#Heads of the Catholic Church
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gone2soon-rip ¡ 2 years ago
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POPE EMERITUS BENEDICT XVI (1927-Died New Years Eve,December 31st 2022,at 95).German senior Catholic preist.Born Joseph Ratzinger,he was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 19 April 2005 until his resignation on 28 February 2013. Benedict's election as pope occurred in the 2005 papal conclave that followed the death of Pope John Paul II. Benedict chose to be known by the title "pope emeritus" upon his resignation.Ordained as a priest in 1951 in his native Bavaria, Ratzinger embarked on an academic career and established himself as a highly regarded theologian by the late 1950s. He was appointed a full professor in 1958 at the age of 31. After a long career as a professor of theology at several German universities, he was appointed Archbishop of Munich and Freising and created a cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1977, an unusual promotion for someone with little pastoral experience. In 1981, he was appointed Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, one of the most important dicasteries of the Roman Curia. From 2002 until his election as pope, he was also Dean of the College of Cardinals. Prior to becoming pope, he was "a major figure on the Vatican stage for a quarter of a century"; he had an influence "second to none when it came to setting church priorities and directions" as one of John Paul II's closest confidants.He lived in Rome from 1981 until his death in 2022.His prolific writings generally defended traditional Catholic doctrine, values and liturgy (with his rehabilitation of Tridentine Mass). He was originally a liberal theologian, but adopted conservative views after 1968.During his papacy, Benedict XVI advocated a return to fundamental Christian values to counter the increased secularisation of many Western countries. He viewed relativism's denial of objective truth, and the denial of moral truths in particular, as the central problem of the 21st century. He taught the importance of both the Catholic Church and an understanding of God's redemptive love. Benedict also revived a number of traditions, including elevating the Tridentine Mass. He strengthened the relationship between the Catholic Church and art, promoted the use of Latin, and reintroduced traditional papal vestments, for which reason he was called "the pope of aesthetics". He was described as "the main intellectual force in the Church" since the mid-1980s.On 11 February 2013, Benedict announced his resignation, citing a "lack of strength of mind and body" due to his advanced age. His resignation was the first by a pope since Gregory XII in 1415, and the first on a pope's own initiative since Celestine V in 1294. He was succeeded by Francis on 13 March 2013, and moved into the newly renovated Mater Ecclesiae Monastery in Vatican City for his retirement.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI
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canisalbus ¡ 8 months ago
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So regarding the fake names, and how it could be bittersweet for machete to have to give up his real name for the sake of anonymity and safety, I had this funny little thought that the entire church genuinely forgot his name from calling him machete for so long. So when they hear about his death, or hear his real name they just go “who?” In response. If he was ostracized as long as he was I doubt any of the enemies he had actually bothered to learn his real name, kind of another massively ironic twist of fate where the very thing that they could use to find him and they never actually bothered to consider it.
And now the question (if that’s okay, I know a suggestion for way to explain why he still is named what he is can be a little rude) Where would they go? Would they head north to where Germany or France currently sits? South/East towards the balkans? Even further north to the anglo-saxons island? I imagine they would need to find a place where the Catholic Church can’t find them easily.
I don't know how plausible it would be for people to completely forget his proper name, but I can't deny liking the idea of him being able to shed the Machete persona and attempting to revert back to his kinder and more sensible self. From the time before his work filed his personality into a set of sharp edges.
Truthfully, I'm not entirely sure, I haven't thought that far. Trying to settle in a protestant country would be distressing, since Machete dedicated so much of his life to counter-reformation causes.
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jo--2004 ¡ 2 months ago
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citrine-elephant ¡ 4 months ago
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takin another crack at the vendetta novelization (translated by highball66, i don't have the link atm)
last time i opened tis was in january omfg...
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ohitslen ¡ 1 year ago
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Something something I was thinking about this afternoon over on Twitter right here
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mayflowerofmary ¡ 2 years ago
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Why do women veil in church?
As a kid, I would observe it among the older women attending Mass. I didn't like it. I thought it was some weird, dated thing and so I had no interest. After all, it would mess up my hair!
It wasn't until I started the Latin Mass more regularly that I grew more open to it, but I still wasn't into the veiling thing. What was the point of it anyway? 
Finally, a friend went ahead and bought one for me, as a way to gently nudge me to try it. A delicate, white infinity veil (white at the time 😅). I'd never worn one before. How was I supposed to wear it? But for my friend's sake, I did give it a try. And (in my vanity, ironically) once I realized how pretty I felt in it, I thought, "Hmm, maybe this veiling thing isn't so bad." And so, from then on, I started veiling. But I still didn't get why.
Yet the more I went to this Latin Mass I'd discovered, the more I bonded with the community at my church, the more I saw the beautiful piety of the other women veiling… There was a gradual change in me. I intuitively began to understand it's not about how we look, it's not about us at all. We come to church for God. 
I tried to ask around, I even watched videos, looking for explanation for veiling that made sense to me. I knew that it was right, yet if you asked me, I couldn't explain why.
But now, after a long time, I get it. Here's a way to explain it that helped me the most:
Old fashioned etiquette decreed that men take their hats off as a sign of respect, whether it be when entering someone's house, greeting a boss, in the presence of a lady, or entering a Christian church. Why? Because hats identified social standing throughout history. It was a sign of deference. 
This is especially important when entering a Catholic church, God's house, where He is present on the altar. Men remove their hats to show that they submit their God-given authority to Him Who holds the highest authority. 
So then why do women do the opposite and cover their hair?? 
Ladies, we know that how our hair looks is very important! I can't tell you how much time I've spent getting my hair ready for work, church, dances, whatever the occasion! "Hair is a woman's glory." Women are one of God's most beautiful creations. It's written on our hearts by Him to want to be beautiful. But at church, it's all about God, remember? And so, a woman covering her hair is relatively the same thing as a man removing his hat. It's a sign of deference to God when in His house, covering our hair so as not to be a distraction when we're all gathered to lift our eyes to God and glorify Him alone. 
One last note: This isn't actually just some out-dated tradition. It's biblical. St. Paul writes about women veiling in prayer. (1 Corinthians 11:7-9)
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cvsette ¡ 10 months ago
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The thing about church is that I would love to go to a Place every Sunday and have the ritual of a group service and hear music and sing with the rest of the attendees and listen to a sermon about a Topic and reflect on how to be a better, kinder, more self-sacrificing person and feel very small in the universe but also feel as though I can do something to help those around me and in the broader community and have volunteer opportunities to do just that. But the thing is I will always feel like an imposter because I can’t make myself believe in God outside of being in a metaphorical foxhole. Anyways who’s down to invent agnostic Episcopalianism
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kleefkruid ¡ 1 year ago
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We we're doing that game where you stick a name on someones forehead and they have to guess who they are and I gave Danny 'the Pope' and based on the answers I gave to his questions he somehow concluded he was Andrew Tate and now I desperately need to see the search history of his brain to figure out how he made that fascinating leap
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abijahfowler ¡ 11 months ago
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oh yeah abijah fowler is definitely a fake name btw
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momentsbeforemass ¡ 1 year ago
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(something I need to be reminded of)
There’s a part of each one of us that’s made for God. And God alone. A part of us that can only be at peace when it’s full of God.
This is hardly news. It’s just how we’re made.
It was old news when St. Augustine wrote about it in the 300’s. “You have made us for yourself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they rest in you.”
It’s something that I’m acutely aware of.
To be honest, I’m usually acutely aware of it after the fact. After I’ve tried and failed (again) to find that peace. By trying to fill that part of me, with something that isn’t God.
Sort of my own personal version of the same dynamic we see played out on a large scale in today’s Gospel. With the moneychangers in the Temple.
The thing is, whether we play it out large scale or on a personal level. It doesn’t work. It never works.
You’d think that as many times as I have done this and it hasn’t worked, that I would have learned not to do it. That I would know better. That for once I would see it coming. And turn to God first.
Instead of turning to God, only after I’ve made a mess of things. By trying to fill myself with something that isn’t God. Again.
I wish.
There’s just something about me that falls for this one all too easily.
It’s why J.S. Park’s prayer hits home for me. Every time.
“Some days I pray, ‘Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.’ Other days it’s ‘Lord, please slap me upside the head, for I am an idiot.’”
Today’s Readings
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handsomegentlebutch ¡ 9 months ago
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My 3 little cousins were baptized today. "Triggered" is kind of a strong word but being in a catholic church again... I'm a little fragile rn ngl.
#butch speaks#it was hard not to shake as i held J over the basin to have the water poured on his head#when he was cleansed of sin. as if a little kid could ever knowly or intentionally offend a so-called loving god#the words came naturally to me#but they meant nothing#i remember when they used to mean something. when i begged gods forgiveness for my sin (being a lesbian) and tried to pray the gay away#i remember how much i wanted to die bc i could never truly embrace the sacred#i STILL deal with the complex of catholic guilt. its a very real thing. its hard to shake#i cant help but wonder if the catholicism ingrained in my brain is why i have a hard time with casual dating n sex#fun fact: there was a point when i was a teen that i got REALLY catholic#i prayed everyday. i talked to my patrin saint (st agnes) every day. i wantsd to become a nun#the thought of marrying a man mad me more sad than feeling like an alien did. so id marry the church as a nun.#not the way to hide being a dyke when ur fam is catholic btw LMAO#the first priest i knew was father joe. i loved that guy. he was so kind. friendly. briming with love.#he was one of my biggest references for what a good person was like#he talked about gods love a lot. how its for everyone. no one is exluded. ever.#he used to look right at me when he said stuff like that. a few other kids too. all of whom grew up to be queer#then father joe passed away. our church merged with another church. father jeff was the priest there.#he was kind but not as kind. he talked about hell and sin more. he looked at the same kids father joe did.#but the kindness in his eyes wasnt there.#that wasnt for us.#my family wasnt even THAT catholic#i went to church every sunday i did vacation bible school and catechism classes and youth group#i was an altar servant and in the choir#i even used to speak/understand a little latin#imagine how much worse id have been if my mom could have afforded catholic school lmao#grateful to have grown up poor in that regard#hm. actually... reading my own tags. mayne we were pretty catholic actually.#fucking hell.#i need to have lesbian sex in a church before god and everyone. mayeb that would fix me.
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scottish-valkyrie ¡ 1 year ago
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EXTREMELY frustrating as an anti zionist jew watching a bunch of liberals take the side of the fucking Pope
In what world does the fucking CATHOLIC CHURCH have any right to condemn blood spilled over Jerusalem
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lazaruspiss ¡ 1 year ago
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vampmilf ¡ 5 months ago
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walked into a church the other day and remembered a few church songs that i used to love singing and now my head is stuck on that specific cozy feeling again *sigh* gotta cope with writing some more of that lesbokris au i guess
#voice of a guy who didnt even believe in god and who left the church ten years ago but grew up deeply catholic so theres no escaping it ever#id say go listen to may the road rise to meet you but you would get it. YOU WOULDNT GET IT.#the german version has different melody and different verses and its nicer SORRY also i looked at like twenty different videos of choirs#singing it on youtube but none of them hit half as good as the version in my head and in my heart bc its end of summer camp and everyone#stands in a big circle holding hands to sing it and its last day before summer break at catholic school and everyone gathers in the aula to#sing and its a packed church on sunday and everyone is sanft falle regen auf deine felder und warm auf dein gesicht der sonnenschein#and everyones singing sei ßber 40 jahre im himmel bevor der teufel merkt du bist schon tot#and everyones singing bis wir uns mal wiedersehen hoffe ich dass gott dich nicht verlässt. er halte dich in seinen händen doch drßcke seine#faust dich nicht zu fest. und bis wir uns wiedersehen halte gott dich fest in seiner hand YOU DONT GET IT YOULL NEVER GET IT ARGH.#its such a tender song its so sweet and loving and i dont even gaf abt god but its the sentiment its the feelings godddddd#i wish i was 12 again and standing in a field at 6am with morning dew on the grass and im tired and shivering in the fresh air and we just#need to pack up the tents and then its end of summer and ill sit on the bus home for ten hours and when i get home my mom makes my#favourite dinner bc she missed me so much#everyone look away im having therapy sessions on the dash again.#soph txts#txt#anyways nice choir version in the source. but still not hitting the spot.#i will deal with it by making lesbian bokris experience things. im fucking hopeless.
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opens-up-4-nobody ¡ 2 years ago
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hypothetical struggle between Christianity and paganism in bbc merlin? 👀 one that's very neurodivergent? 👀 do tell
Okay, so Athurian times take place in the early dark ages. Which was probably a weird time for religion in Britain. Because the Roman occupation had just come to an end, leaving behind the structure of catholicism at least with those in positions of power. But religious beliefs were still in the process of blending together with the local practices and other religions, leading to some odd gnostic beliefs. Obviously, bbc merlin doesn't talk about Christianity within Camelot but I think we can assume the catholic church would have a position at the round table. Presumably, Arthur would grow up instructed in catholic belief, go to mass, and have bishops or whatever advising him. He would rule by Devine right, sanctioned by the pope and magic would be characterized as demonic. And that somehow raises the stakes for me, imaging magical merlin within the walls of a very catholic Camelot.
I just have this image of merlin in the back of a cathedral as Arthur attends mass. Kneeling in this beautiful building, head bowed low as the congregation sings praise to a foreign God in a foreign tongue. A God that would apparently have merlin tied to a stake and burned alive. And merlin choking out his empty prayers, echoing in the verbal praise under the isolation of his nonbelief and magical association. Full of fear and venom.
The hypothetical struggle I imagine is one of catholic enforcement pushed by Arthur's religious advisors and Arthur's morality. Because Arthur is a good person and slaughtering a people on the basis religion is insane. So, what does it mean for Arthur if he stops listening to his advisors and starts accepting magic? He has to contend with a spiritual struggle, not just the secular issues presented in the show. And I would looooooove to watch that. The bending of Arthur's beliefs into something more flexible and less rigidly Christian according to the church of the time
#my knowledge on this topic in terms of historical accuracy is blurry so im im wrong: pls for the love of god correct me#but idk if arthur was catholic the entire structure of his idea of the universe would have to change if he started accepting magic#and i think that would be a super interesting transition. where would he land? would he shift to being a more gnostic style Christian?#lose his faith? idk id probably make him like my dad who thinks hell is a human construct and that all are welcom in the kingdom of heaven#and that people should just be kind to eachother. very les mis to love another person is to see the face of god#bc i loooove that idea. i find it fascinating. idk i just think religion is interesting#bc its like how ppl fundamentally understand the universe to work and that is so wild. like i can understand why it was so important in ye#oldy times lol. idk im just a bit fixated on it atm. like its the type of obsession thst feels too big for my head so its straining at the#seams. its also weird bc since its religion my brain is doing that awful thing where its questioning my interest in the topic like r u#questioning ur lack of faith? and im like bro no this is academic interest leave me alone. bc im prone to intrusive thoughts and obsessive#behavior. so thsts fun. but its not too unmanageable rn. so its interesting#idk i probably sound unhinged. lmao i headcanon ✨️ catholic!arthur ✨️ and his fall from grace in the eyes of the church rip#ay religion in not necessarily bad but human institutions are usually fucked#merlin rambling#unrelated
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moth-apocalypse ¡ 8 months ago
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I'm so conflicted I have a writing project I really wanna do... but I'm worried I'll abandon my current writing thing if I do... sobs. The consequences of Too Many Ideas.
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