THANK YOU. The fucking Pope is not “cool”. He’s the Pope. And the Catholic church is FUCKED.

Yeah, and he basically called that poor Samaritan woman a bitch.

Except, Catholicism isn’t “compassionate”. It’s a hate-filled religion that just furthers homophobia and sexism. Let’s not forget that this pope is just as complicit as others in the sexual abuse of children.

Well, lets see:

Heh. I’m a godparent and a proud atheist.

I take issue with the fact that this pope has been characterized as being cool with women who have had abortions. From what I’ve read, he’s cool with women who have had abortions as long as those women feel the need to seek forgiveness for their grievous, grievous mistake. That seems like a pretty big qualifier.

If I recall correctly- he wasn’t too fond of flea markets either.

It is absolutely absurd to blame the AIDS crisis on Catholicism, it really is.

I asked you, “Is there a network of public school administrators that has conspired to protect pedophiles by moving them from school to school?” Please tell me which of these links contains the answer to that question, because I clicked on a few and none contained evidence of anything even resembling a Vatican-like…

Is there a network of public school administrators that has conspired to protect pedophiles by moving them from school to school? Have public school administrators actively and intentionally shielded known pedophiles from the authorities?

Oh, gee, thanks. So when are we allowed to be impatient? Please do tell me what the death toll is before I’m allowed to be bothered by people who should know better praising hateful world leaders.

Falls right under my purview, as I’m about to become the godmother of my nephew at a Catholic church. My sister has instructed me to say that if anyone asks, I’m registered at the church where I went to college, which is very, very far away. Which is a total lie, as I made my confirmation before I transitioned.

A man who is remembered mythologized for spreading kindness and love is no asshole unknowable.

You’re acting like the catholic church have a history of staying out of politics/governments.

I’m an atheist Godparent, the kids love dinosaurs and Star Wars so I feel like I’ve got them on the right track.

Agreed. Can we please stop expecting ancient backwards flawed religions to make sense and be relavent to us today? As much as we would like a thousand year old tampered with book to answere all our issues, it wont...so stop trying.

Not cool pope. Fast-talking PR pope. Don’t trust him.

Can someone help me understand how kind, compassionate people are still Catholic? And this man? He’s more dangerous than any predecessor. So humble and friendly and STILL would prefer that women die rather than get an abortion. STILL considers women unequal and undeserving of the priesthood, because why again? Why?…