What Was Pope Francis' Finest Moment As Pontiff

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To me,the greatest monent was when he invited poor people to have dinner with him, because this shows how much he loves the poor.
 
Mike30 said:
Hugging people and similar incidents are generally considered to be photo ops which I would bet these were was as well .Religious leaders urging people to pray is not at all unusual so I don’t see how that would count either. Pointedly doing things differently than previous Popes and making sure these things are noticed really just draws attention to his Papacy which I think flies directly in the face of his supposed humble approach to things. Condemning godless capitalism has been a favorite sport of socialists and capitalists for ages so I doubt that would count either.

Maybe establishing the council of Cardinals to advise him on running the Church?
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When I was a kid (under 15), growing up as a Jewish boy, I remember learning something from my parents, grandparents and neighbors. They never spoke about it much, but we just learned it by observation. I guess.

We had great respect for the rabbis, for our Jewish faith and our Jewish community. It was a kind of chicken and egg sort of thing. I’m not sure which came first, respect or affection. In any case, both were expressions of love and reverence.

Today I’m a Hebrew Catholic. Yet, almost 50 years later, I still stuns me how some Catholics have little or no concern for what one says about one’s Church or hierarchy in public. They seem to have no qualms about saying, “I’m Catholic. Now watch me strike at my Church and my hierarchy. I bet no Jew or Muslim would do this on the Internet, where it will be saved for posterity so that generations can see it long after they’re gone.”

Maybe something that Catholics can learn from Jews and Muslims is to pay attention to what they say about their Church and hierarchy in the public domain.
 
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When I was a kid (under 15), growing up as a Jewish boy, I remember learning something from my parents, grandparents and neighbors. They never spoke about it much, but we just learned it by observation. I guess.

We had great respect for the rabbis, for our Jewish faith and our Jewish community. It was a kind of chicken and egg sort of thing. I’m not sure which came first, respect or affection. In any case, both were expressions of love and reverence.

Today I’m a Hebrew Catholic. Yet, almost 50 years later, I still stuns me how some Catholics have little or no concern for what one says about one’s Church or hierarchy in public. They seem to have no qualms about saying, “I’m Catholic. Now watch me strike at my Church and my hierarchy. I bet no Jew or Muslim would do this on the Internet, where it will be saved for posterity so that generations can see it long after they’re gone.”

Maybe something that Catholics can learn from Jews and Muslims is to pay attention to what they say about their Church and hierarchy in the public domain.
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I guess that would depend entirely upon what the hierarchy is doing and/or saying.
 
When he let the little boy cling to his leg and then sit in his chair. That touched me deeply.
 
As several posters have already stated, it’s too early to say…but for the MSM, I’m sure they would answer that his finest moments were when he relaxed the Church’s teaching on SSM, and cracked the door open for women priests, and said capitalism is a no-no, and that Catholics have become too focused on issues like homosexuality, abortion and contraceptives and yada, yada, yada…:rolleyes:

Peace, Mark
 
I beleive the finest moments of Pope Francis, is the words he chooses, for pople to understand what he means.
 
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