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    USA TODAY‏Verified account @USATODAY 2 Aug 2016

    Pope Francis says it's "terrible" that kids are taught they can choose gender. (Photo: AP) http://usat.ly/2aQv8xW pic.twitter.com/PrjXLjiIAi

    1:45 PM - 2 Aug 2016
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      1. I've Kept More Promises Than I Made‏ @spiderstumbled 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @BillyJrPatriot @USATODAY @Pontifex

        That "period" can be replaced with a whole lot of other words.

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      1. mike‏ @mbeachbum 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        but yet the church will cover up and hide their pedophiles and rapist...look in the mirror.

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      1. Linda C LeGrand‏ @Spokane60 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        It's not terrible. What's terrible is living an inauthentic life.

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      1. Colorado Sparky‏ @ColoradoSparky 2 Aug 2016
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        I think the Catholic church should worry about its own internal problems. They have tons of them.

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      1. Jill S.‏ @JillBernadette3 2 Aug 2016
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        . This is a pope being a pope. The progressives and liberals and LGBT'S have raved about Pope Francis. Now what?

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      1. Valeria‏ @valecc1899 2 Aug 2016
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        What's terrible is him saying they can't.

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      1. bleuwolf paintings‏ @stephaniebleuwo 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Stay out of peoples life choices ~ unless you walk in their shoes you can't understand what they're going through

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      1. Elizabeth‏ @lisatanker5 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        the pope should stick to saving souls...and not worry about what body they are in....

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      1. Kevin‏ @KD__14 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        agreed

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      1. Jillian Ward‏ @AllBlackEvrthng 2 Aug 2016
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        amen this world is fucked

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      1. Doublas M2‏ @xMechaBeastx 6 Aug 2016
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        He has started to realize what is actually the situation out there.

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      1. Doyle‏ @wildmoedoyle 3 Aug 2016
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        today's immoral world of free choice. Obama legacy

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      1. William Benedict‏ @bhaktadasa 2 Aug 2016
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        it's not just terrible it is madness

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      1. sherry brooks‏ @sherrymmtree 2 Aug 2016
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        Their mothers and fathers determined them with or without God's help.

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      1. Sherry Alberding‏ @Psalm145KJV 2 Aug 2016
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        Very sad that adults would sow seeds of doubt & confusion in children and to perpetrate a lie that says one can choose their sex

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      1. JKostecki‏ @jim_kostecki 2 Aug 2016
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        @megankmccabe

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      2. Pensador!...‏ @eddohig71 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @USATODAY

        Totally agree with the Pope... what they choose is NOT ACCEPT what they really are...

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      3. Ric Flair‏ @toshawnie 2 Aug 2016
        Replying to @eddohig71 @USATODAY

        how is it his business?

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      4. Pensador!...‏ @eddohig71 3 Aug 2016
        Replying to @toshawnie @USATODAY

        Why the question?

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