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[–] 194 points 6 months ago* (35 children)

Breaking news: The Pope is still Catholic!

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  • [–] 61 points 6 months ago (21 children)

    And also a pedophile protector. Don't forget the church is full of them.

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  • [–] 17 points 6 months ago (10 children)

    All major religions are full of pedophile protectors.

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (9 children)

    That's because they're essentially cults

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    Hey, just because they're a cult doesn't mean they attract and protect pedophiles. I've been in several cults that don't tolerate that shit.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (4 children)
  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    The Cult of GILFS is probably pretty safe

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  • [–] 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Is it though, STD rates at old people living facilities are astronomical

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago

    I'm convinced that the church has always seen the molestation of boys as a recruitment strategy. Most go on with their lives after being abused, but some probably learn to like it, and they stay in the church, and then do it themselves. This has probably been a pattern for literally centuries, and is responsible for a significant number of recruits.

    Celibacy has never been a strong draw, any other strategy that brings in recruits can't be easily dismissed.

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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago (7 children)
  • [–] 4 points 6 months ago (6 children)

    Whoever typed that was probably a child rapist themselves.

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  • [–] -4 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    huh?

    yall are just re-enacting 1800s america now

    how was a random person working for the church a rapist?

    proof?

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  • [+] -7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    you realize the KKK treated catholics like they treated black people

    "all priests are pedophiles" is like "all black people are thieves"

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    It's nothing like that. Because all black people aren't thieves. That's racism. Calling all priests pedophiles is just facing reality.

    Your entire religion is based around child molestation and rape. That is what your God is about. That is what your Jesus is about..

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  • [–] 0 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    I have a hard time believing that Catholicism can be pure evil. I can accept that child molestation and rape play a major role, but EVERYTHING?

    People are fucked up, yeah, but a lot of us are decent too

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  • [–] 30 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    Coming up: New report confirms bears shit in the woods

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  • [–] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    I'm getting a breaking report here. Field reporters are telling me, sky blue. I'm not sure what this means, stay tuned for hourly updates

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  • [–] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    New update: Pigs still ground dwelling mammal

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 6 months ago (7 children)

    From the way he has been talked about on the web for several months you would guess he wasn't

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    When everyone else seems to be in a race to the shitheel bottom, the Catholic Church remaining who they’ve always been feels somewhat better in comparison.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 6 months ago (4 children)

    What did he even say that enticed people?!

    war is bad

    treat people with respect

    What psycho countries do you live in?

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  • [–] 9 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    So many people are cowering in the face of this fascist admin that anyone willing to stand up at all is given props by many. Look at Anthropic, they’re shady as hell and people are still gobbling their knobs for at least having some level of standards.

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  • [–] [S] 7 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    My prime minister stood up to Usa. Most of Europe did. While bring far more progressive. People should drop the pope and praise us instead.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago

    This kind of happens every time. I remember when we got the German/Polish Pope and he was also supposed to be really progressive. And then he turned out to be just another Catholic. :D

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  • [+] 32 points 6 months ago (21 children)
  • [–] 65 points 6 months ago (15 children)

    Yeah. Cause he's still a homophobic piece of shit, he's just an anti-war homophobic piece of shit. We should not be surprised by this.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

    To his credit he is slightly less homophobic than is the norm for the Catholic Church. But that's kind of like saying someone is less fascist than Mussolini. Objectively better than the alternative, but not actually good.

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  • [–] 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah, I'm sure he can turn a blind eye on gay sex if it's between a grown man and a little boy.

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  • [–] 1 point 6 months ago*

    i feel like pedophelia is very different from being gay, attraction to minors is different to the same sex consensual legal age. pedophelia, beastiality, necrophelia wont be equivalent to gay/bi/trans sex, the attraction seems very different despite being same sex. conservatives have totally used this to condemn/persecute lgbqt+ people.

    pedophiles had tried to attribute thier pedophelia as part of the lgtbq+ community to whitewash themselves, they arnt accepted at all.

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  • [–] 13 points 6 months ago (3 children)

    Just today you learned the Catholic Church is bigoted?

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  • [+] -16 points 6 months ago (5 children)

    homophobic? homophobic means hating gay people the pope does not hate ANY people he hates their sin all are welcome within the church

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    "I don't hate you, but I will act within my power to oppress you."

    It is hate. That famous christian "love" is abuse.

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  • [–] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (4 children)
    “The Holy See has made it clear that we do not agree with the formalized blessing of couples, in this case, homosexual couples, as you asked, or couples in irregular situations, beyond what was specifically, if you will, allowed for by Pope Francis in saying all people receive blessings,” he said
    

    Or, without all the fluff

    “The Holy See has made it clear that we do not agree with the formalized blessing of couples ... beyond what was specifically ... allowed for by Pope Francis in saying all people receive blessings,” he said
    

    So if Francis said it was ok; it's fine. But it seems like Francis said it wasn't fine.

    At the same time though, I've started to loose lose trust in media outlets and idk how reputable NewsWeek

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    Francis said you can bless everyone all at once, including gay people, at the end of the sermon. Some want to make it a stand alone blessing like those given at weddings. Leo is saying you cannot do that, but can still bless everyone.

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