So let me get this straight, we finally get an American pope, and some of the America first crowd is mad because he cares about the poor and immigrants. Am i missing something here?
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He also cares about climate change. 🥰 And is familiar with social media. A progressive. Hallelujah.
MAGA is a cult of wolves in sheep's fur? Nope. A cult of chickens, full of fear.
He’s spoken out about JD Vance and his spiritual priorities and against the administration’s deportation without due process, agenda.
MAGAts are not going to like him…..
Good thing the people don’t vote for Popes, eh? I like the guy already, and I’m not Catholic
Watch out please , JD is very dangerous & his skanky middle eastern ass kissing wife.
Remember his track record ! He already murdered Pope Francis & now he is trying to label Pope Leo XIV.
He is a barefoot cave dwelling red neck that wears wide beaters.
Listen cock breath
He was the last human being (JD) seen alive with Pope Francis .
When they (assistants) went into his room he was dead.
You tell me whose responsible big shot!!!!!
Honestly I've never really cared about the pope selection process until Trump started "joking" that he should be pope. I was so glad the Vatican was in Italy and not the US so Trump couldn't try and bully the church about it
No Adam, they are the ones who are idiots! Jesus told us
all about helping the poor!
As for immigrants I’m sure
its the same, helping people
Escape from terrible country
is something Jesus would
want! Unlike our Dumb President who hasn’t read
his word in the Bible!!
Yes, you absolutely are. He was part of a child abuse cover-up in 2023. Look it up. When are we going to hold our leaders accountable and stop overlooking their lack of character? Especially in the Catholic church, which I was raised and confirmed and no I am in no way, shape, or form magat.
I just want our men to do better, and all of us to rewuire more from our leaders because looking away is no longer an option. He needs to address it and immediately.
Magas are so conditioned to lies and hypocrisy it's hard for them to fathom a Christian organization choosing someone who actually practices Christianity.
And not use “Christian” to cloak their racism, misogyny, bigotry, anti-LGBTQ+, & callousness for the societies vulnerable like “christian nationalism” does. They have nothing to do with christianity.
Except Leo IS anti-LGBTQ, alternative families, doesn't believe women should be in the church, doesn't support the use of BC in any situations, and personally mishandled SA cases on two continents so...
I think ppl are overexcited at the initial thought of having as pope someone who has the bare minimum of morality - something that’s been missing in GOP circles for a while now.
So yeah, a pope who has made mistakes, was theologically fallible before the papacy, is doing what’s said throughout the
Bible. Expecting him 2 take more theologically nuanced stances on issues not labeled clearly in the Bible - well it’s hard 2 get between tradition and theology…
But yeah, with hate & cruelty being presidentially encouraged, it’s ok to be both pleased that he’s calling it out & upset over the rest
Lemon, question: are you a investigator and went through Pope Leo XIV entire life? "Stop spreading misinformation, defaming "Our Holy Father" have a tiny bit of respect, it's really easy!
Yes. Three words for all the non Catholics that were telling Canadians to mind their own business about who would be president… Go🖕yourselves. Not into following the true teachings and examples of Jesus? Being a true Christian means we help those less fortunate than ourselves, not spitting on them.
Yes. You are missing who these people are. The Pope isn't "Christian enough" for them. They were counting on the KKK as a College of Cardinals, reviving witch burning, and reinstating the Inquisition to root out heresy in the form of wokeness. They didn't get that, so they are throwing a tantrum.
You’re not missing anything. They love Jesus… just not the part where He helped the poor, healed the sick, or welcomed outsiders. Basically, they want CrossFit Jesus, not Cross-bearing Jesus.
I know I don't have to explain it, but here it goes...
That's because it's never been about being good little Christians.... it's about control, money, hate, and power.
Astounding that MAGAts are losing their shit over the new pope. It’s not about them. Trump was never going to be pope. How many MAGAts are Catholic besides Vance the born again Catholic Angel of Death?
The Prosperity Gospel is a multi-billion dollar industry here. Trump's fake xtian guru, Paula White, gets into it sometimes. Others are even more mercenary.
You're not missing anything here. Half of us believe they truly shouldn't care for the poor, yet claim they're Christian. The Kool aid is strong in those people.
No, they just want to get rid of the poor, but they keep forgetting that the poor do all the jobs that no one else will do.
America First people feel about the poor, as Britains felt about the people of India & many countries they ruled over during the height of their colonial period.
It’s simple. The (very fucking) loud “America first” people aren’t real patriots or Christians.
They’re drunk off the idea that America stands for nothing but belligerent intolerance and domination.
Right. They are haters, and so entrenched in their ‘maga hate’ that they can’t see or hear anything that uplifts the world.
It’s sad.
But I’m delighted in the new Pope.
Notice once again, no solutions are offered...just more criticism of her Party; so gullible fans will post her comments on Social Media. At least she didn't drop any f bombs, this time.
Yeah she was. If she wasn't...she'd have nothing to talk about. Again, no solutions to anything...just another fanclub social media, "look how clever I am" post. Tell me, where was all this fervor and angst about Trump during the campaign?...when it could have been useful.
I really think you need to work on your reading comprehension if you think this was a criticism of Democrats. She’s literally saying that the issue is the fact that some people don’t have empathy and dems like to try and see the best in people. You’re looking for reasons to be upset with her
My comprehension is fine. But I ask you again, where was all her outspoken criticism of TRUMP during the campaign? Could the fact that she, and the same other 4 "new voices" of their Party, now see a chance to move up in the ranks of that Party,to jumpstart their careers?Its kinda' obvious, no?
Jasmine Crockett is awesome. If more Democrats in Congress and in the party leadership were like her instead of milquetoasts like Schumer, we wouldn't be in this mess.
This is why I have been sharpening my claws. I don't want to use them, but the demonstrated cruelty so far has me worried I'm going to be hunted...that all of us will be hunted. I hope we can find a solution before it comes to that, and if we don't, I hope everybody else finds their claws, too.
Yes…you’re missing the ignorance of the “I’m never happy w/people who care about others…perhaps even the less fortunate & who’re being tortured under this administration…”people that would appreciate some🩵from a person who’s representing God’s image here on earth w/in the Catholic Church…so F’them😠🙄
Why do the most “religious” US Christians not vibe with the Pope? American evangelicals have intensified every evil that comes with religious orthodoxy, worship Trump, and they have lost all the beauty of their religion, not that Luther and Calvin left them much.
Anyways I blame Protestants.
I laughed so loud at this cause the guy isn't even woke. He's moderate at best, very much traditionalist on social issues (past statements on LGBTQ and abortion aren't great), and has had criticism leveled at him for the pursuit of justice for SA victims in his past parish.
Many Christians today are changing their allegiance from traditional churches to Christian national churches. The US Constitution isn't the only thing MAGA has rewritten.
What does this even mean? What is a Christian National Church? God, family, country? I'm sure there are democrats, libertarians, and republicans in all churches.
3rd C is “keep the sabbath holy.” Looking after the poor isn’t in the 10 commandments, but there is Old Testament law regarding caring 4 the poor & immigrant (just look up the word “sojourner”).
10C is about what you SHOULDN’T do; Jesus teaches about what you SHOULD do… & it’s caring for the poor!
These mediocre people now feel very powerful and think they are great because they convinced millions of unsuspecting people, but every pig gets slaughtered eventually.
My In-laws were devoted Catholics. They always talked about their former priest who was a Cardinal. He was in DC. He was Afro American. So it was a possibility.
1) A sad post from you that reveals much about you,ie. you don’t get him or his voters yet,even after all these many years,you are still clueless about who they are,
what is really going on,what is important to you&they in commonality(which you don’t believe exists!) that both sides’ voters have
2)… come together to fight for& fight against&what side you are currently fighting for (clue: they have been laughing at you for years bc they convinced you to make their b*ll*ts which they will use against you&all the rest of us on both sides yes,really,
“no joke”.)There is so much…
3)…you have no clue about as yet,young grasshopper. Praying for you that you invite that knowledge& wisdom very soon,for your l*f* depends on it as all of ours do too,all together. The enemy to us both has been gaining successes.
Yea, they are Chinos (Christians In Name Only) and do not actually subscribe to the philosophy dominant in Christianity but instead cling to the old world/crusade mentality of Christianity long ago abandonded by the Catholics and most Christians. They follow a Grifter Christ who tells them get rich
Where in the bible do the find one word from Jesus saying the rich are better or more beloved by God? I'm no expert, but I think he wasn't a fan of merchants et. al. I'm honestly curious about this.
Here are some of what they interpret as "prosperity"
"Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they give into your bosom. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you." Luke 6:38
The church in Utah has hoarded almost $300 billion. A large number of hungry children are here, I have not seen the church stepping up to feed them even once! But their Ensign fund is doing very well!
Have you noticed how the FAKE Christians in the GOP are all about NOT HELPING the poor or immigrants! Instead they do EVERYTHING they can to make their LIVES HARDER! They are the OPPOSITE of TRUE Christianity & ONLY help the RICH! Actions will ALWAYS speak the TRUTH that words DON'T!🤥
Hell was made up by the rich and powerful to keep us from seeking justice here on earth. If there's really a hell, there's plenty of time for that and she can deal with it only AFTER we get done with her.
What cranks my shaft is this ridiculous idea that resources saved by neglecting unrelated migrants or foreigners will somehow, in a trump regime, be instead directed toward helping people here. I defy them to show me a single example of that ever happening except over the dead bodies of republicans.
I doubt many, if any, of them have actually read the Bible. Most repeat the stories they heard in Sunday school, but have never read the meat of the book
Do they read? Can they read? We know Trump doesn’t read. And they don’t really care that dismantling the DOE, and defunding Head Start and other educational programs will give us a more illiterate population. They don’t want us to read because an illiterate population is easier to control.
He No True Scotsmanned his way through his congressional tenure and is perpetually in denial over the characteristically cruel views of the Republican party in the 21st century.
Christianity didn't expand across the world by the force of its arguments. It expanded due to the force of its armies, plus copious amounts of genocide everywhere they went.
"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."—Luke 19:27
I agree 💯%, real Christians are friendly & dont judge by skin collor & do not preach hate! unfortunately MAGA has used & manipulates Christian values & uses the name when it's convenient but they don't follow the values of true Christians!
Like love thy neighbor & not only if they're white or Maga
More proof they are worshipping a golden calf and have been lead away from the church. They are now officially the people that chose Barabbas
and chose to crucify Christ.
First of all you must understand that christianity is and always has been a death cult. They pretend to have empathy but what they crave is that the same boot that's on their neck be on the neck of anyone they don't agree with.
Oh I firmly understand it. I left and deconstructed a long time. I just find it fascinating that the book they thump at others they don’t read, don’t follow and apparently can’t actually recognize the signs they’ve been waiting/preaching about for for 2,000 years
No you got it right! See God just exposed all of the “false prophets” and now that he know without a doubt how many Judus are in the crowd he can perfect his plan. The real lovers of God knows that God will is going to be done and these devils just rolled snake eyes! Long LIVE THE POPE!
Prosperity gospel is not gospel! Just because you put the word gospel after it doesn’t make it Christian. Gospel simply means god-story, so anyone can twist it to their own view. #truthmatters
We can know. This is the kind of sjw representative of the Catholicism I grew up with. Not cool with gay or choice, but nobody's puppets. Augustinians and Jesuits in particular are known for working in dictatorial shitholes and a pissant wannabe dictator like trump ain't gonna scare them one bit.
I grew up Catholic as well. But as a black Catholic woman. I wouldn't say they'd be intimidated by him at all. It's the Vatican they kneel to no one. It's still a very WM power structure. That's why I'm just cautiously optimistic.
Sweetheart, I try not to think of JD, lol. I think the male power structure across the planet is imperfect and a true failure of women and children. So I have to be cautious in my faith, regardless of titles.
The thing we as Americans need to understand is that money and supremacy matter more than anything else in patriarchy. You can say things in front of people and do something else behind closed doors. I'm being realistic, and people will just have to deal with that.
Well, people all over this app are critical of the Dems, right? No matter what they do or say, so I don't understand the vilification of my viewpoint. But that is your choice. Yeah, my standards are pretty American, so that is at an all-time low right now.
He is open with his criticism of the Trump admin.
He literally called JD out on X for being wrong and he speaks out against the deportations to El Salvador & the treatment of migrants. I think there is a reason to be hopeful
Imo a shrewd hail mary move by the College of Cardinals to place an American Pope, whose opinions are a 180° counterpoint to the electric crazy con-vict in the #wh .
Considering he was elected on May 8th and the pope during WWII was terrible, they might have deliberately chosen a pope, who stands up to fascism & injustice in general. As he has shown by his stances against Trump. I don't think it was specifically about Trump & the US
“Do you not see the suffering? Is your conscience not disturbed?” was the pope's response when Trump met El Salvador president Nayib Bukele to discuss using a prison where alleged human rights abuses took place to jail.
And I really like the Symbolism of this Pope:
He was elected on the 80th anniversary of the fall of the Nazi regime
He likely won't be like Pius, who stayed silent about the Crimes of the Nazis
He is a dual citizen (Peru &US), symbolizing a bridge between the two Continents &the international church
What’s interesting is he is being referred to as “American born” by quite a few media outlets. Not American. Of course, plenty of media are calling him American. I just find that distinction very interesting.
They seem to consider the current issues in the US in relation to Latin America as a crucial problem for the new pope to address. The choice makes sense in that context.
The office of the President and that of the pope are different. The Pope rules the church, and the president rules the country. Hope you understand and know that everyone has their own opinion, so it doesn’t matter who he supports. And please don’t politicize the office of the Pope.
The Pope's position on inhumanity, cruelty and bigotry is not "political" just because there's a political group whose goal is inhumanity, cruelty and bigotry. It's not "politicizing" to notice that what the pope has expressed as "wrong" is exactly what a certain political group is doing.
But as a pope, I won’t have to come tweet about disagreeing with the president because I want the world to know I support them. I would call the president to a private meeting and discuss matters with him, that way respect is earned both from the president and from the people I father spiritually.
Nah fuck that, he doesn't deserve respect for being elected president. People earn respect with what they do, and ruining millions of lives is not worth respect.
The pope is allowed to be as anti maga as he wants
If the new Pope doesn't support Trump's agenda in all ways then the next time he visits USA he will be arrested, held in a container for 20 days then shipped to El Salvador, don't you think?
The office of the Pope has always been- in no small part- political. Actually, I can't think of a major religious leader in any religion where there is not some crossover. Morality and ethics and social rules- where in the world are those entirely separate from "politics"?
The head of a church so large it's it's own country.
His decisions, and those of the church are, by definition, political, in the sense that they influence who gets what and when. That's part of the reason the US constitution attempts to separate church and state.
The President does not “rule the country,” he exercises the executive power of the US government. Unfortunately , Congress is not usibg its authority so it appears that POTUS is ruling. https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/article-2/
So it’s only a king who rules?, what does the president do? Lecture me.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a Democrat but politicizing the office of the pope is what I’ll never do. Once it becomes politicized, it then attracts insults and will be devalued.
If only there were some kind of article outlining the duties of a US president. It could be in some kind of founding document which laid out what constitutes the entire system of government.
He has just been elected and y’all already politicizing the office. Speaking as a Catholic Democrat, just imagine if he supported Trump, you all would be mad and throwing insults at him. Please let’s respect that office before it becomes a play thing.
So, according to you, the global far right can politicize religion, but we can't comment on the Pope's humanity.
Well, you only need to be human to oppose the barbarism of the far right.
You know that Vatican City is a SOVEREIGN STATE, right? You know that the Vatican has observer status at the UN, right? This allows it to participate in UN discussions and debates. So grow up there.
Please remember that the Vatican is a sovereign state - meaning that it is a *political entity* with total autonomy over its affairs, both internal and external.
The Catholic Church politicized themselves generations ago when they sought to use religious authority to justify political power. Their hold on Europe is why it took so long for Europe to see the light of progress. They were probably one of the first theocracies in the world.
And now you support it just because the new new pope shares your view. I know sometime ago when we were all crying for the church to be separated from the state. Now all of a sudden we all support it just because the new pope supports our point of view. Just imagine if he had supported Trump.
First of all puto don't make assumptions especially when you don't know me. I don't support this Pope or any pope I absolutely hate the Catholic Church and religion in general for that matter So do not assume that I support this Pope or politicizing of his office I pointed out a fact
If he supported Trump, we'd be throwing insults because he would be a hateful asshole. And just as much an embarrassment to true Christians as the evil fuckers supporting Trump who call themselves Christians.
Morality is a matter of politics. Throughout history conservatives have politicised morality. When the Pope (or any religious leader) weighs in on any moral issue, that is necessarily evaluated by conservatives as to whether it promotes hierarchy and accumulating power, or does not.
The office of Pope is a political position in addition to being a religious hierarchical position. He is the head of the Vatican, which is a country. He was elected. The Catholic church has always been political. As a recovering Catholic, I'm going to say all Catholics should know this.
Hate to break it to you bro but the pontificate, and most religious leadership of this caliber actually, has always ended up having political significance. You can't be the leader of a faith with over a billion followers and not expect some level of politicization.
Jesus never did. The only time he got involved was when he told his disciples, “Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar”. You need to read the Bible. Jesus teachings were mostly about the kingdom of God, and love, patience, and acceptance.
Lol please read your Bible before arguing with me. The kingdom he spoke of was not of this earth. He was first arrested by the Jews and Pharisees for saying He is the son of God. Then they sent him to the Romans because the day of Pentecost was coming and they didn’t want to kill.
Actually the reason was because the Jewish council demanded it of Pilote who was the governor of the region. The reason he followed this demand was because Israel was NOTORIOUSLY unstable and so given the choice of a potential Jewish uprising or executing some random cult leader he chose the latter.
Their whole party is about hate for others. Blacks, Hispanics, Indians, Jews, watch out Alaska Eskimos are probably next on their list. It has to be said that the Republican party is based on hatred for its fellow man. Let's see how much the Pope thinks of his fellow man.
It’s the best! I’m so thrilled. Even though I am not Catholic by faith, I’m so excited to have someone that lives up to the values I learned from childhood that Jesus stood for!
This one is close. Said JD Vance is wrong on what Jesus would believe. But not pro-LGBTQ+, not greatly pro-women in a religious conservative way. But generally cares about humanity, it seems.
They just hate everyone who actually cares about humanity, everyone who is selfless, generous, righteous. It makes their selfish, self-serving narcissism look petty, pitiful.
yep your missing the part where these are rotten ass people that should never be anywhere near positions of power we need to start testing people for office that actually wouldnt fail a psychological test for being monsters and rotten asses not give them psych classes teaching them how to manipulate
Because The Church. No, Wait! The Religion. No Wait, the TRUMFPED=UP members of the Church that DON'T have a TRUMPFING CLUE what Jesus would do! 👿👿👿👿👿👿👿
Most of the "America First" Crowd only claim to be Christian, and don't ACTUALLY follow the ways of Christ, like Pope Leo XIV. Judge not by just their words, but by their actions too. An individual can say a lot, but never back up those words with like actions
Let’s review what you are missing
That they are as far from
Jesus’s teachings as they could possibly be
That the red hats might as well be brown shirts or white hooded robes ?
Yep. Jesus asks that your love extend beyond your closest intimates, beyond your family, closest neighbor, etc. That’s the debate between the new pope and the new Catholic JD Vance.
I grew up Catholic and I can't figure out where JD got that hierarchical care plan. He says it's consistent with xtianity, but I've never heard of a denomination that preaches tribalism or nationalism.
Even protestant Jesus teaches that. The Catholicism I grew up with was focused on it. JD's preaching some bastardized, prosperity gospel/fundie Catholic mutant sect he made up himself. He should either be ordained or excommunicated.
Yes.
You are missing the fact that your political party has not cared much for the downtrodden since about Lincoln.
No, wait. Roosevelt cared about us too…
I believe you care about us, but always have questioned Republican priorities. I grew up next to an Arlington country club in the 70s…………
That pope hasn't done even ONE Heil Hitler salute yet. And I doubt he's bought any of Trump's crypto coins at all. Clearly lunatic and radical by MAGA standards.
I went to a Christian school. They know. They don’t agree. They vehemently taught us that Christians were Christians and everything else was wrong. Catholicism, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Mormons, and anything else was all blasphemous to them.
Actually, there was a time not so long ago that they opening said catholics were evil and pagans who believed in multiple gods because of the trinity. They were ignorant thn and have not learned a thing since...
This ^. I was a catholic and went to an interdenomination Christianity fellowship group and the number of people calling Catholics non-christians, pagans, and demons shocked me. They're so f*cking hateful and ignorant. Needless to say, I quit the group in less than a year.
It would be like them for the Cons to expect something so patently unlikely, so as to raise valid concerns around their cognitive abilities and mental health.
Most Con politicians, OTOH, are just morally bankrupt! I mean broke! Not even two moral nickels to rub together kind of broke!
I mean it was sort of rigged in a good way - Pope Francis selected something like 80% of the cardinals who would select the next pope, and selected ones who aligned with his “wokeness” (ie actually act like Jesus) - and not far right Opus Dei types.
I hope it's an awesomeness feedback loop of more and more left Catholicism. Maybe it will help the wayward American Catholics who forgot about how they should help the poor and stuff.
Opus Dei is primarily a lay organization. It's how it gets away with being so cult-like (in part). Priests serve the lay members but they aren't a religious order.
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MAGA is a cult of wolves in sheep's fur? Nope. A cult of chickens, full of fear.
MAGAts are not going to like him…..
Good thing the people don’t vote for Popes, eh? I like the guy already, and I’m not Catholic
Remember his track record ! He already murdered Pope Francis & now he is trying to label Pope Leo XIV.
He is a barefoot cave dwelling red neck that wears wide beaters.
He was the last human being (JD) seen alive with Pope Francis .
When they (assistants) went into his room he was dead.
You tell me whose responsible big shot!!!!!
all about helping the poor!
As for immigrants I’m sure
its the same, helping people
Escape from terrible country
is something Jesus would
want! Unlike our Dumb President who hasn’t read
his word in the Bible!!
So yeah, a pope who has made mistakes, was theologically fallible before the papacy, is doing what’s said throughout the
But yeah, with hate & cruelty being presidentially encouraged, it’s ok to be both pleased that he’s calling it out & upset over the rest
That's because it's never been about being good little Christians.... it's about control, money, hate, and power.
Also Women: Ehehehe Trump and MAGA hate this guy let’s GOOOOOOOOOO 😆
(But also… felt. 😑)
Those people who claim to be Christians, are not Christians.
Also, keep in mind that the Southern Baptists - who are typically the batshit crazy ones, don’t recognize the Pope as the leader of the church.
Fascism runs on projection:
Blame the vulnerable. Cast your shadow on “the other.”
Hate in the name of purity, fear in the name of safety.
We broke down how it escalates here:
🔗 https://hivegeist.us/2025/02/09/othering
#Othering #Fascism #Projection #Empathy #HistoryRepeats
The more we name the pattern, the harder it is for it to repeat unnoticed.
Grateful you’re here—and wide awake. 🖤
#Empathy #Awakening #Othering #HiveGeist
Reagan polished it.
Trump just dropped the mask.
Fascism in the U.S. isn’t an import—it’s homegrown, repackaged every generation to sell greed, nationalism, and control as freedom.
#Fascism #HistoryRepeats #Greed #EndTimesFascism
Also, Trump takes the oath with his fingers crossed.
America First people feel about the poor, as Britains felt about the people of India & many countries they ruled over during the height of their colonial period.
They’re drunk off the idea that America stands for nothing but belligerent intolerance and domination.
* His own I mean. Not Laura's
It’s sad.
But I’m delighted in the new Pope.
Anyways I blame Protestants.
And Christian Nationalism is a helluva drug
Leo 14 is advocates for workers rights, immigration, and systemic poverty. He's progressive in that pastoral sense.
10C is about what you SHOULDN’T do; Jesus teaches about what you SHOULD do… & it’s caring for the poor!
Laura says so.
It's just shocking that this group, saying they are Christian, are unable to see a man who truly walks the path of Christian values...
“MERICAN” after all …….
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/09/us/pope-leo-creole-lineage-hnk
https://www.ncronline.org/news/white-smoke-black-pope-genealogist-says-leo-xiv-has-louisiana-african-roots
They wanted this heathen dirt bag!
Screw him and the horse he rode in on.
I’m surprised they haven’t called for a recount.
what is really going on,what is important to you&they in commonality(which you don’t believe exists!) that both sides’ voters have
“no joke”.)There is so much…
"Give, and it will be given to you, good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will they give into your bosom. For with the same measure you measure it will be measured back to you." Luke 6:38
""Yet you don't have, because you don't ask." James 4:2
of course they ignore everything which contradicts that . . .
Jesus didn’t preach hate.
"But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me."—Luke 19:27
Like love thy neighbor & not only if they're white or Maga
SMH
They’re out of their minds, these folks. 💙
and chose to crucify Christ.
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” off the Statue of Liberty 🗽
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/09/supreme-court-leonard-leo-catholicism.html
Just the Magats
They are missing humanity and compassion
Hate has taken over
He’s a pope that happens to be American.
He is not an American puppet pope for the country’s worst president.
He literally called JD out on X for being wrong and he speaks out against the deportations to El Salvador & the treatment of migrants. I think there is a reason to be hopeful
He was elected on the 80th anniversary of the fall of the Nazi regime
He likely won't be like Pius, who stayed silent about the Crimes of the Nazis
He is a dual citizen (Peru &US), symbolizing a bridge between the two Continents &the international church
His family is the Church
Pretty sure the wettest president can swim, and that’d require skill.
If you stand with the people actively trying to harm millions of people, you'd be a bad fucking pope
The pope is allowed to be as anti maga as he wants
His decisions, and those of the church are, by definition, political, in the sense that they influence who gets what and when. That's part of the reason the US constitution attempts to separate church and state.
Now don’t get me wrong, I’m a Democrat but politicizing the office of the pope is what I’ll never do. Once it becomes politicized, it then attracts insults and will be devalued.
The papacy is fundamentally a political office, so that makes me think you have a very different definition of "politics" from everyone else.
Well, you only need to be human to oppose the barbarism of the far right.
This new one is already on record having political opinions.
How ?
Because they’re talking about fucking politics and politicians that’s how.
Welcome to reality
So it’s not a matter OF politics.
MAGAts and the crowd to which you refer just hate to hate. They bask in their anger and vitriol.
I'll put it a different way. MAGA is embarrassed by the Lazarus poem at the heart of American existence. They want Caligulan opulence.
Christians follow Christ who wanted us to love and help everyone.
Kkkristians follow trump and hate helping anyone but themselves and they love guns and money.
Thanks for coming to my Ted talk.
Galatians 6;7-Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
That they are as far from
Jesus’s teachings as they could possibly be
That the red hats might as well be brown shirts or white hooded robes ?
But yeah, Jesus didn't want you to deport your neighbors because they were Latine and you disagree.
What was that line about "den of thieves" and another about the speck?
You are missing the fact that your political party has not cared much for the downtrodden since about Lincoln.
No, wait. Roosevelt cared about us too…
I believe you care about us, but always have questioned Republican priorities. I grew up next to an Arlington country club in the 70s…………
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/10/23/1806673/-Republican-Sexual-Predators-Abusers-and-Enablers-Pt-1
They don’t give a damn about their religion, and they certainly don’t give a damn about their country…
But they do love power, and they fetishize the abuse of that power over others.
Also pretty sure that was a HUGE contribution to the final selection.
Most Con politicians, OTOH, are just morally bankrupt! I mean broke! Not even two moral nickels to rub together kind of broke!