• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Well, that’s hardly a good excuse for pawning JD Vance off on some flunky. Seriously, popes these days…

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    9 hours ago

    Do other religions go to such great lengths to cover this kind of news? Like would we see the same for the Dalai Lama?

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    16 hours ago

    Guys. Joe Biden is Catholic. The Vatican has an opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.

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    13 hours ago

    He was like man this guy sucks, I don’t want to live in a world where this guy has power, then dies. I feel the same dude…

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    Gfdi. I’m not religious, but knowing that Catholics are going to choose a new Pope, I can only look forward to more bad news of comformity to godawful world news in the form of a shitty New Pope who inspires and empowers all the shitty people.

    Great, one more thing to make the world even worse.

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    17 hours ago

    Looks like it’s time for another pope race. I would like to throw my hat in the ring. As a lapsed Catholic trans woman who’s never so much as visited a seminary, I know I’m an unorthodox choice. But maybe it’s time to mix things up. My central campaign planks? We’re going to bring back indulgences and try to make the Papal States a thing again. Also, expect skits and improv sessions to have a big place in Catholic mass in the future!

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      13 hours ago

      Some gold from that document:

      In this context, some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world. This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naïve trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system.

      Would be funny to make a quote collection titled “Who said this? Pope Francis or a socialist?”