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In reply to the discussion: The Pope Just Handed Kim Davis A Huge Win [View all]Call Me Wesley
(38,187 posts)and drives around in small cars made by FIAT? I mean, who else would want to drive in a FIAT, such a obviously vehicle for modest people? (We have one.)
He's the Pope we can relate to. He loves butterflies. We all love butterflies. The Swiss Guard probably sprays the larvae in Spring, but who cares. He loves Ponies, too! There's no pony in Vatican City. Doesn't matter. There's no female cardinal, either. There hasn't changed anything about the medieval ruling of the Catholic establishment. Popes come, Popes go.
There's no acceptance of the LGBT-community, and the residential Archbishop here can utter stuff like 'kill the gays' with no repercussion. It's a cesspool, and everyone who falls into it is either strongly naive or just doesn't think that we, in the 21st century, should have overcome those dark medieval times by now (it's cool on 'Game Of Thrones', though.)
He condemns arms manufacturers, like we all do, because, ugly people, un-Christian-like:
Ooops, they bought from them?
He's the Pope of the people. He's a Jesuit. He's well educated and knows rhetoric's like no one else. He says the right thing at the right time or corrects it later if there's a slight criticism, in such a neat and gentle way.
Meanwhile, in Vatican City, not a thing has changed.