Rebuttal to John Allen: What the Pope could do ...

By Paris Arrow
POPE FRANCISCON-Christ.
November 08, 2014

http://pope-francis-con-christ.blogspot.ca/2014/11/rebuttal-to-john-allen-what-pope-could.html

John Allen wrote an article suggesting what Pope Francis could do to defend religious freedom -- “Just by reading the news, one has the impression that religious freedom is under threat today. From the carnage unleashed by the self-declared Islamic State in Iraq and Syria to church/state tensions across the West, the picture seems to grow murkier and grimmer by the day”.   FYI -- There is total freedom of religion in New York yet look at the alarming rate of closure of Catholic churches which Cardinal Dolan announced last week that he is merging 115 parishes into 55 – and closing down 30 churches – all located in prime real estates to be eventually sold off.  New York is one of the most populace states in the US and the Roman Catholics who were born and baptized are still there, they haven’t gone anywhere, really.  They are still living in the same vicinity, except that they are not going to church anymore.  Obviously millions of baptized Roman Catholics are no longer buying the “holy tourism” of the Eucharist (even if the church is only a few kilometers from their residence) and they no longer believe in the magical powers of popes and priests in the man-made sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Confession that protects criminals and persecutes their victims – read more http://popecrimes.blogspot.ca/2012/11/sacrament-of-confession-protects.html .