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Showing Original Post only (View all)There's a lot more behind the selection of Leo XIV than meets the eye [View all]
He's an American in the same vein as Francis and he will be listened to by the U.S. Catholic community, who, if memory serves me right, broke heavily for Motherfucker Krasnov in 2024.
I think he was selected as the exorcist to drive the demons out of Catholic cultists.
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Aviation Pro
May 2025
OP
It is not clear to me that the Church ever learned anything from all these cases of predatory priests
Bluetus
May 2025
#4
The thing I learned in seminary was that one reason it's so hard to change the Catholic church
intheflow
May 2025
#6
American society isn't the world. The American Catholic Church is not the Catholic Church.
ancianita
May 2025
#9
I hear you. I have to say, tho', that if you take Jesus at his word, you would know that a Church on six continents
ancianita
May 2025
#23
If you care to you could skim words (e.g., of Luke & John) & see Jesus call the Jewish God "Father" 165 times in the NT
ancianita
May 2025
#46
Not so. I'm as well read and educated as anyone, and I'll tell you this: you have to reread history, but
ancianita
May 2025
#24
There's really scant evidence that some guy named Jesus encompassed all that's been written about him...
paleotn
May 2025
#29
Source your claims of "lots of evidence" for Homer, or anything else, or you're not credible.
ancianita
May 2025
#41
He knew way more than the Pharisees, Sadducees, even, because many called him Rabbi when they questioned him
ancianita
May 2025
#44
My opinion is about actual, practicing Catholics (of which I am not, but I am related to several).
maxsolomon
May 2025
#17
Yes, fluent in 5 and can write in 2 more. He wants to be able to communicate with everyone. nt
SunSeeker
May 2025
#25
I am strongly non-religious while recognizing the sincerity of believers and I love the message of this selection. nt
ShazamIam
May 2025
#8
LOVE IT! That's 3 big elections recently that went big time against MAGA!
LymphocyteLover
May 2025
#12
