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littlestickfish · 4 months ago

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Pope Francis removed him for being ridiculously and virulently hateful toward the LGBT and other minority communities, going so far as to say they don't belong in the Church--the Church Pope Francis is currently endeavoring to make safer and more welcoming to these folks.

The misleading part has nothing to do with whether or not it's legal by secular standards. The misleading part is the implication that this was some sort of arbitrary and unreasonable move instead of a rogue bishop who preached hate facing consequences for his actions.

The man was a menace, and this level of disciplinary action is the least he deserves.

im fucking sobbing why did they kill him twice in a row in the community notes

#papa francesco is doing more active good than any pope in recent memory #possibly all history #he's made some mistakes #and there's a lot still wrong with the RCC #but this is not one of those things #i am openly gay and still culturally catholic #papa francesco is literally the only thing in the RCC i still claim #im sure this is/was meant as funny #but im begging yall to look into who your memeing uplifts #also texan here #and that sort of #full shade but southern baptist in priest's clothing #should be and needs to be removed #they are a HUGE problem in red states #they act like papa francesco is some alien who landed and took over #when even under pope john paul ii #the catechism recognized that queerness is not a choice #and that queerfolk are 100% good to stay in the church #we just have unrealistic expectations pushed on us #centering around a level of prescribed asceticism so extreme that it basically undermines holy orders #either that's a special and sacred choice only a few people have it in them to make #or it's no big deal and a quarter of tje earth's population can do it standing on our heads #i researched the catechism OBSESSIVELY when i was going through confirmation #because i wasn't fixing to do it if i wasn't actually permitted #but not everybody sits down and pores over that doorstop of a book with a fine toothed comb #and when priests like this tyler fuckstick get up there and push an agenda of hate so virulent it's literally heresy #a lot of their congregations assume they know what they're talking about #and go along with it #it rips families and communites apart for no fucking reason #but why let a little googling get in the way of a good pope joke

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