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The Confused Pope

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God, what a doofus. Out of respect for Catholic readers, I’m not using a stronger word but I’m thinking it.

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  1. methylethyl Avatar
    methylethyl

    Every single Catholic I know would probably endorse the stronger word.

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    1. Clarissa Avatar
      Clarissa

      I’m still not fully over the Pachamama debacle, and now this. The guy can’t figure out the basic tenets of his own religion. What can we expect on other issues?

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        methylethyl

        The handful of Catholics I know well enough to get an unguarded opinion from… the Pachamama incident basically galvanized them on the idea that Benedict is still, actually, the pope. And now they just try to ignore Francis and soldier on, hoping history will vindicate them, and this is just another embarrassing two-popes controversy (I mean, it’s happened before, right?).

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        1. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
          bluebird of bitterness

          Most practicing Catholics (as opposed to CINOs) agree.

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          1. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
            bluebird of bitterness

            At least the ones I’m acquainted with.

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            1. methylethyl Avatar
              methylethyl

              There’s the crux, eh? Whoever you are, the “Catholics you know” are the practicing ones. We all likely know quite a lot of people who check the “Catholic” box on survey forms, but whom we would never mistake for religious people.

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              1. Clarissa Avatar
                Clarissa

                One is even in the Oval Office as we speak. 🙂

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              2. bluebird of bitterness Avatar
                bluebird of bitterness

                And one is Speaker of the House.

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              3. Clarissa Avatar
                Clarissa

                I keep repressing the conscience of her existence because it’s too unbearable.

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    Avi

    Precisely. And to think that the Jesuit order used to be the intellectual powerhouse of the Church of Rome. God help them!

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