@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.
@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.
Leah McElrath
klausfiend
Justin M