Leah McElrath‼️ TRUMP ATTACKS POPE LEO
(Yes, this is real.)
I’m going to end up Catholic at this rate, lmao.
This Trump post is really too nuts to summarize, but here are a few pull quotes:
“Pope Leo is WEAK on Crime, and terrible for Foreign Policy.”
“If I wasn't in the White House, Leo wouldn't be in the Vatican…”
“Leo should get his act together as Pope…”
That post might be what finally sends me over the edge.
I can’t stop laughing, and I’m worrying myself.
Baptized and confirmed as an Episcopalian, raised as an atheist, identify as a pagan—and ready to follow Pope Leo into battle…
CaliCarol@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
I'm a 2nd Gen atheist ready, willing and able to defend Pope Leo and his anti-war message.
I'm a 2nd Gen atheist ready, willing and able to defend Pope Leo and his anti-war message.
🌻 Welcome Back 🌻@leahmcelrath.bsky.social
It's really great that Pope Leo is speaking out. Good for the Catholic Church, too. Everyone has to pick a side. This is the correct one.
Also, many priests also help migrants along the southern border. They've quietly been involved for decades. The Church should support it openly, as Pope Francis did
Flipper 🐬🏳️🌈@leahmcelrath.bsky.social don't do it!
klausfiend@leahmcelrath.bsky.social This is genuinely batshit, treating a global spiritual leader like he's some green Congressman from Ohio, and that his insane blather is somehow going to sway the College of Cardinals or something.
The more alarming thing is that I doubt anyone in MAGA will look at this and think it's a problem, it's just another normal one in Cloud Cuckooland.
Justin M@klausfiend @leahmcelrath.bsky.social most folks in maga are fake Christians
@Jam123 @leahmcelrath.bsky.social There are some very devout MAGA Catholics, though, which honestly breaks my brain a bit.
@klausfiend @leahmcelrath.bsky.social effectively an oxymoron. Anyone who claims to to be Maga and Catholic is lying not only to themselves but the very god they claim to love.
@Jam123 American Catholicism contains multitudes though: you'll encounter plenty of them who are pro-choice or LGBTQ allies (or themselves queer) despite those being incompatible with Catholic doctrine. It was also pretty common when I was young to encounter Catholic couples "living in sin" who ignored that incongruity, too. And all the way on the other side, you have groups like Opus Dei and hardcore "traditionalists" like Mel Gibson that reject Vatican II, and repudiated the legitimacy of both Francis and Leo; my parents were friends for a time with a couple who eschewed Francis (their now grown-up kids apparently now hate them.) And of course, all points in between! Some of my Catholic family members see no issue with the war in Iran, a position I find both heartbreaking AND immoral.
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