In these right-wing trumpian times, expect the next pope to be similar to Pius XI, the pope who helped Mussolini to power. As we know, Trump is, "fascist to the core," & will happily accept the Vatican's help in undermining European, & the world's, democracies.
Can you be a little bit less of a doomer? Francis, and presumably the college of cardinals who elected him, have been no fans of Trump. I'm not giving up hope yet, despite the fake christianity of Vance, Mike Johnson and team.
OK, sorry. We're swimming in a trumpian toilet, here in the USA at the moment, so it's hard to be chipper. There's a great deal of right-wing pressure now, for everyone to be like Hungary (w/a per capita income like MIssissippi's), because of Orban worship. Bring in an army of nuns to beat 'em back.
JFC your bio says "cynicism is defeatism" and I don't disagree. but if this isn't cynicism, I don't know what is. I'm terrified of Trump too and doing my best to resist, but fearmongering about the potential next pope with no evidence is a bit much. Just trying to keep the faith myself!
Sorry, but the right-wing pressure is extreme. Take it as a warning & something to look out for. Autocrats usually take over with the help of religious traditionalists, like Putin in Russia, & Trump with "his Christians" in the USA.
That’s some defensive projection you got going there. Scoring points? The Catholic Church and this pope has frequently placed narrow dogma over data and human well being. Like the evangelicals he has viewed the world through a belief structure that emphasizes control over reality.
The Galileo case wasn't exactly a case of the Church being "opposed" to science. The Inquisition consulted leading astronomers in 1616 & sided with the scientific consensus.
The case was rather an example of overzealous enforcement of truth. They required heliocentrism to be held as a hypothesis.
Well, John Paul II (now a saint) opposed the idea of telling the people in Africa to use condoms to stop the spread of AIDS. And that is just one example.
Does anyone actually care? The old, decrepit leader of a trillion dollar corporation who covered up hundreds of cases of child molestation. Why should anyone be upset? Maybe he can call for a donation of billions of dollars to the families of the molested children…
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161 thousand people have died just today. This man is not worth more or less than any one of them.
https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/st-malachy-prophecy-pope-francis
Evangelicalism is a different story ...
The case was rather an example of overzealous enforcement of truth. They required heliocentrism to be held as a hypothesis.
B/c this conservative Catholic station is in lockstep with DC.
Also you spelled judgment wrong.