Pope says 'backward' US conservatives replaced faith with ideology

3 years ago by Ronin_5 to c/nut

Pope Francis condemned the "very strong, organised, reactionary attitude" in the US church and said Catholic doctrine allows for change over time.

Beam 14 points 3 years ago

I don’t know much about Pope Francis, what do you guys think of him?

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PolandIsAStateOfMind 24 points 3 years ago

Empty balloon. Even bible says "you will know them by their fruits" and his fruit is soap bubble. Nothing he says is of any consequence whatsoever to the real church politics.

Well, he's less vile than the likes of John Paul 2, Pius 12 or Benedict 16 but that's not saying much.

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Shinhoshi 17 points 3 years ago

He has an effective marketing strategy where he says things that sound like change that make headlines, and then later clarifies that nothing actually is going to change in a release that has 1% of the coverage.

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bennieandthez 12 points 3 years ago

He's just another pope, none push for material change. There is no real difference between the 1st pope and this one, they are basically just figures to attract donations i wouldn't be surprised if some billionaire made a donation for him to say this.

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Feathercrown 3 points 3 years ago

idk but I like his opinion on this

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betterredthandead 8 points 3 years ago

Pope calls people reactionary hahaha

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supersolid_snake 1 point 3 years ago

Excommunicate them. Sorry for my ignorance on the subject, can the pope still do that?