Vice President JD Vance flew to Rome hoping to meet with Pope Francis. Instead, the Pope skipped the meeting entirely—and sent his top cardinal to deliver a pointed message about compassion and car…
  • RamblingPandaEnglish
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    2 months ago

    In February, without naming names, the Pope directly refuted a Catholic concept Vance had twisted to justify deportations. Vance had cited ordo amoris—the “order of love”—to argue that Americans should come first.

    Francis responded: “Christian love is not a concentric expansion of interests that little by little extend to other persons and groups.”

    Vance, acknowledging the rebuke, called himself a “baby Catholic” and admitted, “there are things about the faith that I don’t know.”

    Dude, I’m not Catholic at all and I could have told you that. It’s not really complicated to see that Catholic interpretation Jesus would whip you out of the temple.

    • Bone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      His boss being a rapist felon that never faces consequences let alone justice. And we’re all supposed to turn a blind eye in their world.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I’m an apostate and I can say that if you managed to get to the eucharist you should know that when you don’t know something about catholic doctrine you’re supposed to run it up the msgisterium. That’s what they’re there for. Priests go to college for this shit and usually can set you right. If they don’t know they can ask a bishop. If it’s pressing and uncertain the pope may need to make a call. And if a world leader asks it the pope actually might

    • mst@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      2 months ago

      I don’t know what interpretation of Jesus wouldn’t whip him out of the temple. It’s hard to twist the part about loving your neighbor like yourself into yourself coming first.

      • RamblingPandaEnglish
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        2 months ago

        He’s living that neighbour lovin’ by shagging their chaise lounge.