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10. Are you holding this Pope responsible for all the horrible acts committed by the Catholic Church

Reply to Big Slim (Reply #2)

Sun Jun 21, 2015, 04:07 PM

Jun 2015

over the past 2,000 years? He is having his hands full right now dealing just with the
present-day events.

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Pope Slams �Great Powers� Over Mass Deaths in 20th Century [View all] bemildred Jun 2015 OP

When the allies liberated the camps, they did not release the gay prisoners but transfered them Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #1

Can you post sources to support this claim that homosexuals were detained while others were freed? Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #5

Sure. Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #12

According to the link you posted, Germany processed reparations to gays in 2000 Pooka Fey Jun 2015 #21

Atheists and Atheist leaders weren't any better. bananas Jun 2015 #33

Next he will blame us atheists. Big Slim Jun 2015 #2

Are you holding this Pope responsible for all the horrible acts committed by the Catholic Church Cal33 Jun 2015 #10

they are. if that is true, then they have to be personally responsible for the roguevalley Jun 2015 #30

Right you are. And one man can only do so much. This Pope hit the ground Cal33 Jun 2015 #40

Do you have a link or other reference to your statement that Hitler was blackmailing the church? JDPriestly Jun 2015 #11

see link for pics that might have been... still are embarrassing NotHardly Jun 2015 #14

I know that the leadership of the Catholic Church supported Hitler, but I am asking about JDPriestly Jun 2015 #15

Try googling it ... research is our friend NotHardly Jun 2015 #16

Any evidence of that? Kingofalldems Jun 2015 #20

Hitler did receive support from a very prominent clergyman... ColesCountyDem Jun 2015 #36

Very true about Haj Amin al Husseini, the Grand Mufti. JDPriestly Jun 2015 #39

face palm PatrynXX Jun 2015 #22

Americans systematically exterminated and marginalized native people putting them into roguevalley Jun 2015 #27

There were 2.3 million combat sorties in the period 1941-45. former9thward Jun 2015 #37

The Allies could have diverted a lot of those sorties.... happyslug Jun 2015 #41

Let's remember that he was also referring to Bush forest444 Jun 2015 #3

JPII had President Peepants' number on that one MisterP Jun 2015 #24

His church failed to act, embraced mussolini Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #4

he didn't. he's trying to make change. If he's got the historical guilt burden, get a history roguevalley Jun 2015 #28

He's lecturing others for their past behavior Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #31

this guy is on the case!!!! heaven05 Jun 2015 #6

Bingo (no pun intended). forest444 Jun 2015 #7

I do understand heaven05 Jun 2015 #9

The Catholic Church also knew of the Holocaust and did very little if anything to discourage JDPriestly Jun 2015 #8

So when the Pope uses denigrating speech about LGBT people and claims fighting our rights is God's Bluenorthwest Jun 2015 #13

Why on earth do you think Francis is under constant attack from the traditionalists? Joe Chi Minh Jun 2015 #17

Francis IS a traditionalist conservative. NYC Liberal Jun 2015 #18

You wanted him to change 2000 years of church history; and Benedict before him. Joe Chi Minh Jun 2015 #25

He doesn't WANT to change it. That's the point. NYC Liberal Jun 2015 #34

he has already begun to embrace people restorefreedom Jun 2015 #19

He's "embraced" us by calling our relationships "evil" NYC Liberal Jun 2015 #35

he said all people need to be treated with love and charity restorefreedom Jun 2015 #38

yes I do think he should slam himself PatrynXX Jun 2015 #23

Well, I don't. I think Pius XII was derelict, to say the least, but alas that Tridentine Joe Chi Minh Jun 2015 #26

then tell me your country and I will tell you what shame you need to work on roguevalley Jun 2015 #29

Wonder pope is lecturing other institutions Warren Stupidity Jun 2015 #32