• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    2 hours ago

    Well, that’s hardly a good excuse for pawning JD Vance off on some flunky. Seriously, popes these days…

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    Do other religions go to such great lengths to cover this kind of news? Like would we see the same for the Dalai Lama?

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    15 hours ago

    Guys. Joe Biden is Catholic. The Vatican has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

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    11 hours ago

    He was like man this guy sucks, I don’t want to live in a world where this guy has power, then dies. I feel the same dude…

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    Gfdi. I’m not religious, but knowing that Catholics are going to choose a new Pope, I can only look forward to more bad news of comformity to godawful world news in the form of a shitty New Pope who inspires and empowers all the shitty people.

    Great, one more thing to make the world even worse.

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    Looks like it’s time for another pope race. I would like to throw my hat in the ring. As a lapsed Catholic trans woman who’s never so much as visited a seminary, I know I’m an unorthodox choice. But maybe it’s time to mix things up. My central campaign planks? We’re going to bring back indulgences and try to make the Papal States a thing again. Also, expect skits and improv sessions to have a big place in Catholic mass in the future!

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      “As a lapsed Catholic trans woman who’s never so much as visited a seminary, I know I’m an unorthodox choice.”

      As someone in the same position good luck

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      For the time he had, the distance he brought the Church is pretty impressive. I will go to my grave believing that organized religion does more harm than good, nothing they ever do will change my mind. That said, he really was an agent for positive change, especially compared to Darth Benedict, who preceded him.

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      Some gold from that document:

      In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.

      Would be funny to make a quote collection titled “Who said this? Pope Francis or a socialist?”