good fucking riddance pope fuckshit

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/257970/pope-francis-reportedly-again-uses-derogatory-word-when-discussing-gay-seminarians

#resist #pope #trump #lindseygraham #catholicism

Yeah, if you meet somebody who's not horrified by the idea of trump as pope, don't back away slowly. Run!

I don't pay close attention to the events in Vatican, because I'm not too worried with the eventual results of the conclave.

Whether conservative, liberal, or anything in-between, whatever the next pope will be, I'm not picky about it. I've never been the type of Catholic whose faith hinges on the pope, not that it's a bad thing per se.

I'm just feeling indifferent at the moment, I guess.

"With the death of Jorge Bergoglio, or Pope Francis, we lose a rare leader who, in an Italy governed by neofascists and in an increasingly reactionary Europe, stood out for his surprising ethical, social, and ecological commitments.

Since Pope Pius XII excommunicated the communists, the Left could only ever expect to be anathema. Didn’t Pope John Paul II and Joseph Ratzinger persecute liberation theologians, accusing them of using Marxist concepts? Didn’t they try to impose a “penitential silence” on Leonardo Boff?

It’s indeed the case that there have been leftist currents in Catholicism since the nineteenth century, but they’ve always been met with hostility from the Roman authorities. Further, the clerical tendencies critical of capitalism have mostly been quite reactionary.

Criticizing feudal or clerical socialism in The Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels noted its “total incapacity to comprehend the march of modern history.” But they also recognized in this “half echo of the past, half menace of the future” a “bitter, witty and incisive criticism” that could at times “[strike] the bourgeoisie to the very heart’s core.”

Max Weber offered a more general analysis of the relation between the church and capital. In his works on the sociology of religion, he demonstrated the Catholic ethic’s “deep aversion” (tiefe Abneigung) to the spirit of capitalism, despite its adaptations and compromises. This hypothesis must be kept in mind to understand how the Argentine pope came to be elected in Rome."

https://jacobin.com/2025/04/pope-francis-catholicism-climate-refugees/

A priest has just knocked on the door, asking if I want the house blessed, now the Pope has passed...

I'm not a Catholic, so I passed, but thanked him for the offer.

But, Is that normal when a pope dies - house blessings?

I think it's nice, if it's your religion that someone comes to offer their services, probably expecting a little something for the collection plate - rather than having to call up some charlatan, who demands money up front for doing a blessing.