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Conservative Catholics won’t be mourning the death of Pope Francis

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FOR a number of years, there has been there has been mounting opposition to the Pope’s governance of the Roman Catholic Church. As recently as February this year, it was reported by France 24 that “the conservative clan of the Roman Curia — the powerful governing body of the Holy See — accuses him of a laxist vision of Catholic doctrine, particularly regarding the status of homosexual couples and divorced people in the Church.”

The outlet added:

Since the death of his predecessor Benedict XVI at the end of 2022, pressure on Francis’s pontificate has intensified. The pontiff’s unprecedented and controversial decision on December 18 to authorise priests to bless homosexual couples under certain conditions is causing endless controversy. The “anti-Pope Francis” clan now seems more determined than ever to pursue its objective: push Francis out of office.

And in 2017 The Guardian‘s Andrew Brown declared:

Francis is one of the most hated men in the world today.

Those who hate him most are not atheists, or protestants, or Muslims, but some of his own followers. Outside the church he is hugely popular as a figure of almost ostentatious modesty and humility. From the moment that Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio became pope in 2013, his gestures caught the world’s imagination: the new pope drove a Fiat, carried his own bags and settled his own bills in hotels; he asked, of gay people, “Who am I to judge?” and washed the feet of Muslim women refugees.

He added:

But within the church, Francis has provoked a ferocious backlash from conservatives who fear that this spirit will divide the church, and could even shatter it. This summer, one prominent English priest said to me: ‘We can’t wait for him to die. It’s unprintable what we say in private. Whenever two priests meet, they talk about how awful Bergoglio is … he’s like Caligula: if he had a horse, he’d make him cardinal.’ Of course, after 10 minutes of fluent complaint, he added: ‘You mustn’t print any of this, or I’ll be sacked.’

Brown referred, in his analysis of the Francis’ papacy and his views that had traditionalists spitting tacks, referred to the Pope’s support of immigrants, “driven from their homes by a boundlessly rapacious and destructive capitalism, which has set catastrophic climate change in motion.”

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Among those who set his face against the Pope’s frequent calls for mercy to be shown to immigrants was the Catholic League’s ghastly head, Bill Donohue, above.

Under the heading “Pope’s Idea of Poor Immigrants is Flawed”, the blockheaded anti-LGBT+ bigot wrote:

On the eve of the inauguration of President Donald Trump, Pope Francis called him a ‘disgrace’ for pledging to deport illegal aliens. The pope said that doing so ‘makes poor wretches, who have nothing, pay the price for the imbalance.‘

If the typical illegal alien were a ‘poor wretch‘ who owns ‘nothing,’ the Holy Father’s criticism would have merit. But such is not the case. To be blunt, his understanding of who these migrants are is flawed.

Historically, the poorest of the poor are rarely, if ever, the ones who migrate from poor countries to rich countries. Quite frankly, the poorest of the poor are so undernourished, and physically disabled, that they don’t have the stamina to migrate. It’s those who don’t share these characteristics who migrate.

Donohue concluded:

A prudent approach to the problem of illegal aliens requires that some basic distinctions be made. It also behooves us not to see them as ‘poor wretches’ who own ‘nothing. Indeed, this is true of almost none of them.

Today, on learning of Francis’ demise, Donohue referred to some of the Pope’s other “errors of judgment.” These include his approval of a Vatican document that allows priests to bless same-sex couples which was “met with widespread criticism. Indeed, it was so divisive that it seriously undid much of the goodwill he previously earned.”

And in November 2024, the Pope “stunned Catholics and Jews alike when he called for an international probe of Israel’s decision to defend itself from Hamas terrorists; he inquired whether this constituted genocide.”

Finally:

In what proved to be a real eye opener, the pope admitted that as a young man the person who did more to shape his thinking about politics was a female communist atheist, Esther Ballestrino. She introduced him to prominent communist publications.

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Francis was not a well man when he made an appearance from the balcony of St. Peter’s basilica to address the crowd on Easter Sunday, but to my mind what may have hastened his demise was having to shake the hand of “baby” Catholic convert, US Vice President J D Vance on Easter Sunday.

According to AP Vance, on social media, had defended his administration’s America-first policies by citing centuries-old teachings on “ordo amoris,” or the order of love, saying people must prioritise their families and those closest to them. Francis, in a subsequent statement, said a true understanding of that teaching is reflected in a “love that builds a fraternity open to all, without exception.” The Pope cited the biblical parable of the Good Samaritan, who took care of a wounded stranger.

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21 responses to “Conservative Catholics won’t be mourning the death of Pope Francis”

  1. stephenharvie Avatar
    stephenharvie

    I look forward to Vance shaking Nigel Farage’s hand.

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    1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
      malcolmjdodd

      Do you really think that Farage has a chance of becoming pope?

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      1. stephenharvie Avatar
        stephenharvie

        :)))))

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    2. Vanity Unfair Avatar
      Vanity Unfair

      …and then watching each of them count his fingers.

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  2. malcolmjdodd Avatar
    malcolmjdodd

    The death of the Provider Of Paedophilic Evangelists is the conclusive proof that there is no god, despite that, the idiots now increase their (previously useless) praying.

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    1. barriejohn Avatar
      barriejohn

      What could possibly be more ironic than God’s representative on earth being wheeled out in a bath chair to have his speech read by someone else. Should we all give up?

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      1. Broga Avatar
        Broga

        In effect, as a society, we have already given up. We just haven’t acknowledged the fact. When the departure from reason, science, civilised behaviour e.g. marriage or partners, parent hood is abandoned to such an extent how can it not be?

        The revered, almost god like figure, who just died led a strange life, divorced from the normality of the life of most of us. And he is held up, as he apparently was in life, as a supreme example of a human being.

        Where he did move to any extent to normal life he was detested by the priests now extravagantly praising him.

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  3. barriejohn Avatar
    barriejohn

    He wasn’t the replacement that they wanted for Natzinger. Expect an extreme reactionary (“traditionalist”) this time round!

    https://newrepublic.com/post/194206/marjorie-taylor-greene-reaction-pope-francis-death

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    1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
      malcolmjdodd

      MTG is an expert on evil people, she is constantly licking their arsses; for the Trumpkin, she concentrates on his shoes as his nappy is always full of shit like his mouth.

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        barriejohn

        Paul Merton asked last night (HIGNFY) why Trump’s voice is muffled when he sits down!

        https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00877q4/episodes/player

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  4. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    Whoever they choose will begin with serious deficiencies of lifestyle and characterter. They will have been living an abnormal life, in an unreal situation and denied being able to live openly with a partner. What they are doing in secret while claiming and apparently practising what is supposed to be a spiritual life who knows.

    Scarcely fitting experience for the job that awaits them.

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    1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
      malcolmjdodd

      They all have male or female ‘housekeepers’, the antidote to kiddie-fiddling.

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      1. Broga Avatar
        Broga

        Malcolm,

        Or perhaps sometimes a supplement?

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        1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
          malcolmjdodd

          Agreed, I meant to end that last senetence with an interrobang (which would have qualified the comment), but pressed the send before I had found and copied one.

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  5. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    We evolved over millions of years to breed and survive. The power of Nature will not be defeated. Who knows how many resort to masturbation and pornography while masquerading as “spiritually pure.” Nuns must have a similar problem.

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    1. barriejohn Avatar
      barriejohn

      But surely not the saintly Ingrid Bergman? 🤣

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      1. malcolmjdodd Avatar
        malcolmjdodd

        Bergman was hardly saintly, turpitude was her middle name.

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  6. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    The hypocritical bullshit being poured out after the Pope’s death is staggering. Of course the BBC is well to the fore as they are able to use the licence payers’ money, with no suggestion that many have different opinions,. And the PM has to trot off obediently to join in the expensive farce.

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  7. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    Just had an email from the BBC as I am sure many have saying that it is keen to have our views. Would these opinions change the coverage of the royals, religion and secular views? If not why not? I think there are more non believers than religious believers by a comfortable margin.

    So what is going on? Who is blocking free speech about which they boast? And which control positions do these blockers hold and who is benefiting from what seems like a racket?

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  8. malcolmjdodd Avatar
    malcolmjdodd

    Broga

    It is unfortunate that the BBC articles state that they have to broadcast christinsanity, they take this too far and, as for listening to we licence payers, I do not believe for one second that they do. The only viewers/listeners that they are interested in are those participating in the Radar data.

    Did you watch COPP 25 (the largest Circus Of Paedophile Priests) this morning?

    I recorded the COPP and then rapidly played it back to see if there were any really comic bits, like the Trumpkin pushing his way to kiss the coffin. There were two world sensations, the first – a real female (a vatican journalist) participant, the second – she read from their word-of-god book “They (the jews) put him to death by hanging him on a tree”, not the nailed-to-a-stick story that is the foundation of the RCSC: What are we to make of this sensational news that has just destroyed the veracity of christinsanity? Hallelujah, we nullifidians were correct all along.

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  9. Broga Avatar
    Broga

    I have just listened to a programme on BBC Radio 4 about the Cosmos. When I come back to the Pope’s funeral it all seems so medieval. As it should as religion blocked progress on astronomical science and much else for over a thousand years. They only abandoned the idea that the sun went round the earth with the greatest reluctance.

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