I need Francis to rally because I simply do not have the bandwidth to be emotionally available to a new pope right now, no matter HOW good “Conclave” was he has fewer terrible opinions than anyone else who has ever sat in that chair, we CANNOT break in a new guy with this much shit going on - ThreadSky

clairewillett.bsky.social • 1 day ago

I need Francis to rally because I simply do not have the bandwidth to be emotionally available to a new pope right now, no matter HOW good “Conclave” was

he has fewer terrible opinions than anyone else who has ever sat in that chair, we CANNOT break in a new guy with this much shit going on

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absolutely-not.bsky.social•1 day ago

not to make things worse but if we accept that frank is doing robust succession planning, i think we can make an educated guess that he's already soft-launched his pick

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pope Luce 2025

absolutely-not.bsky.social•1 day ago

clever solution to prophetia malachiae imo

nolasue.bsky.social•1 day ago

If it's this luicfer I'm in, all angsty and helpful

toniam.bsky.social•1 day ago

It was soooo good!!

tracynovick.bsky.social•1 day ago

I could not second this more strongly.

51monbl1.bsky.social•1 day ago

We could get a young pope, a pope who is young

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

a sprightly 65!!!

looly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why not?

boxofpenguin.bsky.social•22 hours ago

We're talking about the guy who was using homophobic slurs last year?

clairewillett.bsky.social•22 hours ago

did you hear me say he had NO terrible opinions?

pickersnext.bsky.social•1 day ago

And with any Pope, new is a very relative term

pebbles.gay•1 day ago

i am not prepared for a christofascist american pope

busybibliophile.bsky.social•1 day ago

We’re never gonna have a US Pope, thank God.

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

the only good news I can offer you is that everyone else in the college of cardinals hates the Americans

it is like the one thing they agree on

noplot.bsky.social•1 day ago

Heck, the American cardinals don't like each other in more than a few cases...

citizenesskane.bsky.social•1 day ago

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

my Vatican guy (oh, do you not have one?) says he’s been succession planning from the jump, stacking the college of cardinals with enough progressive guys to block a far right candidate from winning and rolling back all his reforms the second he dies; but then I also thought Kamala was gonna win, so

porter79.bsky.social•1 day ago

No I do not have a vatican in guy.

My mother's so disappointed.

😜

princejvstin.com•1 day ago

you have a Vatican guy? ;)

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

Don Clemmer is a Catholic journalist who follows Vatican politics like I follow Senate races. I don’t think he’s over here yet but we were Twitter friends and he used me as a source a couple of times and would feed me comforting insider tea whenever I got too panicky about Francis dying lmao

tracynovick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, he was up to having appointed 80% of them last fall. What worries me is they have a bit of a tradition of moving from reformer to preserver (or even going backwards), and that makes me concerned.

https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2024/10/08/pope-francis-college-cardinals-conclave-248986

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

and the Italians will once again insist that it’s an Italian’s turn again, one of the great things Conclave got right

tracynovick.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh absolutely!

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

that’s a pretty heartening article though actually

porgs.bsky.social•1 day ago

well at least it sounds like he's done more groundwork than the dems did with biden/harris so there's that lol

megaforte84.bsky.social•1 day ago

JPII passed during the period I was going to a Catholic church in college (no other Come Worship With Us, We'll Help You Get There offers) and I do not want to emotionally deal with a repeat of that tonal whiplash.

And I want it to be Francis who sees things through at least a little more.

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

the US bishops council skews mad right-wing and Francis treats them like a clown car full of Trumps. he is smacking them down constantly. even other conservative countries lost their minds during Covid that American clergy were preaching AGAINST masks and vaccines. jaws on floors. Vatican was LIVID

heathersdesk.bsky.social•1 day ago

clairewillett.bsky.social•1 day ago

they’re the kind of guys who fight their wars with strongly-worded letters, so it all seems kind of bloodless if you don’t speak Pope, but it translated to “if you shitheads don’t shut the fuck up, so help me God I am turning this church around right now and NO ONE is getting into to Heaven”

clifmo.com•1 day ago

I've oscillated between neglecting and denying my Catholic heritage my entire life. Pope Francis is the only thing that has ever made me pause and consider that I might consider exploring that part of my identity. I still live in Florida so no but still

carriagereturn.bsky.social•1 day ago

The churches here in NYC are helping but I went to church in Bryan with my parents and almost left again

ftmshepard.bsky.social•1 day ago

Suburban Massachusetts catholic churches catering to white people are fucking dire lmao

juliegoldberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

I would watch this movie. I want him to say it while driving the Popemobile, with a bunch of cardinals in the back.

looly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Oh boy as a lapsed catholic with progressive values whose family is deeply in the church, I needed this thread. Spot on.

My mom and aunts would love to have a ‘Vatican guy’ for now.

If they get another conservative pope it might be enough to get them to go check out a Unitarian church.

rodrickspode.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m sure another Puppet Pope in time for the rise of fascism is just what Gawd has planned

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