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First American pope elected and will be known as Pope Leo XIV

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

FeteCommuniste wrote: post #172
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #108

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How men of cloth treat gay people is a good litmus test for whether they’re following the Christian tenets of love and forgiveness. Like, you’re dealing with one of God’s creatures, per the Christian worldview. You can’t claim to respect God’s plan and then turn around and say you know better when it makes you feel icky. > job is to deal moral teachings, rather than follow the crowd An American Catholic hating and de…

Many a preacher will tell you that their way of "loving" gay people is to warn them of the hellfire awaiting them if they don't quit doing gay stuff and repent.

> Many a preacher will tell you that their way of "loving" gay people is to warn them of the hellfire awaiting them if they don't quit doing gay stuff and repent

I can actually accept this. They’re expressing an opinion, nothing more. If they then proceed to ostracise that person, or refuse to recognise their relations, that’s crossing into hate and pridefulness.

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Post by kklisura »

rootsudo wrote: post #152
bbor wrote: post #134

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For what it’s worth, I was just reading that Leo wasn’t seen as “completely” American due to his many years in Peru — he’s even a citizen. Take that as you will.

For what it's worth, Peru is in South America. Still American, Technically.

Then Pope Francis was American as well.

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Post by cdelsolar »

vFunct wrote: post #92

The whole Catholic aesthetic is amazing. Really is the tops.

yeah Catholicism is kind of cool. I'm a lapsed Catholic myself (haven't been to church since I was like 12, except for weddings) but for occasions like this I feel a little bit more Catholic.

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bitshiftfaced wrote: post #188
rootsudo wrote: post #152

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For what it's worth, Peru is in South America. Still American, Technically.

From reading online comments, I'm starting to believe that those who reside outside the US are more strident defenders of the idea that "US citizens only" = "American" than US citizens themselves.

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Post by nkrisc »

Kon-Peki wrote: post #131
nkrisc wrote: post #82

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Well, he's Catholic, so I think White Sox is more likely.

He’s a far south sider. 99% chance of being a Sox fan. EDIT - apparently a Cubs guy Incidentally, the steel mill very close to where he grew up was idled due to the effects of Trump tariffs this week.

Well, no heuristic is perfect.

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Post by perihelions »

theelfismike wrote: post #168
imzadi wrote: post #153

"He is the first North American to be elected pope and, before the conclave, was the U.S. cardinal most mentioned as a potential successor of St. Peter." Is that a typo?

St Peter was the first Pope; all Popes after are successors to him

If they're constructed as ordinals, then, why do they call them cardinals?

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Post by BJones12 »

anon291 wrote: post #192
Capricorn2481 wrote: post #171

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So he "literally" said he won't do anything about it until children can muster the courage and resources to prove in court they were abused. This is "why didn't she go to the police" for children. The police are not to be trusted, certainly not to against the Catholic Church.

Then who should investigate? The church cannot do anything to anyone they investigate other than 'order' them to remain in a monastery (which, they can leave at anytime since this is a free country and church rules are not law).

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