief in Jesus Christ, the savior of the world. She has stepped into hostile anti Christian territory w/o compromising her Christian faith. She is a mother of a special needs child who consistently affirms the value of human life. There is much to admire about her. Actually, Mrs Palin has your back if you believe in the religious liberty clause of the 1st Amendment.
 
Havard said:
I do agree with her politics, mostly. I just don’t agree with how she acts. She’s inflammatory in her rhetoric, to the point where she smiles and laughs as she paints liberals as anything other than reasonable, intelligent, or caring.

I don’t expect all conservatives to be as civil as Brit Hume or Charles Krauthammer, but even the oft-derided Bill O’Reilly shows some interest in giving liberal folks and their ideas respect and consideration. The next time you watch Sarah Palin, watch out for how she paints liberals in a smearing way, with a broad brush. If she doesn’t, I’ll be happy for her, but sadly it’s been her M.O. for a long time now.
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I think she has a more folksy style. Now maybe you might find that inflammatory but I can see through that to what she says and considering the pounding that she has unfairly gotten in the press on herself and her family, I think again I can understand that as well. The more inflammatory conservative commentator would be (name escapes me) the one with the long blond hair and wears sleeveless tops. Now she is very inflammatory and insultful to the left. Bill O’Relly is more arogant than anything. Yes, commentators styles can effect how they are understood and viewed. Hannity can be a big pit bull too. But Sarah is more true to Catholic church teaching than Nancy P. from California and I’ll throw my hat to Sarah any day than so called Catholic nancy P. Anyone who decides to give life to a down’s child when most of them now are aborted deserves our respect and admiration and that is real pro-life at work not just lip service.
 
robwar said:
Sarah Palin is more orthodox and true to the Catholic Church than many so called Catholic politicians like Nancy P. Maybe her thoughts on Pope Francis came about because she is looking at the Catholic church. We could use more orthodox Catholic women in politics and not this lip service to women’s rights which mean pro-abortion but still claim to be publically Catholic. The problem is that if someone is really concerned about women then they would be ardently prolife because abortion hurts women not help them and all the early suffigets were pro-life and spoke out against abortion.If someone is really concerned about women, they would be against pornography which objectifies women. So Sarah who isn’t Catholic wants to understand the Pope and all people can do is join in mocking her because she doesn’t fit their agenda and think she is stupid.
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I must agree.
chadair said:
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I agree!!
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The Church is missing a great opportunity to teach her about the faith if they let this go. Frankly, she is more Catholic than any of the “Catholics” in the current administration.

p.s. I don’t tink that she has ever said that a bill must be passed before we can see what is in it.
 
ProVobis said:
Whoever suggested we remove the words “liberal” and “conservative” from the Catholic vocabulary, I second the motion.
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These labels are injected into religion where they have no place. I’m sick of it myself. Even if differing opinions exist in all levels of the Church, there are clearly issues both liberals and conservatives stand by that are against Church teaching, To the Church and the faithful who follow Her teachings, the labels are irrelevant and should not be stuck in front of the word Catholic.

The Church had the wisdom and sense to say you’re either in Communion or you’re not, it is why even with the diverse views of this great faith, we’re not split and shaded in as Red or Blue Many mainline Protestant denominations have adopted these labels, and the results have been profound. Just ask the Anglicans that are coming in Communion with the Church. Protestant denominations without authority and clearly defined Dogma who jump in the political swimming pool are in over their heads. Naturally they’ll get the label, and if they’re in the wrong camp with the wrong label, they’ll be irrelevant and lose those who just want to focus on spiritual matters.

Bless Pope Francis for reaching Catholics that have been away, also thank Pope Benedict(who was unfairly labelled) for reaching out to Catholics who didn’t feel like they were being heard. I think he tried to bring Catholics together, that’s more than many in the political arena even attempt to do even with their own constituents.
 
robwar said:
Sarah Palin was correct that obama care has death panels buried in the law. She was mocked by liberals. It has turned out to be true. I dont; know what to say to the liberal catholics on this thread. For a non-Catholic, she is definately pro-life but then I suppose that some of you that are bashing her on this thread are prolife and support what the Catholic Church has been teaching in 2000 years? she lives out her pro-life stance which is a lot more than so called liberal catholics can say. She highlights the hypocracy of the feminist movement which is not pro-women unless you spout their beliefs.
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How have you gone from Palin’s politics to being pro-life and practically confirming her into the Church?

As someone recently said, “there is more to being Catholic than just being against abortion and gay marriage.”
 
ProVobis said:
Whoever suggested we remove the words “liberal” and “conservative” from the Catholic vocabulary, I second the motion.
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I’ll drink to that (figuratively, of course!).

I can hardly think of any two more meaningless words.
 
robwar said:
Anyone who decides to give life to a down’s child when most of them now are aborted deserves our respect and admiration and that is real pro-life at work not just lip service.
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Is it really necessary to respect and admire a woman for not murdering her child?
 
Timothysis said:
How have you gone from Palin’s politics to being pro-life and practically confirming her into the Church?

As someone recently said, “there is more to being Catholic than just being against abortion and gay marriage.”
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Sarah Palin is a political figure and obviously made comments on Pope Francis. In terms of the clear teaching of the Church on marriage and abortion which many so called “catholic” politicians go against the church on, she stands with the Church. Maybe she looks to the Pope and the Catholic church for inspiration and support. Many non-catholics do.
 
Timothysis said:
Is it really necessary to respect and admire a woman for not murdering her child?
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Yes since over 80% of down syndrome babies are aborted now and it shows that she lives out in reality what she supports politically. Sorry you don’t seem to thing so. She was 42, she was a new governor and the pregnancy wasn’t planned. THAT is a real example not the so called lip service by catholic in name only politicians.
 
Yes. It would be nice, though, if she didn’t have the opinion that Catholics aren’t Christian. Sheesh.
 
ProVobis said:
Whoever suggested we remove the words “liberal” and “conservative” from the Catholic vocabulary, I second the motion.
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so a poster on this thread shouldn’t be using liberal in their title? what do you think they should use instead?
 
katy said:
Yes. It would be nice, though, if she didn’t have the opinion that Catholics aren’t Christian. Sheesh.
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where is the world have you gotten that from? I don’t think Sarah ever said anything about Catholics not being Christian. I’m sure if she did, the media would have had that one all out and all over the press.
 
Timothysis said:
Is it really necessary to respect and admire a woman for not murdering her child?
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The vitriolic attacks against her @ the time of Trig’s birth, by the liberal press, esp. the women, suggested contempt for her choosing life.
 
MJE said:
The vitriolic attacks against her @ the time of Trig’s birth, by the liberal press, esp. the women, suggested contempt for her choosing life.
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Then that’s on those who made the attacks. As Pope John XIII said when it was suggested that he get a medal for his participation in helping Jews during World War II, *“you don’t deserve a medal for doing what’s right.” *
 
robwar said:
She was 42, she was a new governor and the pregnancy wasn’t planned. THAT is a real example not the so called lip service by catholic in name only politicians.
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She did the right thing. People do that all the time; it doesn’t mean they deserve a medal for it. Politics notwithstanding, I don’t see where that is any great virtue.

And who are all of these “catholic in name only politicians” that you keep referencing? I know about Nancy Pelosi; who else?
 
Timothysis said:
Then that’s on those who made the attacks. As Pope John XIII said when it was suggested that he get a medal for his participation in helping Jews during World War II, *“you don’t deserve a medal for doing what’s right.” *
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You missed the point. Sarah went against the grain of women that are older and pregnant with a special needs child. Maybe you don’t have children that have special needs but any parents that does is a hero and anyone that stands up for life in a real way not lip service to get votes is admirable. It is obvious you don’t like her but many of us do and admire her.
When she first was nominated to VP, she came to MI for a rally and in that rally was a number of the nuns from the dominican order Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist. They were interviewed by the local press. They went to see her because they admired her.
I think it is kinda a sad day when Catholics who are suppose to be pro-life and stand with the church can’t even muster admiration for someone who stands against the culture of death.
 
Timothysis said:
She did the right thing. People do that all the time; it doesn’t mean they deserve a medal for it. Politics notwithstanding, I don’t see where that is any great virtue.

And who are all of these “catholic in name only politicians” that you keep referencing? I know about Nancy Pelosi; who else?
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How about our illustrious VP, How about John Kerry, How about the fomer MI governor ants in her pants. There are too many to even count and it is totally embarrasing to name.
 
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