I agree with this Catholic.
About the church and political leadership today:
"We are facing a global coup that involves both civil society and the Church. Both are infiltrated and controlled by characters who use their power and the authority that derives from it, not for the purposes of the institutions they govern, but in order to destroy them. This crisis of authority must be denounced, because the action of those who have reached the highest levels of leadership both of nations and of the Church is a subversive and criminal act." - Archbishop Carlo Mario Vinago
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Kempster45
Level 5
Apr 16, 2022
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I would be delighted to see the monstrosity that is the Roman Catholic Church reduced to nothing but dust.
anglophone
Level 9
Apr 15, 2022
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So, and PLEASE correct me IF I am wrong, BUT you, it seems, are opting for a return of sorts to the days when Religions, Catholicism in fact, RULES the Western World as it was known then.
So, in essence, I perceive that, mayhap, you would be happy to see the return of the Inquisitions, Burning at the Stake for ASSUMED Witchcraft, Heresy, etc, etc, enforced Pilgrimages, Serfdom,etc, etc, AND ABOVE ALL ELSE, the CHURCH/CHURCHES having FULL and TOTAL Sway and Say over everything and ANYTHING you think say or do.
Not one to have actually read up on nor studied the Dark Ages of Religious Domination of Human Kind I assume then are you?
Triphid
Level 9
Apr 15, 2022
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Wow, look at you all reved up! By YOU go you mean me or the Archbishop?
@Kempster45 Missed your Meds of late perhaps my good Sir, no problem, just make sure to stick to the prescribed dosages and times as per the directions and you may feel a whole lot better in a day or so.
@Triphid LOL that's funny, look I just posted this because you don't often see high ranking clergy calling out corruption in their own church and global powers. Think whatever you'd like I found it interesting, that's all.
@Kempster45 And, imo, from reading between the lines, as one MUST always do when it comes to Religion and the Purveyors of Religion btw, advocating for a return to the era when religion, Christianity main in the Western world, ruled the roost.
He’s referring to the rise of Christian Nationalism on a global scale. A very real phenomenon that is fully documented in books such as The Power Worshippers by Katherine Stewart and Building God’s Kingdom by Julie Ingersoll.
NostraDumbass
Level 7
Apr 15, 2022
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Sounds like the Archbishop has been reading too much conspiracy theory claptrap.
Fernapple
Level 9
Apr 15, 2022
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I think you are ignorant about Opus Dei and other far right influences in the church.
@Fernapple Ina way, they want and strive for a RETURN to the Era/s when Catholicism LITERALLY RULE the ENTIRE Western Hemisphere.
They desire and seek a Religious Dictatorship like no other Dictatorship before has ever been nor ever will be.
Think a re-birth of Witch-hunts, etc, etc, and of course the RE-invention of the Inquisitions as well just to name but a FEW of the HORRORS that accompany such a Religious Dictatorship.
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