Pope Francis

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 4:06 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:24 am

Spring break in Rome for the College of Cardinals.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:33 am

He lived the better part of his life in service of others and spreading words of love and acceptance, yet the last person he sees in life is JD Vance. That’s fucked up, St. Peter.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:44 am

Also, I believe “Castellanos to hit a home run” is now off the board today at all gambling sites.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:23 am

Dems should try to bait JD Vance into saying he could have killed the pope by making snide comments like "well, one thing you know for sure is that JD Vance didn't kill the pope ... dude doesn't have it in him".

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:51 am

Post by **brian** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:53 am

The cardinals should troll Vance by electing a Black pope.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:00 am

L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:33 am He lived the better part of his life in service of others and spreading words of love and acceptance, yet the last person he sees in life is JD Vance. That’s fucked up, St. Peter.

Gotta love that one of the last things he did in life was rebuke JD Vance.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:04 am

sancarlos wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:00 am
L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:33 am He lived the better part of his life in service of others and spreading words of love and acceptance, yet the last person he sees in life is JD Vance. That’s fucked up, St. Peter.
Gotta love that one of the last things he did in life was rebuke JD Vance.

The fact that he hung on long enough to call Vance and the entire administration pieces of shit gives me the smiles.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:15 am

L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:44 am Also, I believe “Castellanos to hit a home run” is now off the board today at all gambling sites.

Is he on the Pope hiring committee on missing the game?

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:17 am

The Sybian wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:15 am
L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:44 am Also, I believe “Castellanos to hit a home run” is now off the board today at all gambling sites.
Is he on the Pope hiring committee on missing the game?

Surely you haven't forgotten the Book of Himbo, as told by Thom the Apologist.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:19 am

Its become a thing where he homers on big event days or at the most ridiculous times. I think the first was when Brenneman was apologizing on air and then it kept happening.

Just looked ... it has its own wiki page which is amazing: A drive into deep left field by Castellanos

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:23 am

mister d wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:19 am Its become a thing where he homers on big event days or at the most ridiculous times. I think the first was when Brenneman was apologizing on air and then it kept happening.

Just looked ... it has its own wiki page which is amazing: A drive into deep left field by Castellanos

That sounds familiar. Somebody must have posted it here before.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:27 am

Have we ever figured out which city he thought was the f** capital of the world?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:35 am

I would have swore they were headed to San Francisco next but it was St. Louis so I have no idea?

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:03 pm

Castellanos hit his first minor league home run literally within a couple of hours of when our boys were busy shooting bin Laden in the face. That’s uncanny.

degenerasian · Post by **degenerasian** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 12:26 pm

brian wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:53 am The cardinals should troll Vance by electing a Black pope.

Not far off

Filipino is the betting favorite. Then Italian then Ghanaian.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:00 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:19 pm

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 2:36 pm

Baloney wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 9:51 am

Crackerjack!

Jerloma · Post by **Jerloma** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 5:25 pm

I'll say it again, if you're going to claim moral authority over a billion fucking people and speak for the omnipotent creator of all time, space, and matter, you should be held to a higher standard of morality, or at least an equal standard.

If I said that homosexuals are human beings worthy of our love, while simultaneously saying they shouldn't be allowed to marry, their acts will earn them an eternity of unimaginable torture, and casually call them the f word when I'm with my friends, you'd all rightfully consider me a moral monster. But when you're the leader of a kid fucking, Nazi gold cabal that has been the root of mass oppression, poverty, ignorance, and death, your expectations are far lower. That's not only wrong but for someone with so much influence, it's also very dangerous.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:51 pm

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Apr 21, 2025 11:56 pm

Giff wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:51 pm

Fuck you.

I grew up Catholic, but haven’t attended a mass in forever.

But I’ll go to bat for that sect vs the shit heels that went head over heels for the GOP the past 40 years.

Suck a cock Giff. You’re a fraud.

Post by **brian** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 12:57 am

Who knew Enoch loved JD Vance so much?

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 10:36 am

I don't understand why you have to "go to bat" for them? Lining them up aside the GOP is false equivalent adjacent... Not quite a straw man, but still a strange juxtaposition.

Both can be horrible entities, no?

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:44 pm

The memes have been hilarious.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:45 pm

Time for a Conclave rewatch.

cerranoredux · Post by **cerranoredux** » Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:47 pm

Giff wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 7:45 pm Time for a Conclave rewatch.

Rewatched on Saturday. Glad that Vance met him the next day or I would have started to feel guilty.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 8:46 am

This has all been one long reminder that popin' ain't easy.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:15 am

DSafetyGuy wrote: Wed Apr 23, 2025 8:46 am This has all been one long reminder that popin' ain't easy.

100% mortality rate. For a few days at least.

Post by **brian** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 10:16 am

We went from one pope to two popes to one pope to no popes.

Baloney · Post by **Baloney** » Wed Apr 23, 2025 11:24 am

L-Jam3 wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 6:33 am He lived the better part of his life in service of others and spreading words of love and acceptance, yet the last person he sees in life is JD Vance. That’s fucked up, St. Peter.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 10:43 am

Jerloma wrote: Mon Apr 21, 2025 5:25 pm I'll say it again, if you're going to claim moral authority over a billion fucking people and speak for the omnipotent creator of all time, space, and matter, you should be held to a higher standard of morality, or at least an equal standard.

If I said that homosexuals are human beings worthy of our love, while simultaneously saying they shouldn't be allowed to marry, their acts will earn them an eternity of unimaginable torture, and casually call them the f word when I'm with my friends, you'd all rightfully consider me a moral monster. But when you're the leader of a kid fucking, Nazi gold cabal that has been the root of mass oppression, poverty, ignorance, and death, your expectations are far lower. That's not only wrong but for someone with so much influence, it's also very dangerous.

Came to this thread for the Jerloma rant ...

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 10:48 am

... and to say that Pope Francis was my favorite Pope.

If there's a place to Rest In Peace, I hope he's there.

We're all imperfect, including Francis. But he was the best representation of what Jesus actually taught than anyone else in an influential Christian religious leadership position I'm aware of in my lifetime.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 11:26 am

garyclark wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 10:48 am ... and to say that Pope Francis was my favorite Pope.

If there's a place to Rest In Peace, I hope he's there.

We're all imperfect, including Francis. But he was the best representation of what Jesus actually taught than anyone else in an influential Christian religious leadership position I'm aware of in my lifetime.

And, the Catholics types like The Fox News Priest and the Harrison Butkers are hoping for a new pope that could be so much worse…

Post by **brian** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 1:24 pm

I don’t give enough of a crap to have too strong of an opinion but yeah Francis was about as good of a pope as you’re gonna get in the modern Catholic Church. If the world is lucky the cardinals elevate someone with mostly the same outlook.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:32 pm

brian wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 1:24 pm I don’t give enough of a crap to have too strong of an opinion but yeah Francis was about as good of a pope as you’re gonna get in the modern Catholic Church. If the world is lucky the cardinals elevate someone with mostly the same outlook.

As bad as the modern Catholic Church is, my bet is it's the best version the world has seen. Which is ... not great.

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:35 pm

Yeah, you don’t have to read much history to find lots of cases of really venal, hateful behavior.

Post by **brian** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:35 pm

garyclark wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:32 pm
brian wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 1:24 pm I don’t give enough of a crap to have too strong of an opinion but yeah Francis was about as good of a pope as you’re gonna get in the modern Catholic Church. If the world is lucky the cardinals elevate someone with mostly the same outlook.
As bad as the modern Catholic Church is, my bet is it's the best version the world has seen. Which is ... not great.

Exactly. That was kind of my implied point. Compared to Francis, Saint John Paul II was Attila the Hun.

garyclark · Post by **garyclark** » Sat Apr 26, 2025 8:30 pm

brian wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 6:35 pm
garyclark wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:32 pm
brian wrote: Sat Apr 26, 2025 1:24 pm I don’t give enough of a crap to have too strong of an opinion but yeah Francis was about as good of a pope as you’re gonna get in the modern Catholic Church. If the world is lucky the cardinals elevate someone with mostly the same outlook.
As bad as the modern Catholic Church is, my bet is it's the best version the world has seen. Which is ... not great.
Exactly. That was kind of my implied point. Compared to Francis, Saint John Paul II was Attila the Hun.

Yeah. And when you read about the earlier Popes, like hundreds of years ago, they make SJPII look like a saint.