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In reply to the discussion: Oh My! The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy [View all]delisen
(7,382 posts)78. Remember when Trump dressed up as the Pope?
Trump is not the planner of this right wing coup, he is the front man. He gets to cosplay and do foreshadowing and trolling.
He is the talent, the entertainer, the showman. He gets to say: Youre Fired. Bul the big decisions are made elsewhere.
The planners are madmen too, but there is a method to their madness.
Peter Thiel has been doing seminars on the Antichrist right down the street from the Vatican.
Pope Leo is reining in Opus Dei, bringing the church back to the people and the Conservative Catholic movement is very angry. I
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Oh My! The Pentagon Threatened Pope Leo XIV's Ambassador With the Avignon Papacy [View all]
malaise
21 hrs ago
OP
To the right wing Evangelicals, the pope is the devil incarnate and Catholicism is an abomination.
flashman13
19 hrs ago
#55
I dated a Jewish girl in high school and went to synagogue with her family a couple of times.
flashman13
17 hrs ago
#85
The rest of us were all friendly and had a good time at each other's churches.
Ms. Toad
17 hrs ago
#92
I guess the point is that it was made clear they wren't invited. I'm no expert, but that doesn't sound very christian.
flashman13
17 hrs ago
#84
That wouldn't have happened if Henry had been allowed to divorce his first wife
FakeNoose
3 hrs ago
#133
Yah, my whole damn family voted for the orange piece of shit BECAUSE OF HIS ABORTION STANCE!!!!!!
a kennedy
20 hrs ago
#27
Thats probably why hes been making them, Chicago Pope cares more about the Cubs than he does their threats lol.
Volaris
19 hrs ago
#52
I just caught the tail end of her segment before the break..what's going on? I need to read up on the Avignon Papacy
Deuxcents
20 hrs ago
#11
There's an almost full bingo card of pissed off religious groups that tsf is about to complete.
rubbersole
20 hrs ago
#16
The church has had or does have secret people who can take care of a situation that you're alluding to.
Trueblue1968
17 hrs ago
#86
Thanks..got to reading this history, too. I'm wondering just why the pentagon is bringing this up now
Deuxcents
20 hrs ago
#21
And now: Recently-converted Catholic JD Vance says he will "look into the report"
AverageOldGuy
20 hrs ago
#20
I think it's long past due to excommunicate many of these right-wing fascist Catholics in America.
Crowman2009
19 hrs ago
#31
Like that will scare him. Bob doesn't strike me as the type to suffer fools. He also strikes me as the type
Scrivener7
19 hrs ago
#34
Welp, for those who thought this administration left the rails and went full wackaloon in the last few weeks,
Emrys
19 hrs ago
#46
I can't believe this. The Trump Administration doesn't know that much history. n/t
malthaussen
15 hrs ago
#97
And those same morons that call themselves Catholic and voted for the Orange Potato and GOP congress
mdbl
56 min ago
#137
Look at who Kegbreath's pastor is. This pretty much explains it all.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
48 min ago
#138