Submitted by trueslicky t3_10qclwh in worldnews
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Lon72 t1_j6p98xn wrote
He is an expert , after all
[deleted] t1_j6p9ks3 wrote
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Dzotshen t1_j6p9lrc wrote
So anyways, I started blastingslamming
[deleted] t1_j6p9oes wrote
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wwarnout t1_j6pak2g wrote
Meanwhile, parents slam priests for sexually assaulting kids for the last century.
tickleyourfanny t1_j6pbd0k wrote
LIES!! those were given to them by the conquering armies fighting in the lords name..so totally legit. /s
Ma1nta1n3r t1_j6pcs96 wrote
Does this mean the Vatican is going to give back all that they've plundered in their history?
MrJenzie t1_j6pdar5 wrote
and we were GOOD AT IT
wonder why we invaded WEAK places???
not for the sights!
8andahalfby11 t1_j6pfm7h wrote
Why is the pope slamming things? I thought that kind of behavior went away after the end of the Papal States in 1870?
autotldr t1_j6pfve4 wrote
This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 85%. (I'm a bot)
> Pope Francis has demanded that foreign powers stop plundering Africa's natural resources for the "Poison of their own greed" after he landed in the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a trip to two African nations.
> The 86-year-old Francis is the first pontiff to visit DR Congo since Pope John Paul II did so in 1985, when the country was still known as Zaire.
> Calling Congo's vast mineral and natural wealth a "Diamond of creation", Francis demanded that foreign interests stop carving up the country for their own interests and acknowledge their role in the economic "Enslavement" of the Congolese people.
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bytemage t1_j6pgnap wrote
That's rich, coming from the worst of them all.
Heryosh t1_j6phur3 wrote
You need to give this text to China and the European Union, Pope!
JerseyWiseguy t1_j6p8hdi wrote
Says the guy who lives in a nation filled with artwork and other treasures plundered from around the world?