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In reply to the discussion: Once again the Catholic Church comes to the aid of fascism. [View all]paleotn
(18,772 posts)33. Sorry, but as far as Popes go, this one's about as good as they get.
Generally, his heart seems to be in the right place much of the time, but he's still dragging around tons of religious dogma and other assorted, made up bullshit. If he was really smart, he'd declare the whole lot of it to be complete crap and go live out the rest of his years quietly back in Argentina. I'm not holding my breath.
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With MUCH trepidation, I'm re-posting my comments from another thread - : After 10+ years of lurking on DU, this topic
UbeU_2024
Sunday
#4
Exactly. Equating Harris and trump as evil to some degree shows how evil the RCC is.
erronis
Sunday
#18
It would be nice if we had a Supreme Court that upheld the separation of church and state.
Lonestarblue
Sunday
#21
The last thing I'm going to do is accept moral advice from the fascist, pedophile-protecting catholic church
Plectranthus
Sunday
#6
Ah yes, the well established "I don't like you so you should be banned" principle
tritsofme
Sunday
#23
Well said. This is, to me, the most disappointing thing he's said or done since becoming Pope.
peppertree
Monday
#56
This commentary is about as ridiculous and reactionary as the teachings of the Catholic Church.
tritsofme
Sunday
#15
Old saying, if you can't say something good about someone, don't say anything at all.
paleotn
Sunday
#37
Historically, the Catholic doesn't have much of a track record when it has injected itself into politics
dlk
Sunday
#22
Kinda like a priest that sexually abused alter boys vs one that doesn't? Clean up your own mess!
PortTack
Sunday
#24
The Catholic Church loves them some child rapists. It's not like we didn't know.
onecaliberal
Sunday
#25
Francis could have just not taken the interview until after the election. He chose NOT to endorse Tscf.
lindysalsagal
Sunday
#34
Evangelicals don't mind Catholic's being on their side of 'Right to life' but
Omnipresent
Sunday
#54