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The pope does not have the power the Pope used to have in the Medieval era. Back then he was a king of kings, he could make and break countries, and organize invasions like the Normans into Sicily and elsewhere.
Nowadays though the Pope is just sort of figure head.
The American Catholic establishment is hardcore right-wing generally They hated the last pope and this one, and the Pope is not going to regulate on them very much.
The pope should regulate though. He should resurrect the muscular Pappacy And raze and burn this cynical catholic establishment openly betraying the vision of Jesus Christ in America.
He could start by excommunicating prominent far-right Catholic figureheads like Matt Walsh and JD Vance (I think???).
Oh my god, there's a big list but JD Vance is a cynical player of religious people, he should be excommunicated. He doesn't believe. He's playing the flock to frustrate the vision of Jesus christ, and frankly excommunication is the best he deserves. Back in the old days, we would deal with this very differently.
JD did kill the last pope.
the current one is keeping him as far away as possible.
From my experience, Catholics in the US are generally on the left side of the spectrum when compared to other Christians politically.
Their main right wing issue is abortion. And unfortunately that's a single issue that moves many voters
Many of them are immigrants, which might make immigration a single issue vote. Many of them are pro worker and pro union, pro social services. Contrast that with say southern baptists or Methodists or “non denominational” or whatever other Christians, who will already have the same abortion bias anyway, that’s why I made the claim I did.
I wasn't disagreeing with you. Catholics tend to be left on many issues... With the biggest exception being abortion.
It's kind of like a 50/50 split between good and bad guys. Obviously the bad guys don't know they are the bad guys that goes without saying.
Obviously said good guys are not that great either and also completely delusional. Those of us in reality are a lonely bunch.
They are in fact a powerful force in many countries where they lobby against the rights of women, LGBT and religious minorities.
Drunk though people were back then, they were not I don't want to say retarded by chemical pollution but that.
That is a traditional use of the word, nothing to do with ableism by the way, they would say that preservative to retard spoilation, for centuries.