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I was born and raised Catholic. I got a pretty good education and was generally treated well in Catholic grade school (aside from the nuns giving me an occasional whack with a brush or yardstick when I was misbehaving).
I have every reason to defend the Catholic Church and Pope even though I'm not that religions now. This Pope is the exception. He's a Marxist, socialist, very slowly moving the Church towards moral relativism and eliminating all his more conservative opposition within the Church (just like a good Communist) so he is more powerful and the next Pope will be just like him.
He's my image of the anti-Christ.
He presents himself as being good, fools most of the masses, but his agenda will wreak havoc on the world and the Church. He is exactly the kind of person I would want in charge if my goal was to undermine and destroy the Church.
I would never harm anyone.
I would never encourage anyone to harm someone else.
But this guy is a moral dilemma for me. I find myself asking this question.
"Is it immoral for me to actually hope he dies soon and gets replaced by a real Catholic?".
In part he was selected by a liberal mafia within the Church because of his politics and views and in part because they wanted a non Italian to broaden the reach of the Church.
If they want to broaden the reach, there a lot of conservative Catholics in Africa that would make great Popes and actually be Catholic.
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11-29-2023, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by classhandicapper
I was born and raised Catholic. I got a pretty good education and was generally treated well in Catholic grade school (aside from the nuns giving me an occasional whack with a brush or yardstick when I was misbehaving).
I have every reason to defend the Catholic Church and Pope even though I'm not that religions now. This Pope is the exception. He's a Marxist, socialist, very slowly moving the Church towards moral relativism and eliminating all his more conservative opposition within the Church (just like a good Communist) so he is more powerful and the next Pope will be just like him.
He's my image of the anti-Christ.
He presents himself as being good, fools most of the masses, but his agenda will wreak havoc on the world and the Church. He is exactly the kind of person I would want in charge if my goal was to undermine and destroy the Church.
I would never harm anyone.
I would never encourage anyone to harm someone else.
But this guy is a moral dilemma for me. I find myself asking this question.
"Is it immoral for me to actually hope he dies soon and gets replaced by a real Catholic?".
In part he was selected by a liberal mafia within the Church because of his politics and views and in part because they wanted a non Italian to broaden the reach of the Church.
If they want to broaden the reach, there a lot of conservative Catholics in Africa that would make great Popes and actually be Catholic.
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11-30-2023, 08:27 PM
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Amazing.
You put together a wfole sentence without quoting simeone from Twitter?
First one ever? And you got it wrong.
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12-03-2023, 10:40 AM
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12-03-2023, 05:35 PM
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12-05-2023, 06:38 AM
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the FBI helping by investigating potential domestic terrorist catholics ....
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12-06-2023, 02:13 PM
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Anyone that believes that core Christian values make a positive contribution to society and should be encouraged is a target. Anyone like that that votes for democrats must be either self loathing or ignorant of what the current democrats are about. They are not just trying to create a more secular society where extreme religious values can't be imposed on others. They HATE YOU and YOUR VALUES. They double hate Catholics.
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12-06-2023, 06:04 PM
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Catholic hate outside the US
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12-10-2023, 07:38 AM
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12-10-2023, 02:05 PM
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Received this from a friend yesterday as an e-mail....
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
December 8, 2023
Letters to the Editor
The Pilot
66 Brooks Drive
Braintree, MA 02184-3839
letters@thebostonpilot.com
To the Editor:
The OSV News story on the removal of Bishop Joseph Strickland repeatedly suggested that his ministry had become "detrimental or ineffective," (Bishop Strickland removal is 'administrative, not penal,' says canon law expert, 11/17/2023).
No evidence was offered to substantiate that assertion, and the Vatican has not told the faithful of the Diocese of Tyler why their Ordinary was expelled from his apostolic office by the Pope.
The explanation, by Father John Beal of the Catholic University of America, that Strickland's dismissal was an 'administrative removal,' confirms that there was no due process nor a finding of misconduct against Strickland.
Even more revealing was Beal's admission that there is no written "process with criteria" for such discretionary removals, and that they were a "recent development" in the history of the Church.
Bishops are successors of the Apostles, not corporate branch managers who can be summarily fired at the caprice of the Pope.
The sacking of Bishop Strickland has set a dangerous precedent in the government of the Catholic Church.
Sincerely,
C. J. Doyle
Executive Director
Catholic Action League of Massachusetts
P. O. Box 112
Boston, MA 02131
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12-10-2023, 03:48 PM
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Bishops are successors of the Apostles, not corporate branch managers who can be summarily fired at the caprice of the Pope.
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It is my understanding that the Pope, as Vicar of Christ is the ultimate authority of the church. Papal supremacy grants him the power to dismiss anyone in holy orders.
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12-11-2023, 04:40 PM
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It is my understanding that the Pope, as Vicar of Christ is the ultimate authority of the church. Papal supremacy grants him the power to dismiss anyone in holy orders.
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Having the power does not mean you aren't doing the work of Satan (assuming you believe in God and Satan).
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12-11-2023, 04:47 PM
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So the Pope is working for Satin now?
I can't believe this place anymore.
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12-11-2023, 05:34 PM
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So the Pope is working for Satin now?
I can't believe this place anymore.
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Not Satin, Satan. 
This Pope is a liberal, globalist, and is very slowly inching towards moral relativism. He's basically rejecting long held Catholic views and moving the Church to the left at a pace that's not extreme, but that conservative Catholics believe is against doctrine. Then when they voice those beliefs, he's reducing their power or eliminating them like a true leftist totalitarian would be expected to. Personally, I think he's a bad guy that was put in power by a leftist mafia that slowly took over what was once a conservative Church.
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12-11-2023, 05:36 PM
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Quote:
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So the Pope is working for Satin now?
I can't believe this place anymore.
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He doesn't seem to be working for God all that much...so...maybe
Not sure why this would be so hard to believe....
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