William Lindsey Nov 12, 2023

The just-fired Catholic bishop of Tyler, Texas, Joseph Strickland

1. Endorsed a video calling Pope Francis a "diabolically disoriented clown."

2. Rejected attempts to make the Catholic church more welcoming to LGBTQ people.

3. Endorsed a video in which renegade priest James Altman stated, "You cannot be a Democrat and a Catholic."

4. Stated that President Biden, a practicing Catholic, is an "evil president."

#Strickland #Tyler #PopeFrancis #Catholic
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https://www.ncronline.org/news/pope-francis-axes-firebrand-texas-bishop-strickland-darling-right-wing-twitter

Pope Francis axes firebrand Texas Bishop Strickland, darling of right-wing Twitter

The Vatican announced Nov. 11 that Pope Francis had effectively fired Texas Bishop Joseph Strickland, a firebrand prelate who called synodality "garbage" and endorsed a video that attacked Francis as a "diabolically disoriented clown."

National Catholic Reporter
Show threadWilliam Lindsey Nov 12, 2023

5. Dared Pope Francis to fire him.

6. Used his social media platform to spread anti-vaccine messages during the pandemic.

7. Abruptly laid off key female employees in his diocese in 2018.

8. Repeatedly conflated "Jesus and his church" with "this nation," as if the United States is somehow joined together with "Jesus and his church."

And some people are surprised that — at long last — he's been removed from office?

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@wdlindsy [1/?]
If this list is #true (and direct enough from #truth without much deviation in wording or doubt) then yes MUCH is not #good...

BUT a lot of the #points can be seen as purely #opinion - such as Points 1,2,4,5, 6

Some examples (not #endorsements) I'll list in next message to #clarify how people can have differences of #opinion.

Apr 23 at 10:31pmWeb