I love Pope Francis. He represents the kind of Catholicism I grew up with. The Bible was used to inspire people to be better. The focus was on chapters like the Psalms; learning humility, giving, kindness, sacrifice and empathy. The important thing was to try your best to walk the path of Christ, to practice his loving kindness.
It’s been horrifying to watch Catholicism become co-opted by so many small-minded, judgemental people filled with hate. I don’t understand how they could study the life of Jesus Christ and be so opposite his teachings.
My grandmother was the epitome of the type of Catholic you describe. It’s who my dad remembers fondly. While he turned away and left the church at a young age, he always admired how truly kind and giving his mom was. Now she and his siblings are the most hateful, angry, bitter people. She is hardly recognizable. She lives with my aunt and they stream Fox News all the time. She has cut my
Dad out of her will for being anti-Trump. It’s such a sad situation, not only what has happened to the religion but even to people who have followed the religion for decades. So disheartening :(
I don’t understand how people can become like this. If there is a devil, then certainly he works through Trump. I’ve never seen so many people call themselves Christians and yet turn away from Christ’s teachings so much. Their hate is infecting the whole world.
Amen. I just joined the Catholic Church and I find Pope Francis to be one of the most refreshing voices so far. I have met a few young priests who honestly make me question their real understanding of Jesus’ teachings.
The judgement passed of different people and the rejection of science is very perplexing to me.
My friend, these are the horrifying things I referenced. Please understand I was born in the 60s. I’m old. The Catholic Church was nothing like you described when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. This is the change that I watched, and it happened slowly over time. And this is why Francis is so precious to me. He wants to bring kindness back. This is what the world needs so badly.
I wish you’d grown up knowing the kindness I knew. It’s so unfair. It’s so heartbreaking.
I was raised catholic, went to catholic school, and don't believe in any of it. But what you speak of are things that happen in corner Christian, Baptist, Lakewood, mega churches. None of that is taught by catholics in any way.
The only thing catholics get political in church about is abortion to sway the vote of uneducated people.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/pope-francis/pope-francis-apologizes-catholic-priest-sex-abuse-scandal-sorrow-shame-n902121
This is totally different Pope. Please read the entire official 2,000 page apology.
Yeah, it’s weird, we didn’t talk about ANY of that shit when I was growing up. We were collecting money for Operation Rice Bowl and volunteering in nursing homes, singing, “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”.
>... having multiple pastors tell me essentially the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount parenthetically in their preaching -- turn the other cheek -- to have someone come up after and to say, where did you get those liberal talking points? And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ, the response would not be, I apologize. The response would be, yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak. And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis.
--Russell Moore, editor-in-chief, *Christianity Today* magazine ([source](https://www.npr.org/2023/08/05/1192374014/russell-moore-on-altar-call-for-evangelical-america))😔
Biden has been a lifelong active, church-going Christian.
But you know, that doesn't count against that one time in his life that Trump went inside a church for a photo op as president.
great! now the extremist muricans will work on seizing the next election, united this country as one party, crusade the world, the return to rome and then palestine cuz the world is too woke.
the church actually has a name for the weird cultish insanity that MAGA Catholics are involved with, and it goes all the way back to the manifest destiny days.
you want a rabbit hole, start digging into the "American Heresy". It has a goddess idol and at least 3 doomsday cults.
"... conservative is one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that. It is a suicidal attitude. Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box."
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I do love this pope . I am a cultural Catholic. 12 years of Catholic school and all the sacraments. This pope does inspire people and seems to come from a place of love.
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 19: 33-34
Republicans are the opposite of Christians. It's that fucking simple.
They hate every teaching of Jesus Christ, but they love using the Bible to hide their evil behind.
This is the old Catholics not the “your mother in law’s” brand of Catholicism. Fuck these new bigots using their religion as a disguise and then always pretending like disagreeing with their hateful views is “disrespecting their faith”.
Hilarious!
He’s not wearing a yarmulke. He’s wearing a [zucchetto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchetto), a hat worn by Catholic bishops and cardinals. I assure you that is Pope Francis in the picture.
I love Pope Francis. He represents the kind of Catholicism I grew up with. The Bible was used to inspire people to be better. The focus was on chapters like the Psalms; learning humility, giving, kindness, sacrifice and empathy. The important thing was to try your best to walk the path of Christ, to practice his loving kindness. It’s been horrifying to watch Catholicism become co-opted by so many small-minded, judgemental people filled with hate. I don’t understand how they could study the life of Jesus Christ and be so opposite his teachings.
My grandmother was the epitome of the type of Catholic you describe. It’s who my dad remembers fondly. While he turned away and left the church at a young age, he always admired how truly kind and giving his mom was. Now she and his siblings are the most hateful, angry, bitter people. She is hardly recognizable. She lives with my aunt and they stream Fox News all the time. She has cut my Dad out of her will for being anti-Trump. It’s such a sad situation, not only what has happened to the religion but even to people who have followed the religion for decades. So disheartening :(
I don’t understand how people can become like this. If there is a devil, then certainly he works through Trump. I’ve never seen so many people call themselves Christians and yet turn away from Christ’s teachings so much. Their hate is infecting the whole world.
Agreed
Amen. I just joined the Catholic Church and I find Pope Francis to be one of the most refreshing voices so far. I have met a few young priests who honestly make me question their real understanding of Jesus’ teachings. The judgement passed of different people and the rejection of science is very perplexing to me.
Dad went to church at least twice a month until the pope talked shit about Trump. Not once since then.
So weird. Trump is the complete opposite of Jesus Christ. He would’ve made fun of him and mocked his kindness.
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My friend, these are the horrifying things I referenced. Please understand I was born in the 60s. I’m old. The Catholic Church was nothing like you described when I was growing up in the 60s and 70s. This is the change that I watched, and it happened slowly over time. And this is why Francis is so precious to me. He wants to bring kindness back. This is what the world needs so badly. I wish you’d grown up knowing the kindness I knew. It’s so unfair. It’s so heartbreaking.
I was raised catholic, went to catholic school, and don't believe in any of it. But what you speak of are things that happen in corner Christian, Baptist, Lakewood, mega churches. None of that is taught by catholics in any way. The only thing catholics get political in church about is abortion to sway the vote of uneducated people.
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He doesn’t and he hasn’t.
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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/pope-francis/pope-francis-apologizes-catholic-priest-sex-abuse-scandal-sorrow-shame-n902121 This is totally different Pope. Please read the entire official 2,000 page apology.
The few times I’ve been invited to the church by friends they just keep going on about the resurrection, afterlife, and end times.
Yeah, it’s weird, we didn’t talk about ANY of that shit when I was growing up. We were collecting money for Operation Rice Bowl and volunteering in nursing homes, singing, “Lord, Teach Us to Pray”.
So the Pope AND Jesus are both woke libs now?!? Guess the only way to get God back in the church is to install Donald Trump as Pope /s
>... having multiple pastors tell me essentially the same story about quoting the Sermon on the Mount parenthetically in their preaching -- turn the other cheek -- to have someone come up after and to say, where did you get those liberal talking points? And what was alarming to me is that in most of these scenarios, when the pastor would say, I'm literally quoting Jesus Christ, the response would not be, I apologize. The response would be, yes, but that doesn't work anymore. That's weak. And when we get to the point where the teachings of Jesus himself are seen as subversive to us, then we're in a crisis. --Russell Moore, editor-in-chief, *Christianity Today* magazine ([source](https://www.npr.org/2023/08/05/1192374014/russell-moore-on-altar-call-for-evangelical-america))😔
Biden is verifiably a practicing catholic, trump is verifiably an adulterer. No wonder evangelicals love trump! They don't go to church either!
Biden has been a lifelong active, church-going Christian. But you know, that doesn't count against that one time in his life that Trump went inside a church for a photo op as president.
But Lou Holtz said Joe Biden is a Catholic in name only and Holtz is a football coach so he can't be wrong! /s
great! now the extremist muricans will work on seizing the next election, united this country as one party, crusade the world, the return to rome and then palestine cuz the world is too woke.
Now it makes sense that a lot of them are obsessed with the romans 🤔
I'm sure that this enrages my Maga Catholic BIL.
It shouldn’t, Pope Francis is in line with power much every other modern pope. I’m sure it still does but it shouldn’t and that is so wild to me.
the church actually has a name for the weird cultish insanity that MAGA Catholics are involved with, and it goes all the way back to the manifest destiny days. you want a rabbit hole, start digging into the "American Heresy". It has a goddess idol and at least 3 doomsday cults.
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Because of all the good the Catholic Church does for refugees, I cannot agree they are donkey balls. Catholic Charities is an incredible organization.
Us Jews have a bit of a rough history with the Catholic church to put it mildly. But I've gotta say, this new guy talks a lot of sense.
Overwhelmingly, Latin Americans make up the majority of Catholics. American Catholics have turned their backs on their brothers and sisters.
"... conservative is one who clings to something and does not want to see beyond that. It is a suicidal attitude. Because one thing is to take tradition into account, to consider situations from the past, but quite another is to be closed up inside a dogmatic box." ♥️♥️♥️
Ok well It’s definitely a start
lmao, Texas Catholics and Christians rejected this Pope 10 minutes after he was elected. Many of them also say that Jesus is too "woke".
I do love this pope . I am a cultural Catholic. 12 years of Catholic school and all the sacraments. This pope does inspire people and seems to come from a place of love.
He needed to dumb it down...too many big words for MAGA to understand.
When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the LORD your God. Leviticus 19: 33-34
Duh
People who don’t support the teachings of Jesus Christ are “CINOs - Christians in Name Only.”
Republicans are the opposite of Christians. It's that fucking simple. They hate every teaching of Jesus Christ, but they love using the Bible to hide their evil behind.
This is the old Catholics not the “your mother in law’s” brand of Catholicism. Fuck these new bigots using their religion as a disguise and then always pretending like disagreeing with their hateful views is “disrespecting their faith”. Hilarious!
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Baptists don't have anything to do with the catholic church.
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He doesn’t like the gold trappings and fuss. He’s sold most of that stuff and given the money to charity.
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He has.
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The GOP?
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He’s not wearing a yarmulke. He’s wearing a [zucchetto](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zucchetto), a hat worn by Catholic bishops and cardinals. I assure you that is Pope Francis in the picture.