I was a Catholic, and the church is big on social justice. I used to listen a lot of sermons about government corruption and social inequality that goes on for nearly two hours.

Is the Catholic church the biggest pedophile ring on the planet? Yes. But hats off to a broken clock that point towards the good direction, but only does so twice a day.

If only he showed half as much enthusiasm about purging the pedophiles he's currently hiding, I might think better of him.

Amen.

That said, I am never going to shit on anyone trying to steer a giant machine of suck in a less shitty direction.

So you wouldn't shit on someone from the trump administration trying to steer the direction? The only way to manage some good out of this cult is by shutting it down.

And something about it's easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to go to heaven.

Things are getting WEIRD

I mean, you're right but people do that all the time. I'm not Catholic, but I was raised Catholic and people love to dismiss me as a human being all the time for the fact I attended church when I was a pre-teen, as if this makes me automatically a pedophile apologist or something... but the people who think this way are insane and there is no way to reason with them.

Rather it be the catholic church doing the defrauding than the regime. At least the church has a (spotted) history of helping people. I mean they shined brightly during the black death, and they are a source of comfort for some people in the final moments. That, in of itself, is noble and something worth supporting despite a spotty record.

Compare that with the regime's looting the coffers with nothing remotely comparable.

Yeah.. Leo likes to throw bricks but lives in a glass house of billions and pedophiles and misogyny. Maybe clean up his own act before preaching.

Leo?

Here's what you're talking about since you didn't cite it.

Maybe true, but not very relative relevant to the fact that international companies more powerful than some nations are gaming every system they can to squeeze more profit, by the expense of everyone else.

Isn't the Catholic church like a big tent with the pope as its figurehead? Obviously he can steer the church in a certain direction, but does he necessarily condone everything that happens under its banner?

This is just an empty posturing championship and the pope is the grand winner. It's so tiring that he so much praise for saying the least controversial things that everyone agrees with.

Two things can be true at the same time. You can condemn evil and still be evil yourself. It's very hypocritical of them but it doesn't make their argument weaker, It just says that they aren't going to be the ones to do anything about it.

Agreed. So many fickle opinions on the internet. Hate AI, oh but they’re making Lego memes to troll Trump. Hate Catholic Church, oh but the pope is criticizing Trump.

Why are you hijacking and denouncing a post about the pope doing good with trans politics, he didnt even order that to happen, Your country is falling apart and this is what your focused on?? People are lossing they're livelihoods and loosing the ability to feed themselves and their family and you going "well some of them don't like trans people" grow the hell up.

I don’t think the Catholic Church owns hospitals, but I could be wrong. I think the main model you see today is that hospital systems can claim tax exempt (nonprofit) status by aligning to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs). Under the ERDs, the church is able to enforce its religious beliefs in healthcare, such as the ones on trans healthcare. While that is bad, there are parts of the ERD that are tied into providing more community service and ensuring compassionate care for our least privileged communities.

If only Jesus would have been as explicit about his feelings on religious profiteering as he was about his attitude towards abortion, gays, and gun rights.

They do more for humanity through charity work than individual billionaires though.

you use the platform you have

It's built up over hundreds and hundreds of years, now the church doesn't have the spending power it once had and it is drowning in debt. I wish they won't ever sell their real estate or I think that private billionaires will turn them into fucking amusement parks

Last year the Catholic Church reportedly generated €1.23B ($1.45B) in income. Which is more than the GDP of 10-13 poorest countries in the world, depending on which source you use.

Donations accounted for €237M ($279M) and are the Church's largest source of income.

It also had a budget deficit lately, until last year. Overall it's pretty rich, but not nearly as rich as a lot of companies are and as some people would think.

It should also be noted that Pope Leo has been pope for less than a year, which isn't exactly a whole lot of time to completely reform the Church and rid it of corruption. Assuming that's at all possible, since the Catholic Church has been corrupt pretty much since the moment it was founded. I'm not saying he will ever do that or that he even wants to. However, so far he's been a lot better than last few popes, so let's give him some time.

Sources:

• https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/vatican-budget-records-first-surplus-in-years/106072054
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
• https://companiesmarketcap.com/most-profitable-companies/

Yeah there's a bit of good and evil in everyone & everything. Except Trump. He's just pure evil.

Which I really don't understand. I mean didn't the Pope say quite specifically and direct, that he wasn't talk about the US, when he warned about "the whims of the rich and powerful"?