This is like Jeffrey Dahmer bemoaning murderers, like Donald Trump complaining about the rich, like Mark Zuckerberg bitching about social networks
The Catholic church is filthy rich, unbelievably wealthy, and sitting on many generations of stolen wealth.
They own 170 million acres of blood-soaked land across the world, more than any other organization on the planet.
Sadly, they are still tax-free in much of the world. God knows what they are really up to
So? One can be part of the issue whilst addressing it. He’s an influential person, would you rather have him not say anything about it?
It would certainly seem less disingenuous
True, but things will never change if nobody is allowed to speak up
So?
I’m speaking up. Things will never change if nobody is allowed to speak up, right?
He’s fucking vile.
You’re not speaking up. You’re trying to silence the guy who’s speaking up. You’re also just posting something on a niche forum with maybe a few hundred like-minded people at best viewing your comment. In what world is that speaking up?
Also, I haven’t seen him do a lot of vile stuff yet, so I’m giving him the benefit of the doubt.
So? He’s a piece of shit, and his church is evil incarnate.
How about he starts paying taxes like the rest of Earth? You may be fine with thieving rapists sharing their opinion about other thieving rapists, that’s your right.
And it’s my right to point out what they are and what they do.
Preach
Uhmm…people give the Catholic Church hundreds of millions of dollars a year. The church is richer than some countries. I mean, I understand what he was trying to get at, but he might not be the best person to point that out.
I did not take Pope Leo for a comrade. ✊
He makes a good point.
At the same time, how much has religion defrauded the common people?
Enemy of my enemy and all that. With the state of things the way they are, you bet I take what I can get.
Yeah… Leo likes to throw bricks but lives in a glass house of billions and pedophiles and misogyny. Maybe clean up his own act before preaching.
Yeah. I visited the Vatican on vacation and my only thought while inside St Peter’s was “Damn this place is so fucking expensive.”
I’m not even sure how anyone can get any sort of piety happening with that ridiculous amount of wealth on display.
Why not take on both using the same message.
Let’s not gatekeep influential people acting in the positive interests of others just because they have problems of their own to work on
Rather it be the catholic church doing the defrauding than the regime. At least the church has a (spotted) history of helping people. I mean they shined brightly during the black death, and they are a source of comfort for some people in the final moments. That, in of itself, is noble and something worth supporting despite a spotty record.
Compare that with the regime’s looting the coffers with nothing remotely comparable.
Spotted is an understatement. Pedophilic rings and Mafia dealings forever.
Sounds like the US government atm
This guy is a badass. He is an individual. He is not the Catholic church, but is an individual person within that church. It’s extremely bigoted to say “none of it matters” because of what other members of the Catholic church have done. It’s like telling a Catholic person, you refuse to be their friend or listen to what they have to say because of what their church has done
I mean, you’re right but people do that all the time. I’m not Catholic, but I was raised Catholic and people love to dismiss me as a human being all the time for the fact I attended church when I was a pre-teen, as if this makes me automatically a pedophile apologist or something… but the people who think this way are insane and there is no way to reason with them.
Just like Trump, the Pope knows that he has to attack those like him to protect himself and his organization.
Unlike Trump, this Pope is clever and much more manipulative.
People refuse to be friends with Republicans because of what they do, so of course it’s perfectly fine to refuse to be friends with Catholics because of what their church has done (and continues to do).
So once again the pope doesn’t name names. He has the power to make statements against Trump and his shit, but dances around the issues instead.
because even the church is susceptible to legal action.
this was an official decree from the church. you can’t just openly accuse individuals because you want to, that’s how you get sued.
just because you can kick one person’s ass doesn’t mean you go around looking for a fight from everyone.
And then the Trump administration would have to prove him false. Wonder how well that would for them. If you are afraid of being sued then you are basically being told to shut up, but sometimes you shouldn’t shut up and must speak to the facts and name those that break laws. With him putting his head in the sand just proves that his is afraid. Which he needs to put on his big boy pants and speak against leaders that start wars and name names. We have enough people with power not doing shit. We don’t need yet another person with power to dance around the issues.
The Catholic church is awful. ALL organized religion is inherently awful. That said, I am never going to shit on anyone trying to steer a giant machine of suck in a less shitty direction. Will he fix it? Hell no, but I genuinely wish he can manage to squeeze some good out of that abomination.
Best of luck to you based pope. I hope you manage some good.
I was a Catholic, and the church is big on social justice. I used to listen a lot of sermons about government corruption and social inequality that goes on for nearly two hours.
Is the Catholic church the biggest pedophile ring on the planet? Yes. But hats off to a broken clock that point towards the good direction, but only does so twice a day.
With Epstein’s iceberg exposed, I’m not even sure they are the biggest.
I’ll upvote you for the sentiment, but any brief consideration of the scope of the church worldwide yields a significantly broader and more accessible footprint than the top tier of wealth hoarders. The valuation of the church versus those individuals is probably equal, though.
True enough. I concede the notion.
Amen.
If only he showed half as much enthusiasm about purging the pedophiles he’s currently hiding, I might think better of him.
I cant believe Im agreeing with the Pope and Im on Irans side in a war… but here we are
Things are getting WEIRD
And rich pedophiles, at that.
I’m almost starting to think that pedophillia may be a symptom of being ultra rich.
Like, you’re that level of status, and you want to tuck a beautiful woman, they can just send out a text and have a harem of legal-age beautiful women delivered in 30 minutes or less.
When you’re a star, they let you.
But where’s the fun in that?
I imagine having lines of beautiful women waiting to bed you may get somewhat tiring after a while. They need some forbidden fruit.
And the Catholic Church is one of the richest bodies in the world.
Reminder that the Catholic church just instituted an absolute trans healthcare ban in the USA - including for adults. This is worse than the Trump regime’s laws, plus the Catholic church owns an astounding number of hospitals.
He is not a “woke pope”. This is the Catholic church.
Isn’t the Catholic church like a big tent with the pope as its figurehead? Obviously he can steer the church in a certain direction, but does he necessarily condone everything that happens under its banner?
does he necessarily condone everything that happens under its banner?
by doing nothing about it, absolutely yes.
Yes. The pope isn’t so micromanaging monarch who is like determining every other member’s policy.
You can live in the same city, and multiple congregations in that city have wildly different levels interpretations of scripture and politics that they preach. There are progressive Catholics and ones who are Orthodox.
but we can’t let that never of nuace int othe discussion, because lemmy users are Very Intelligent and know that all religion is bad, and FOSS is the only true god we should all worship at the temple of…
Well, I think it’s perfectly consistent to believe that generally speaking religion is bad and that the Catholic church isn’t exactly a monolith.
Why are you hijacking and denouncing a post about the pope doing good with trans politics, he didnt even order that to happen, Your country is falling apart and this is what your focused on?? People are lossing they’re livelihoods and loosing the ability to feed themselves and their family and you going “well some of them don’t like trans people” grow the hell up.
Maybe true, but not very
relativerelevant to the fact that international companies more powerful than some nations are gaming every system they can to squeeze more profit, by the expense of everyone else.whataboutism right here ^
The first comment engaged in whataboutism. The above poster just restated the point of the article…
It’s a fair mention, though, especially considering the “defrauded by the rich” comment is pretty hypocritical coming out of the Vatican.
Why bother talking about it, though? Trying to refute it just means the people it does reach are less likely to believe the rich are defrauding them.
You can criticize an institution for something while also acknowledging that their criticisms are valid as well.
Treating everything as black and white, good and evil, with no gray area at all is both counter to reality and progress.
Because context matters.
The Catholic Church is on the same level as many of those companies, and guilty of many of the same crimes. It’s absolutely “relative” and relevant to the topic at hand.
Here’s what you’re talking about since you didn’t cite it.
“U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday…”
Not the pope. US bishops, bishops that look like judges from a country that looks evil.
They are part of the same Catholic church. They answer to the pope.
This isn’t the 15th century, the pope does not have the same kind of top-down control. And the American clergy are notoriously conservative and dickish, and they fucking hate the pope, they hated the last pope too.
thats not how the power structure works at all. not everything is absolutist and the pope cant dictate others faith without risking separation if its a large group. its almost like you cant do whatever you want, not even the pope.
The Pope who is, to them, infallible (at least in certain contexts) and who could very easily say “fuck no, we’re not doing that, assholes”.
yah cuz that worked out everytime the church has done that. ignorance is not a shield, its a blindfold.
Two things can be true at the same time. You can condemn evil and still be evil yourself. It’s very hypocritical of them but it doesn’t make their argument weaker, It just says that they aren’t going to be the ones to do anything about it.
This is just an empty posturing championship and the pope is the grand winner. It’s so tiring that he so much praise for saying the least controversial things that everyone agrees with.
oh but when your useless dems do it everyone fucking cheers, hypocrites.
oh but when your useless dems
I am not Usaian
Agreed. So many fickle opinions on the internet. Hate AI, oh but they’re making Lego memes to troll Trump. Hate Catholic Church, oh but the pope is criticizing Trump.
You can hate something but still appreciate when they make steps in the right direction. Progress is never instantaneous, and expecting it to be is a recipe for disappointment and disenfranchisement.
I’ll how long you’ve been on Lemmy, but lots of folks around here are very black and white about things.
Im well aware, but as I see things in full color im going to understand that they’re frustrated, but at least working on pushing for a better future for everyone. So im not just going to give up and assume they’re all horrible people who I should ignore and instead try my best to work with them towards that better future.
That’s the spirit!
I don’t think the Catholic Church owns hospitals, but I could be wrong. I think the main model you see today is that hospital systems can claim tax exempt (nonprofit) status by aligning to the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services (ERDs). Under the ERDs, the church is able to enforce its religious beliefs in healthcare, such as the ones on trans healthcare. While that is bad, there are parts of the ERD that are tied into providing more community service and ensuring compassionate care for our least privileged communities.
Oh it’s a transphobic pedo. Everybody listen!
Big words distract from bad deeds.
