Pope acknowledges US critics, and downplays US-Cuba role

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez flew in to attend the mass along with Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes.

Pope Francis has been all over the map with when it comes to the LGBT community-first saying gays and lesbians had “gifts” to offer Catholics, then pulling a 360 and declaring same-sex relationships were a “threat” to the traditional family.

On-board THE PAPAL Stunt plane Pope Francis established on Monday he had ignored obstacles of the middle class and said he appeared to be who can possess a discussion by having Americans that dispute using his objection of capitalism.

It was not the first time Pope Francis has called on young people to shake things up, repeating a mantra he voiced in Brazil in 2013 when he urged youngsters to demand a more outward-looking Catholic Church. “And we need our rights to land and housing recognized”.

After visiting Ecuador and Bolivia, Francis arrived Friday, July 10, in Paraguay, where 90% of the population is Catholic, to begin the final leg of his 8-day tour. The Jesuit priest was a missionary to the Guarani people.

So Francis said he was correcting himself. The dictator was overthrown by a military coup in 1989 and the process of consolidating democracy and building national unity continues.

The formality of the meetings gave way quickly, though, to the heart of his trip: visits with residents of a home for the indigent elderly in Ecuador, a prison in Bolivia and a poor settlement in Paraguay.

After the speeches that evening, the pope and the invited dignitaries were treated to a concert.

“There have been many very serious crimes committed against the native peoples of America in the name of God”, the pontiff said. The concert included music from the film “The Mission”, which recounts the story of the reductions.

Francis said in Spanish last week.

Since founding SOMOSGAY, Cazal’s been attacked twice-once by police. He told the British newspaper the Guardian that he hoped the invitation would make Paraguayans more tolerant.

Rush Limbaugh, the conservative radio talk show host, has described the Pope’s views on the global economy as “pure Marxism“.

One of those homes belongs to Asuncion Jimenez, 78, one of three people the Vatican had chosen to have a personal meeting with Pope Francis.

“Now I can die peacefully”, said Francisca de Chamorra, an 82-year-old widow who moved to the slum in 1952.

“But” – he laughed – “my fear is that it will go in one ear and out the other”.

Francis decided to skip Argentina on his South American pilgrimage, not wanting to get involved in the country’s upcoming presidential election.

Wealth creation should not be “only for the benefit of a few”, he said Saturday, and must be extended to “each citizen, without exclusion”.

On Saturday night, he said world leaders charged with promoting economic development must ensure it had a “human face” and denounced corruption as the “gangrene of society”.

Faith makes us aware of our commitment and solidarity with others, he said, which is “a human and Christian virtue that many, many, including ourselves, need to understand”.

“I have heard that some criticisms were made in the United States – I’ve heard that – but I have not read them and have not had time to study them well”, the Pope told reporters traveling with him from Paraguay back to Rome on July 12. It’s right next to the tiny San Juan chapel, by far the smallest place of worship the Pope visited during his eight-day journey through Latin America.

Mission, evangelization and sharing the faith are not programs, he said.

At Bolivia’s notorious Palmasola prison July 10, it was clear prisoners saw him as a powerful advocate who could help pressure the government to speed up the nation’s judicial process, improve prison conditions and put an end to practices that they said amounted to buying and selling justice.