In Catholic Church politics, he was the middle-of-the-road candidate.
On the one side, he protected priests who sexually abused children.
But on the other side, he was never caught diddling kids himself.
A true moderate.I hate that this sounds a little sarcastic but it’s absolutely true.
Well, this is what I would expect from any/every catholic pope, so…
He has all the qualifications!!
Right! That move got him on the short list of possible popes. If the church actually made any remediation towards their victims they would be broke. And since they can’t make things right from their past actions they’ll never stop doing those acts. Organized religion will always lead to corruption and abuse.
Couldn’t you make this article no matter who they picked?
The previous pope didn’t have this problem.
Hmm. Maybe never was too strong a word.
Pretty sure he did…
So… Business as usual, I suppose?
He’s also threatening to excommunicate any priest who follows Washington’s mandatory reporting law.
Which shows where their priorities are.
Not in the greater good.
Not even in the common good.
Their priorities are, as always, been in protecting, defending, and hiding pedophiles… especially pedophile priests and other officials.
Doctors, Teachers, Therapists, Etc all have a moral and legal imperative to protect children from harm and abusers. Why is it the catholic church fights so hard to argue it doesnt?
He’s a corporativist
No more tax exemption. Even better, ban them.
That’s a feature, not a bug.
I thought it was called a job requirement.
Right? Find me a single priest who isn’t a kiddy diddler or who hasn’t protected one. I’ll wait.
I mean, you don’t make it to the top of the mafia without being a gangster
I am surprised God is still hiring real humans? Why not just an AI pope? Does God not care about efficiency?
The last AI priest was baptising with Gatorade.
It has electrolytes!
It’s what original sin craves.
Can an AI rape kids?
What is Youtube Algorithm
Nope, guess the Catholic church is still in the lead on the Evil Bastards scoreboard!
Same old same old.
Peruvian non practicing Catholic here; from what I can gather, both mainstream and alternative (meaning independent, not meaning alternative-facts) in Peru have been afire over this. Afaik the accusations seems to be a revenge hit-job done by a cult/faction (the sodalites/los sodalicios) that just recently were disbanded by pope Francis itself, with some even being excommunicated. This sect is/was rolling in money, so bad that they even have companies in the caiman islands; they ofc seem to have also corrupted judges, other non cult priests and politicians and that explains the failure of secular justice.
Thus answering the question “Is the Pope Catholic?”
In other words: he’s fit for the job
Isn’t that what you do when you’re a member of a pedophile ring?
As is tradition.
Was there a cardinal who wouldn’t do this?
