• fluxion@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Countdown till Trump demands the Pope scrap all “DEI” efforts or risk losing tax exemption or some shit

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    There is some meaning in the name he chose. Most popes choose a name of a pontiff which values they share. Pope Leo 13 was a pope that was very concerned with workers rights:

    Pope Leo (XIII) outlined the rights of workers to a fair wage, safe working conditions, and the formation of trade unions, while affirming the rights to property and free enterprise, opposing both socialism and laissez-faire capitalism. With that encyclical, he became popularly titled as the “Social Pope” and the “Pope of the Workers”,

    I can’t wait to see how this first American pontiff will put this moral policy towards the Christians of his native country (and others’ for that matter).

    Certainly as the president who, just recently, imagined himself fit to be pope, sees him as a natural ally as he only thinks that way himself. I curious how Leo XIV will handle that situation, it will be one of the biggest tests of his pontificate.

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      That could also be mexican/canadian. USian if you want to be precise :D

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    I wonder if it is like character creation in an RPG, 5 minutes to elect a new pope and then the rest of the time is time they need to think of a name.

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      I always try to imagine the process of deciding, and it’s hard to take it seriously.

      “Carnidal Donatello has done some great work for the church, and the nuns really like him.”

      “Yes, sure, I agree with you there. However, I think that Mortimer has been much closer to God. I saw him the other day – Mortimer, that is, not God – and I swear he was radiating with light.”

      “Mortimer truly does radiate with light, but that may have been due to his proximity to the CNPP back in '86, and might explain his extra appendages… You’ve certainly been quiet through these deliberations, Marco. What are your thoughts on the matter?”

      “Me? Oh. Well… I kind of like Bill.”

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      If you think electing an anti Zionist pope would change anything you have not been paying attention.