The Vatican rejects gender theory.

@Reason10 the news story is nearly a decade old, and the case was thrown out. If that's all you have, then you're truly desperate.

@calicuz [quote] Exactly. Too little too late as far as I'm concerned [/quote]

It's not about you. It's about assuring the world's Catholic laity that the Vatican is not averse to declaring a culture war against the US Government.

@sree251

They would have maintained respect had they sent those pedophiles to jail, instead of shipping them off to other Parishes.

@calicuz [quote] They would have maintained respect had they sent those pedophiles to jail, instead of shipping them off to other Parishes. [/quote]

The Vatican is its own nation, like the USA. Imprisonment and execution are not the recourses of the Church.

@ChipmunkErnie You mean like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60gxojYX5UU

@sree251 Very good movie -- and book. Haven't watched it in years. Probably should.

@jackieash [quote] Get the US to declare war on the Vatican [/quote]

This would be a big mistake. The Vatican has more foreign bases than the US Government, and a larger human population than China. The Catholic Church's planetary reach is unparalleled. Don't wake the sleeping giant. Japan did and suffered two atom bombs.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow [quote] It is cute how you think the Vatican owes the POTUS anything. [/quote]

Joe is just a Catholic, a member of the Church, nothing more. He public conduct is a disgrace. The Vatican needed to disavow connection with the US President's embrace of LGBTQ culture.

[quote] And some of the Pope's opinions being stuck in the 12th century is not a flex.
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The Pope has no opinion. His stance on any matter is doctrinal and consistent with Catholic theology.

@sree251 So Joe Biden supports genocide and your whining that he isn't a bigot?


There is a reason most Catholics have taken to taking the words of the Pope as suggestions for about 50 years.

@sree251 It is amusing that you talk about sliding back into the dark ages....when the church was probably the greatest power in the known world.

Irony.

@PicturesOfABetterTomorrow The Church is still the greatest power in the known world even though it doesn't have a single bomb.

@independentone Re[quote]ligion has always influenced politics. Think middle ages[/quote]

I agree. That's what makes the American miracle so unique. This country was the FIRST to rule AGAINST the state using religion for political purposes.