Not sure I agree. He was VERY quick to send a representative to congratulate Maduro’s stealing the Venezuelan election. Condoning a dictatorship isn’t at all a Christian response.
I'm not even Christian, but I regularly read something where I'm embarrassed for Catholics due to him — a real "I'm going to emphasize the prince part of prince of the church." type of cardinal.
The man is 88 and his body is shutting down. If there is a god as prescribed by the Catholic Church, that deity is obviously calling him home. Would the massive amount of medical resources being used to keep him alive not be better spent to care for a sick child in Gaza or anywhere else?
He has excommunicated exactly zero of even the most egregious sexual offenders and continues to hide the names of abusers from legal authorities that could apply real justice.
The good news is, Pope Francis lasted long enough as Pope that he appointed two-thirds of the Cardinals who will choose his successor - largely from the developing world.
Agreed. I’m an atheist and I don’t agree with Catholic dogma, but Francis has proven to be a decent, honorable, and vocal supporter of morality in the face of tyranny. He doesn’t get enough credit for that. Let’s hope he recovers. We don’t need a totalitarianism supporting Opus Dei lunatic.
The current head of the world's largest criminal conspiracy to rape children has said some things that weren't horrible. They had no effect, and the real capi di capi walked it all back, but yes, Jorge said some things that weren't horrible.
He refused to take any action on a report that Pope Benedict covered up the sexual abuse of children as a bishop and did the same on reporting that Pope Jean-Paul also protected predatory priests as a bishop. He is just another in a long list of catholic apologists for pedophilia.
I don’t know. He has been wobbly re Russia and Ukraine. Too understanding of the russian position. Tried to encourage ukrainian youth to be forgiving of the russians. To me, this is totally unacceptable.
He didn’t do anything about priests sexually assaulting children. He continued to let them just move the priests around and didn’t penalize the higher up’s that did that.
He has been gradually adding his allies to the College of Cardinals so that most analysts think that when the time comes they will elect a Pope that follows his philosophy.
I disagree. He will not change policy so suspected or known pedophile priests get reported to local authorities. They still shuffle pedophiles to other parishes. Its basically aiding and betting.
We’re dealing with nazis, we need another John Paul. I’m an atheist praying the next pope is old and Polish af. Someone who still has real memory of the Soviet Union
Well, he doesn't consider women to be holy enough for the priesthood.
But they lost me when they covered up their male priest's sexual abuse for decades.
Being kind is everything. I occasionally have luck persuading folks that pro-choice is the more genuinely Catholic position on abortion because it offers compassion for the mother. I absolutely believe it's "what Jesus would do." That said, I'm a very lapsed Catholic and love Pope Francis.
Not important but my stomach churns at the thought of Presidents Trump and Musk poking their noses in if anything happens, they have zero class so there’s a big chance they do.
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Like your gods number #2 shouldn’t that be rewarded with like long life or at least lightning powers.
https://bsky.app/profile/nycsouthpaw.bsky.social/post/3lirx2chj3s27
I guess he wasn't in the Nazi youth, to be fair.
And I’m not Catholic - or even Christian!
Will be interesting if the Vice President thinks America can exercise power in selecting one (probably, or at least hoping to use the CIA in some way)
It’s not sounding good, is it?
But they lost me when they covered up their male priest's sexual abuse for decades.
He has been stacking it with his supporters