{"id":4938,"date":"2015-09-01T15:17:11","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T19:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.242.160\/~stumbli4\/?p=4938"},"modified":"2015-09-02T14:20:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-02T18:20:50","slug":"let-the-francishype-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/?p=4938","title":{"rendered":"Let the FrancisHype Begin"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No Christ on the cross or in the message<\/p><\/div>\n

Here it comes.\u00a0 FrancisVisit is ramping up and it’s going to be all politics<\/a>.\u00a0 Our propagandist-pope is going to be the subject of non-stop mega-hype.\u00a0 If only I watched ABC news!<\/p>\n

Pope Francis held a virtual audience with Americans in three U.S. cities on Monday, just weeks ahead of his first visit<\/a>\u00a0to the country later this month. In the first official meeting with the American public, the pope once again demonstrated his priority<\/a>\u00a0to pastor to often-marginalized communities by targeting issues relating to youth, homelessness and immigration.<\/p>\n

During the audience,\u00a0which will be part of an ABC News special<\/a>\u00a0airing on Friday, the pope said he is praying for the U.S. and asked for Americans’ prayers in turn.<\/p>\n

The pope spoke from the Vatican<\/a>\u00a0to students at the Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, individuals from homeless shelters in Los Angeles and immigrants at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church near the U.S.-Mexico border in McAllen, Texas.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marginalized, youth, homeless, and illegal aliens – read liberal voters and\u00a0 excuses for corrupt Democrat policy.\u00a0 Hello, Pope Francis!\u00a0 What about Catholicism and Jesus?<\/p>\n

One 17-year-old student started crying as she told the pope about being bullied for a skin condition she has had her whole life. She said she has\u00a0found strength in music, which inspired Pope Francis to make a special request.<\/p>\n

“I would like to hear you sing,” the pope said in English. “May I ask of you to sing a song for me? Be courageous!” The teenager then treated Francis to song in the Argentine pope’s native Spanish.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh my gosh!\u00a0 A crying bullied teenager with a skin disease and the Pope asks her to sing!\u00a0 I’m completely flattened.\u00a0 It’s like Heaven just landed in my television.\u00a0 If this is the new Pope Francis Catholicism then I’m as on board as Castro!<\/p>\n

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Here it comes.\u00a0 FrancisVisit is ramping up and it’s going to be all politics.\u00a0 Our propagandist-pope is going to be the subject of non-stop mega-hype.\u00a0 If only I watched ABC news! Pope Francis held a virtual audience with Americans in three U.S. cities on Monday, just weeks ahead of his first visit\u00a0to the country later …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[637,638,463,75,19],"class_list":["post-4938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-abc-interview","tag-cristo-rey-high","tag-hype","tag-philadelphia","tag-pope-francis"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4938"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4949,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4938\/revisions\/4949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stumblingblock.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}