Gotta admit, it was kind of funny watching the conservatives subreddit show anger at this and show the hypocrisy for a few hours until the mods cleaned up anyone who strayed from the narrative.
This is a warning. This will be one time the Vatican, being a sovereign state, having money may be of practical good purpose. The battle is now between the church and billionaires/corporations.
Some guy on YT has been saying the world will be facing a decade of dark times; we will see.
On a slightly related note: could any US lemmings tell me why non-catholic christians in the US are so involved with the pope?
I have a friend from KY who went to Rome and everything. I asked her why, since she’s protestant, and she genuinely did not understand the question. Her entire family was praying for the pope. And they are methodists?
I have some catholics in my family and they would not bat an eye if the patriarch of Constantinople died. They consider orthodox Christians or protestants as a different religion.
I think there's a lot of Protestants who simply respect the Pope in general and this Pope in particular as a "good person", the same way Mother Teresa or Gandhi became culturally revered for their deeds not merely their position. They might also extend some of the same respect to Catholics in general (or they might not). Also a lot of them are not very critical thinkers and often don't have much of an education in theological matters (or at all).
Personal experience it is either extreme hate or extreme respect for the institution with no in between. The idea of not caring about them isn’t possible out here from a religious perspective
Look, nobody’s ever seen a pope like me before, folks. I’ve done more for Christianity than maybe anyone, ask anyone, they’ll tell you.
The Vatican? Beautiful place, but it’s not winning anymore. We’re going to make the Church great again bigger congregations, stronger faith.
Some of these cardinals? Total disasters. I’ve got the best relationship with the Bible. And frankly, people are saying lots of people that I’d be the greatest pope ever. Maybe even better than Peter. Not saying that, but people are.
... Untill WhatIfAltHist breaks into MZ's house in the middle of a recording, Anne Wilke's MZ to his chair, breaks his wrists, and finishes the playthrough... and also edits and uploads it.
If he becomes pope, does it mean he's not president of usa anymore? if so, please make the impossible happen! he won't be able to cause so much trouble as pope