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[-] rekabis@lemmy.ca 8 points 6 days ago

DON’T GIVE THOSE MORANS ANY IDEAS, YOU FOOLS!!!1!

I mean, I’m a hard atheist that would gladly classify religion as child abuse, thereby preventing any exposure until a person has become an adult. That alone would dramatically restrict religion to the mentally ill within only a generation or two.

But judging from Francis’ track record, there is still hope for the Catholic Church to still do some material good, if they elect the right pontiff.

[-] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 7 points 6 days ago

Russia has probably sabotaged that election, too....

[-] No1@aussie.zone 5 points 6 days ago

Make the Vatican great again!

[-] Patronus@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I would love to see the Vatican guards in their awesome uniforms and shiny spears show MAGA what they're all about!!

[-] DisOne@lemm.ee 4 points 6 days ago

And now Cardinal Robert Prevost first USAian to be elected pope - perhaps Trump delegated the job…?

[-] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 82 points 1 week ago

Personally I'd like to see what a fully armed and operational Swiss Guard would do.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 42 points 1 week ago

Kill a lot of Nazis, as they are wont to do.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 15 points 1 week ago

That would be the happiest day of my life.

[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Too bad the Vatican they protect, then helped those Nazis escape to South America

[-] huppakee@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Statistically it's most likely they dig holes and stay put, maybe repaint some 'barns' and blow up a bunch of bridges. No wait, that's what the Swiss Armed Forces would do. I have no clue what's statistically most like they would do.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 27 points 1 week ago

The Vatican Is less tolerant and kind than the US police forces

[-] octopus_ink@slrpnk.net 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Vatican Is less sympathetic to their cause than the US police forces

FTFMe.

Any illusions I had a about a gram of tolerance and kindness in US police evaporated while I spent half a year watching them beat and instigate with protestors, among other things.

[-] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 20 points 1 week ago

If you think qualified immunity from Uncle Sam is good, just wait till you see a guy hopped up on qualified immunity from God

[-] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

RuPaul would be the best of popes.

edit: i was closer than i thought i would be

[-] turtlesareneat@discuss.online 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Several people have done good pope drag, and I would see any of them in the office: Catherine O'Hara, pre-rape Marilyn Manson, the dude from Francis Bacon's Study after Portrait of Pope Innocent X. But RuPaul would probably be the best in terms of policy.

[-] fargeol@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Fac Vaticanem Magni Iterum

[-] DisOne@lemm.ee 7 points 1 week ago
[-] RamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.com 6 points 1 week ago
[-] fargeol@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

"People named Roman, they go to the house" ?

[-] sundray@lemmus.org 2 points 6 days ago

"It says 'Romans go home!'"

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The world would be so much better if Trump became pope.

Edit: To clarify, that would of course mean he'd have to resign as US president.

[-] selkiesidhe@lemm.ee 2 points 6 days ago

Vance killed the last pope so...

Oooooh I see what you doin'

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Y’know I think you’re actually right. It would get him out of power in the US.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 1 week ago
[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Of course. He can't be both.

[-] daskye@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago

???? Is he even a candidate?

[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 6 points 1 week ago
[-] coronach@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 6 days ago

Just checked: this is real....

[-] Fishroot@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Soy fascism is what you get when you don't have a legion of traumatized soldier coming back for a world war.

[-] console@lemmy.world 59 points 1 week ago
[-] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 21 points 1 week ago

In this case I get it. I really get it.

[-] console@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Yeah, we do live in the darkest timeline

[-] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Fun fact if he was baptized as a catholic he is eligible.

[-] EpeeGnome@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes, there is precedent. Some random Catholic who wasn't even a priest got selected after a conclave had been stuck in political deadlock for literal years. He couldn't actually take the job till he was ordained, which he did. He immediately instituted a bunch of rules including locking them away together with no luxuries until a decision was made to make sure that problem didn't happen again. (It happened again multiple times anyway.)

[-] nohaybanda@hexbear.net 5 points 1 week ago

Psst, check out the comm name

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago

Just call them rebels.

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