Surely they can't go to a wingnut pope, but does TAGLE scare them?

[UTUSN]

I hope I'm not jinxing.

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[RandySF]

1. Why are you so sure they won't elect a wingnut?

[LiberalArkie]

2. They seem to do that every couple of popes

[UTUSN]

3. It would just be so drastic even if the "progress" has been so glacial.

And so many Francis appointees?

*** There's been a seagull perching near the smokestaff. Not unusual. Comments have been, Pope Seagull, and for whatever "reason" Stephen Seagull.

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[blogslug]

8. I was fascinated by that bird.

Maybe the next pope should name himself "Jonathan Livingston"

[UTUSN]

9. Hah! But looking for this video, seems like it's a seagull hang-out -

There are some vids of them from when Francis was elected.

[blogslug]

10. Of course and it's probably not the same bird perching on that spot over and over.

Just the same, the imagery is lovely and the timing is poetic.

[3Hotdogs]

4. So's I don't waste 1/2 hour, what are the main points against this guy, besides believing in a magic man in

the sky?

[UTUSN]

5. Theologically motivating to a young audience re being/receiving mercy.

Familiar virtues of caring for the hungry, thirsty, visiting prisoners. But mainly his delivery, sometimes verging on goofiness for relatability's sake (that audience). But the serious young audience sometimes seemed taken aback. Too soon?

There's a video i didn't see of him singing "Imagine" which has an anti-religion line.

[keep_left]

6. Someone posted an article yesterday about all the reactionary...

...laity-based movements, in particular Opus Dei and the Napa Institute, which are completely hell-bent on getting another reactionary Pope. The far right of the Church is really throwing its weight around since the death of Pope Francis. I have watched a bit of EWTN (radtrad Catholic network) lately, and it's been nearly constant editorializing and sniping from them. As usual, it's all about "tradition" and "doctrine", 24 hours a day.

https://democraticunderground.com/100220291737#post3

[UTUSN]

7. K&R for, that fits the definition of hell-bent.

[keep_left]

11. Yeah, these "apostolates" (another word for "scams") are always...

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...the ones whining about "schism" and "apostasy" in the American Church. Groups like the Napa and Acton Institutes are really just far-right "think" tanks wearing Roman collars. And if they keep up their hell-bent propensity for tearing apart parishes and dioceses, they'll get the schism they fear, guaranteed. I've seen it happen, where a radtrad priest is forced on a progressive parish and causes utter destruction. It happened in the late '90s at the University of Minnesota, and more recently at UW-Madison. My understanding is that this is an actual strategy on their part.