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ORIGINAL: DomKen
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/21/pope-excommunicates-mafia-members/?hpt=hp_t1
While in Southern Italy he said the Mafia is excommunicated. Does this pope want to be assassinated?

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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage
If he has his way, there will always be plenty of mafia members to excommunicate.
The Associated Press reports:
“Francis told members of a drug-enforcement conference meeting in Rome on Friday that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs ‘are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.’”
I guess he's never played Whack-A-Mole.
Wouldn't a wise, benevolent, and tolerant person say pretty much the exact opposite? Something like, "PROHIBITION is not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but it HAS FAILED to produce the desired effects."

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It does make one wonder how the current list of US politicians claim both to be Catholic and support abortion. That would seem to me like the two can not coexist.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

Maybe they'll be unexcommunicated if they just keep going to church long enough. Better to let them in than try to keep them out, eh? At least you're being consistent.

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

If drug abuse is seen as a sin (and some might hold that position, based on the body being the temple stuff), then, no. I can only assume the Catholic Church's stance on the recreational use of current list of illegal drugs. Thankfully, the Catholic religion isn't really a theocracy anywhere outside of the Vatican. It does make one wonder how the current list of US politicians claim both to be Catholic and support abortion. That would seem to me like the two can not coexist.

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ORIGINAL: altoonamaster

there goes all the churches money now

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage
If he has his way, there will always be plenty of mafia members to excommunicate.
The Associated Press reports:
“Francis told members of a drug-enforcement conference meeting in Rome on Friday that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs ‘are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.’”
I guess he's never played Whack-A-Mole.
Wouldn't a wise, benevolent, and tolerant person say pretty much the exact opposite? Something like, "PROHIBITION is not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but it HAS FAILED to produce the desired effects."

If drug abuse is seen as a sin (and some might hold that position, based on the body being the temple stuff), then, no. I can only assume the Catholic Church's stance on the recreational use of current list of illegal drugs. Thankfully, the Catholic religion isn't really a theocracy anywhere outside of the Vatican. It does make one wonder how the current list of US politicians claim both to be Catholic and support abortion. That would seem to me like the two can not coexist.

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ORIGINAL: altoonamaster
protection money is that the 28% they make you give

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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri

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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage
If he has his way, there will always be plenty of mafia members to excommunicate.
The Associated Press reports:
“Francis told members of a drug-enforcement conference meeting in Rome on Friday that even limited attempts to legalize recreational drugs ‘are not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but they fail to produce the desired effects.’”
I guess he's never played Whack-A-Mole.
Wouldn't a wise, benevolent, and tolerant person say pretty much the exact opposite? Something like, "PROHIBITION is not only highly questionable from a legislative standpoint, but it HAS FAILED to produce the desired effects."

If drug abuse is seen as a sin (and some might hold that position, based on the body being the temple stuff), then, no. I can only assume the Catholic Church's stance on the recreational use of current list of illegal drugs. Thankfully, the Catholic religion isn't really a theocracy anywhere outside of the Vatican. It does make one wonder how the current list of US politicians claim both to be Catholic and support abortion. That would seem to me like the two can not coexist.