@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.

@MarmeeMarch Pope Francis was adopting President Clinton's policy of "don't ask don't tell". President Joe Biden is a Roman Catholic. His policy of celebrating and championing LGBTQ culture as part of God's plan has forced the Church to clarify its own position on the matter for the guidance of its flock of 1.2 billion Catholics in the world.

If I were Pope Francis, I would rather ex-communicate Biden and kick him out of the Church. This would avoid needless public shaming of LGBTQs.