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?
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…
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?
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.