POPE FRANCIS BERATES NBA PLAYERS:
-FOR THEIR PROFLIGATE LIFESTYLES
– FOR NOT SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE MURDER OF MILLIONS OF BLACK BABIES THROUGH ABORTION
– CHASTISES THEIR CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS
– SCOLDS PLAYERS’ FAILURE TO ADDRESS THE SERIOUS ISSUES WITHIN FATHERLESS BLACK FAMILIES
– URGES PLAYERS TO DEVOTE THEIR ATTENTION TO “BLACK-ON-BLACK CRIME”
– MODELS VESTMENT IDEAS (SEE BELOW)
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OH WAIT! IL PAPA DID NOT MEET WITH NBA PLAYERS TO ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE ISSUES!
– “POPE FRANCIS WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW THE PLAYERS BROUGHT ATTENTION TO “RACIAL INJUSTICE” ISSUES !
WILL THE ‘VICAR OF CHRIST’ INTRODUCE “BLACK LIVES MATTER” THEMES TO VATICAN? (One of the “initiatives NBA players introduced was to have “anti-racism’ slogans printed on their game jerseys.)
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WE WONDER IF IL PAPA WAS IMPRESSED WITH A WAY IN WHICH PLAYERS BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE ISSUE OF “SOCIAL JUSTICE AND RACISM”:
NBA PLAYERS HAVE UNPRECEDENTED MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS
The League agreed that, “Players will have a list of 29 statements to choose from to put on the back of their jerseys … for the first four days of the league’s resumption in Orlando”, according to ESPN.
The list, as agreed upon by the league and the NBA Players Association, includes these messages: Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can’t Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us; Respect Us; Love Us; Listen; Listen to Us; Stand Up; Ally; Anti-Racist; I Am A Man; Speak Up; How Many More; Group Economics; Education Reform; and Mentor.Those players that choose to can still keep the messages after the first four days, but their last names will be added underneath.
WILL PRIESTS NOW HAVE ‘SOCIAL JUSTICE’ MESSAGES ON THE BACKS OF THEIR MASS VESTMENTS ? (we surmise some Vatican approved examples — see below) dlh
Here is the full report:
NBA PLAYERS HAVE UNPRECEDENTED MEETING WITH POPE FRANCIS
NBA players have recently avoided the White House. The Vatican is a different story.
Five players and representatives from the league had an unprecedented private audience with Pope Francis on Monday morning after the Catholic leader’s assistant initiated one to discuss the group’s racial injustice initiatives, according to ESPN.com.
The NBA’s contingent included Kyle Korver, Sterling Brown, Jonathan Isaac, Anthony Tolliver and Marco Belinelli.
The NBA became the focal point of athletes’ responding to racial injustice after police shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, in Kenosha, Wisconsin seven times. After video of the incident was released, the Bucks spearheaded a boycott of playoff games inside the NBA bubble. The postseason was put on hold for several days as players decided whether to cancel the season altogether or return to finish it out.
Players ultimately agreed to return after getting owners and NBA commissioner Adam Silver to agree to several league-sponsored initiatives toward racial equality. Pope Francis wanted to learn more about how the players brought attention to the issues.
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One of the “initiatives included:
Players will have a list of 29 statements to choose from to put on the back of their jerseys in place of their names for the first four days of the league’s resumption in Orlando, ESPN’s The Undefeated reported Friday.
The list, as agreed upon by the league and the NBA Players Association, includes these messages: Black Lives Matter; Say Their Names; Vote; I Can’t Breathe; Justice; Peace; Equality; Freedom; Enough; Power to the People; Justice Now; Say Her Name; Sí Se Puede (Yes We Can); Liberation; See Us; Hear Us; Respect Us; Love Us; Listen; Listen to Us; Stand Up; Ally; Anti-Racist; I Am A Man; Speak Up; How Many More; Group Economics; Education Reform; and Mentor.
Though players are not obligated to have a message on their jerseys, according to the report, those that choose to can still keep it after the first four days, but their last names will be added underneath.
The Undefeated previously reported that players would not be using the names of men and women who have died in police custody or in racially motivated incidents, so as not to offend the families of a victim whose name wasn’t used.
Players have reportedly held meetings to discuss how to best use their platforms to address systemic racism and police brutality, in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, among others. The messages on jerseys are just one of the ways they plan to do so, according to reports.
POPES’ VESTMENT IDEAS ON DISPLAY: (Latin to English translator available at https://translate.yandex.com/ but have some fun and try to figure them out first)
